Gear
New Rail-Hammer Pickups
Joe Naylor, most known for starting Reverend guitars, Naylor Amps and a few other ventures, has just announced this new Patent Pending pickup design. The press release explains the concept behind these pickups, but basically they are half rail, and half pole piece humbuckers. Another unique thing about theses pickups besides the design is [...]
IK Multimedia announces the iRig Stomp
So there’s starting to be some really cool guitar apps for iPads, iPhones etc. Wouldn’t it be cool to be able to easily use these apps with your live rig. IK Multimedia thinks so, having just announced the new iRig Stomp. It looks and acts just like a normal stompbox in that you can plug [...]
Gibson Forms New Pro Audio Division
I know, another Gibson story. What can I say, they’re a company on the move. I’m just not sure it’s in the right direction. Apparently Gibson is a “lifestyle brand” now, and they want to capitalize on their brand recognition. Companies Join to Form New Entity—Gibson Pro Audio Division Gibson Guitar Acquires Market-Leading Pro Audio [...]
Introducing American Stage Instrument Cables
“American Stage” is a new line of cables from D’Addario/Planet Waves. The video below shows some of the thinking that went into designing these cables. I found their discovery that all guitar jacks did not all meet the standard spec, resulting in bad connections, very interesting. I’ve noticed myself how some guitars have a very [...]
TC Electronic Introduces Revolutionary TonePrint App for iPhone
TC Electronic hinted at their next product with a bizarre ‘teaser’ video that had most guitar fans baffled. There were guitar pickups, an iPhone and a lego robot…right. If you haven’t seen it, click – HERE. Well the product turned out to be as strange as the video. TC Electronics makes a line of pedals [...]