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Gibson 2018 models
Another year has gone by and it is time for the yearly release of new Gibson models (again, no real idea of when they will be here in Australia). Just throwing it out there, but with guitars that are so iconic is it necessary for them to be renewing models every single year? So what…
EHX Green Russian Re-issue
The EHX Big Muff Pi is a pedal that has probably been on most pedal boards, from the beginner to the advanced it has been a staple. Most people will also know that there have been several iterations of the pedal with a particular few hailing from Russia. The Black and, particularly Green Russian muffs…
New: Earthquaker Devices ‘Data Corruptor’
From Earthquaker Devices: Once you’ve chosen your input octave, then the Data Corrupter will perform its calculations and spit out an analog synthesized frequency, which can be pitch-bent for portamento or vibrato sounds by the Frequency Modulator! From there, you can blend in one of eight Subharmonic intervals up to three octaves below…
August Guitar news
As always there is plenty on the release radar: Fender are releasing Custom and Signature guitars on a regular basis at the moment and a collaboration with the skate brand Supreme which has resulted in the all white Fender Supreme. It has generated mixed reviews online for the looks, including the insinuation that Fender have…
Essential Pedals
We have previously looked at how to build your first pedal board – but what actually goes on the boards of real players? This week we are looking at the essential pedals from a range of music industry pros to see what they feel are the best pedals for their play style. I think you’ll…
What is: Amp in a Box
This series will start to look at some of the terms and concepts that new players may not be aware of and may be afraid to ask. Today, we are looking at the concept of ‘Amp in a Box’ – what the hell is it and why do people use them? All amps are in…
Boss Katana Review
I posted a little while back about the Boss Katana and my initial impressions about it and after spending some time with it, thought that I would make some more comments on how I see this amp. Overall, this is a great amp (I bought the 50w version, but also hearing a lot of good…
July Australian Guitar News
As always, this month’s news will remain a live document with updates throughout the month when we hear of things being released. With Summer NAMM on the cards for the month, there is bound to be some really cool stuff released. EHX, as always, makes an entry into this month’s guitar news with the release…
June Australian Guitar News
EHX continue to be on the up and up with releases, this month with the Tone Corset compressor and now the Platform Stereo Compressor Boss have extended their Katana range (which I am a big fan of) with the new Boss Katana Mini, a battery powered amp with quite a few of the Katana range of…
New EHX Battalion
It seems that a month doesn’t go by that EHX aren’t releasing something new and cool – this week it is something for the Bassists of the world – the BATTALION From EHX: : Electro-Harmonix announces the Battalion Bass Preamp and DI for bass featuring a four-band equalizer, fully-featured MOSFET distortion section with three signal path…