Guitarsite News

Fender expands their Classic Design CD-60CE Acoustic Electric Guitar with a new all-mahogany body model.

Ibanez expands their Artist Series guitars with the versatile Ibanez AR420, featuring Tri-Sound pickup switching.

Fender introduces the Telecaster Thinline Super Deluxe, featuring elegant appointments and Fideli'Tron Humbuckers.

Dunlop introduces the John Petrucci Signature Jazz III Pick, designed to meet the progressive rock icon's exact specifications.

Kemper recently released the 1.5 update for the Kemper Profiling Amplifier, now with "CabDriver" for playing through standard guitar cabinets.

The Diago Commuter is a portable and lightweight pedalboard that can hold up to 10 standard sized pedals and protected by a softcase exterior.

Gittler Instruments introduces the newly improved Gittler Guitar, a unique cylindrical guitar made entirely from Titanium.

Fender introduces the new Runaway Pedal 120V, a guitar feedback simulator that works at any volume.

Eastwood Guitars brings back another classic design with the Airline Bobkat, based on the '60s era Harmony Bobkat.

The new Vintage Violin Bass VVB4SB comes in a familiar violin like shape, the latest JHS Vintage ReIssued bass.

Godin Guitars introduces their latest semi-hollow guitar, the Montreal Premiere, featuring Godin's "breathe-through" carved-core design.

According to our experience and research, these are the best semi hollow body guitar brands & models, elegant instruments that deliver great sounding versatile tones.

Guild collaborates with fingerstyle guitar virtuoso Doyle Dykes to create the new Guild Doyle Dykes Signature Guitar.

Epiphone introduces the Hummingbird Pro, now an acoustic-electric with built-in Shadow preamp and pickup system.

Gibson introduces the Thunderbird Non-Reverse Bass, featuring a unique asymmetrical offset body shape.

To hype up the upcoming annual Moogfest, Moog Music unveiled the LEV-96 sensoriactuator concept prototype pickup.

Gretsch introduces the limited edition G5422TDCG in Cherry Blossom finish - 200 guitars that feature a white finish with a slight hint of red.

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Jaguar guitar, Fender shares the history of the guitar in detail.

The Airline Espanada is a hollow body guitar from Eastwood, with specs and sounds based on an old Harmony H63 guitar.

The Way Huge Echo-Puss is a delay pedal from Dunlop, featuring analog delay sounds that you can easily fine tune.

Fargen Amplification introduces their compact, entry-level boutique tube amplifier, the 5 Watt Micro Plex Amp.

The Gibson EB Bass is a 4 string bass guitar that comes a contoured double cutaway body with coil-tapping humbuckers.

Luna introduces the Guitar Suitcase Amp, a portable 5 watt guitar amplifier housed in a cabinet that looks like a suitcase.

Fender introduces the Tim Armstrong Deluxe Acoustic Guitar, a more traditional take on Armstrong's '70s Fender Acoustic.

Fender recently released the Chris Shiflett Telecaster Deluxe, a humbucker equipped signature Telecaster for the Foo Fighters guitarist.

It isn't hard these days to get great bass guitar tones that you can conveniently carry around, so check out our best portable bass amp recommendations.

Get a chance to win a complete guitar or bass rig by joining the Dunlop Rocktober 2012 Giveaway.

Gibson reinvents their most popular guitar yet again with the new Nitrous Les Paul Studio, this time applying hot-rodded color finishes.

British effects manufacturer Origin Effects introduces two new studio-grade FET compressor pedals, the SlideRig and Cali76.

iGuitar Workshop brings their brand of synth and piezo versatility to lefties with the new iGuitar9.13 Left Handed model.

Milbert Amplifiers introduces the GAGA D-30, a 30 Watt amp with auto-biasing, auto-impedance and adjustable headroom.

I think we all know the importance of chords when it comes to making music, but to really play well it helps to understand how chords work and how the notes in them are selected.

Port City Amps introduces the Sterling amplifier, a 50-watt, hand-wired British tone flavored amplifier.

Fender honors the Foo Fighters bassist with the new Nate Mendel P Bass, based on his favorite 1971 Precision Bass.

The KVMG Pro Series King V is part of the new Pro Series models from Jackson, with shred friendly features in a killer V shape.

Fender releases the GB Hot Rod Deluxe Combo amp, a signature amp that bears George Benson's seal of approval.

Schroeder Guitars completed their WWII GI Guitar, a custom guitar that showcases World War II era components.

Fender introduces the Vibro-King 20th Anniversary Edition amp, celebrating two decades of hand-wired all-tube design.

Taylor celebrates the coming of Fall 2012 season with a new batch of Fall Limited Edition models, featuring exotic tonewood options.

The Line 6 Relay G55 Wireless Guitar System is now available, featuring digital wireless quality and cable modeling.

Electro-Harmonix introduces three new members of the The Next Step series - Expression, Pan and Volume pedal - featuring zero moving parts.

Washburn introduces the PS12 Starfire Paul Stanley Signature guitar, an affordable alternative to the Custom Shop model.

The JamMan Solo XT is the newest looper from DigiTech, a standard size pedal with true stereo looping and Micro SD support.

We bring you select amplifiers with top notch sound and features, to make it easier to find the best acoustic guitar amp for your playing style.

Flashback X4 is the big brother of TC Electronic's popular delay pedal, now with 12 delay types, four TonePrint slots and looper functionality.

The Gretsch G5442BDC Electromatic is a short scale hollow body bass, equipped with Black Top Filter’Tron pickups

Line 6 introduces another James Tyler Variax model, the JTV-69S with Strat-like design and 3 single coil pickups.

Eastwood Guitars team up with tattoo, rum and lifestyle marketing man Sailor Jerry to create the Airline ’59 Coronado Sailor Jerry Custom.

PRS unveils their first ever 7-String production line instrument, the SE Custom 24 7-String.

Godin Guitars team up with Arcade Fire band and fellow Montrealers to continue their charity work for the country of Haiti.

Gibson introduces the Les Paul Traditional 12-String, a 12-string version of their most popular electric guitar.

The Roland Mobile AC is the smallest amplifier in Roland's Acoustic Chorus series, it is a portable three channel amp for acoustic guitars.

The Electro-Harmonix Talking Pedal brings the talkbox filter effect into a unique zero moving parts, rocking wah design.

DigiTech Unplugged is a downloadable e-pedal for iStomp, an acoustic simulator with built-in Lexicon Hall Reverb.

CapoSonic is gearing up for the launch of their versatile multiple voicing guitar capo, the CapoSonic Classic.

Eastwood Guitars brings back a classic guitar design with the new Hi-Flyer Phase 4, featuring a slanted neck pickup.

Washburn Guitars introduces the latest addition to their Vintage Series, the WJ130EK jumbo acoustic-electric guitar.

The Grabber 3 '70s Tribute Bass is based on the classic Gibson G3 Bass design, featuring 3 single coil bass pickups with Hum-Canceling circuitry.

Vox introduces another battery-powered traveler instrument, the Vox Apache Bass, featuring built-in amp, rhythms and mini-speaker.

Fender enters into the high gain amplifier arena with their high-end twin channel Machete Amplifiers and matching Speaker Cabinets.

These select mini guitar effects will let you save on cash and precious pedalboard space without sacrificing your tone.

Vox introduces the StompLab Series, four compact multi-effect pedals packed with modeled amps and effects.

Snark, known for their clip on tuners and metronomes, have released their first floor pedal unit, the Snark SN10 Tuner.

Marshall introduces 4 new all-tube Dual Super Lead (DSL) Series amplifiers, based on the JCM2000 DSL100 head.

Jackson introduces their latest 7-String, the SLATTXMG3-7, featuring an arched-top body and EMG 707 pickups.

The RotoSound Fuzz Pedal is back in production, using the same '60s era circuit configuration with modern reliability and true-bypass.

Odd Guitars launched a series of 3D Printed Guitars, one of them, the Spider caught our attention due to its intricately detailed 3D body.

TC Electronic introduces the Transition Delay Pedal, a special Guitar Center exclusive version of the TonePrint capable Flashback Delay.

Great news if you want to build your own guitar, Guitarfetish recently bought a warehouse worth of abandoned guitar parts that they are now selling for cheap.

The T-Rex Mean Machine is a pedal with two channels of distortion designed for high gain metal players.

Positive Grid launched three cool iOS apps for musicians - Beats Metronome, Accutune (tuner) and Jam Player (manipulate tempo and pitch).

The PRS Cody Kilby Signature Acoustic is made to the specifications of the popular bluegrass guitarist, and is part of PRS Private Stock guitars.

The Tanglewood TW130 guitar features an all mahogany wood construction, resulting in an earthy look and warm tone.

Cort Guitars just released the MR1200FX, a solid rosewood back acoustic featuring boutique specs at a reasonable price.

Velocity Books brings us Randy Rhoads, a book that shows the life story of this phenomenal guitar player in vivid detail.

G&L updates the Tribute Series S-500 guitar, featuring a big change - the Strat shaped body is now made of mahogany.

The ZT Lunchbox Junior Amp is a small but capable workhorse amplifier that weighs in at just 5 lbs.

Gretsch honors Rancid founder Tim Armstrong with new signature models, one being a Bigsby equipped hollow body, the G5191TMS Electromatic.

After featuring the best multi effects for acoustic guitars, we follow up by bringing you our acoustic guitar pedal favorites.

Fender revamps its American Vintage Series with an all-new batch of electric guitars that recreate the feel and vibe of their '50s to mid '60s era instruments.

Guitarion is a mechanical string "picker" that allows hemiplegics, people with unilateral (one side of the body) paralysis, to play the guitar with just one unaffected hand.

To meet the specific tone and performance demands of acoustic guitarists, we bring you our acoustic guitar multi effects pedal roundup.

The Maxon DB10 Dual Booster Pedal combines two independently voiced boost circuits in a compact and portable pedal.

The Ibanez S920 is part of the Premium sub-division of their S-series, featuring enhanced playability, EMG pickups and carved top aesthetics.

Kinsman launches the KUPB8 pedalboard, combining simple pedalboard convenience and storage facility in an ergonomic package.

Jackson teams up with Megadeth bass player David Ellefson to unveil a unique looking bass guitar - the JS3 Kelly Bird IV.

Dunlop gives you a chance to win one of the two Kala Solid Acacia Ukuleles that are hand painted by Dirty Donny Gillies.

Fender unveils its production line Cabronita Telecaster, an affordable version of the Cabronita Telebration series guitar, featuring Fideli'Tron humbucking pickups.

EMedia Music unveils three new Guitar Lab DVDs, each one providing 50 essential blues licks that "you must know".

Black Cat Pedals brings back their Univibe clone, the Black Cat Vibe, featuring modern improvements on its durability and reliability.

Suhr unveils the Limited Edition Korina Flame, these are fine looking HSS configuration Strat clones that highlight the elegance of Korina tonewood.

Awesome-Guitars unveiled their latest pickup switch upgrade kit, MRP-T4, a solderless pickup system upgrade for the Fender Modern Player Marauder.

The Epiphone Limited Edition ES 335 Pro modernizes the traditional ES-335 semi-hollow design, with its coil-tapping humbuckers.

ESP guitars unveiled the LTD Bela Lugosi Dracula Guitar, their first horror-themed guitar after getting a licensing agreement with Lugosi Enterprises.

The Voodoo Lab Giggity pedal, a cool mastering preamp for guitar, is now shipping - featuring controls that can shape your tone.

The Squier Vintage Modified Telecaster Bass Special has modernized the familiar Telecaster design.

Gibson entered into a criminal enforcement agreement with the US Department of Justice, effectively admitting their Lacey Act violations.

De Gier Guitars unveil the Surfer guitar, a crowdsourced strat combining the suggestions of guitarists and De Gier's construction ideas.

Esoterik Guitars expands on the Dave Refett signature series with a third and lightweight model, the Esoterik DR3.

Galileo is Catalinbread's latest overdrive pedal, combining the CB30 and Naga Viper pedal into a unit aims to churn out Brian May's modified Vox AC30 tone.