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Musicians Tool Kit Bag is a handy utility bag made by Protection Racket, designed to carry all your small tools and accessories.

The Fender Custom Shop Limited Edition 1969 Relic Stratocaster comes with a moderately aged finish and a cool looking reverse headstock.

Manuel Rodriguez Guitars is aiming to create eco-friendly instruments by using solar power, biomass heat and applying for wood certification.

PBS History Detectives claim that they have found the Newport Folk Festival Strat while Dylan's camp dispute and say that they still have it.

A Sam Ash employee claims that they have in their hands the second Stratocaster that was ever made.

Gibson unveiled the Grace Potter Signature Flying V at Summer NAMM 2012, featuring upgraded pickups and nocturnal brown nitrocellulose finish.

2012 Summer NAMM: Blackstar unveils their first signature amplifier - the Gus G. Black Fire 200 high gain amp.

2012 Summer NAMM witnessed the unveiling of Martin Guitar Retro Series, guitars based on classic Martin designs from the '30s and '40s.

In time for Summer NAMM 2012, Vox announces the US pricing of their Apache Travel Guitars, featuring the return of classic Vox guitar shapes.

Summer NAMM 2012 - T-Rex unveils 3 new effect pedals: Room-Mate Junior Reverb, Duck Tail Delay and Tapster Tremolo.

Joining the 2012 Summer NAMM rush, Fender unveils the FSR Antigua Precision Bass and Antigua Jazz Bass, featuring antigua finish and vintage specs.

Fishman re-introduces their Loudbox Performer Amplifier at Summer NAMM 2012, now with more power, better features and bass response in a lighter cabinet.

D'Addario unveils their latest 8-string sets: EXL120-8 and EXL140-8, nickel wound and optimized for low 8-string growls.

The BH250 is a powerful and compact amp head designed for bassists, featuring TC Electronic's TonePrint technology.

The Fender Tim Armstrong Hellcat-12 is the 12-string version of Tim's popular six string signature acoustic guitar model.

Gretsch adds a long scale hollow-body bass guitar to their Electromatic series, the G5440LS featuring Black Top Filter'Tron Bass pickups.

Gretsch adds a left handed hollow-body to their Electromatic guitars, the G5420LH, featuring Black Top Filter'Tron pickups.

The Danelectro Hodad Guitars are back in 2012, these are reissues of Danelectro's Dual-Lipstick pickup equipped guitars.

Squier introduces the Vintage Modified Telecaster Deluxe, a Tele equipped with Fender designed Wide Range Humbuckers.

Here are our top wah wah picks to help you find the best wah pedal for your rig to keep your sound expressive and exciting.

Epiphone introduces a limited run version of the Jack Casady Signature Bass, featuring a silverburst finish.

Positive Grid updates their iOS guitar apps - JamUp Pro and Jam Up Lite, now with improved performance and presets.

The Fender Black Paisley Stratocaster HSS is a modified Strat with a humbucker bridge, wrapped in a swirling black paisley finish.

Orange is giving away a hand-signed Signature #4 Jim Root Terror Head and an AD200B Bass MK 3 Amp with OBC410 cab signed by Geddy Lee.

V3 Tap Delay is a scaled down version of Visual Sound's Dual Tap Delay pedal, offering essential delay features in a compact size.

The Electro-Harmonix Tone Tattoo is a multi-effects pedal that combines three of EHX's popular effects - Metal Muff, Neo Clone and Memory Toy.

To help you find the best chorus pedal for your rig, we present you with the top chorus pedals that are currently available on the market.

Gibson celebrates 75 years of the J-200 acoustic with a limited run Five Star Series guitar - the Gibson J-200 M Trophy 75th Anniversary.

Line 6 Mobile In and Jammit App team up to provide you with a convenient way of jamming, recording and learning guitar through your iPad or iPhone.

The 2011 limited run PRS Stripped 58 model is now part of Paul Reed Smith core line up of solid-body electric guitars.

G&L adds three new models to the Tribute Series family, ASAT Classic Bluesboy Semi-Hollow Guitar series.

iFretless Bass is a virtual bass instrument and MIDI controller with a unique interface, designed by Blue Mangoo Software for iOS devices.

High Gainer Distortion MT-HG is a versatile overdrive/distortion pedal, the latest sturdy stompbox from ModTone Effects.

3rd Power Amplification introduces the RPO100 Tube Amp, a hand-wired amplifier designed to help rock guitarists cut through the mix.

The G&L 2012 Special Collection are guitars that highlight their natural look, featuring G&L's thin "Nearly Naked" (NENA) finish.

Slash teams up with IK Multimedia to emulate his signature pedals and amplifiers in one software package - the AmpliTube Slash.

The RB Aero Series Cases are guitars and bass cases that are aerodynamically contoured, making it lighter and compact.

The Epiphone Les Paul PlusTop Pro is a modern upgrade to the classic Les Paul design, featuring ProBucker pickups with coil tapping.

After almost half a century, Electro-Harmonix re-designs the Crying Tone Wah Pedal, now with zero moving parts.

Randall, Mike Fortin and Ola Englund came up with a prototype of the soon to be released Randall Satan amplifier.

The Sonic Wind CS is a slightly curvy new take on the Sonic Wind's modern open chamber guitar design.

Megalith Delta is a high gain distortion pedal from MI Effects that features built-in tone shaping EQ.

The Epiphone G-400 Pro is a modern take on 1962 Gibson SGs, featuring Alnico Classic Pro pickups with coil-tapping.

If you need subtle flanging or if you prefer uninhibited swoosh and swirl, our Flanger Pedal Round-up will point you in the right direction.

The Hyper Vintage pickups from Railhammer offer the same rail and pole piece combination with a more traditional PAF voiced tone.

Martin comes up with their latest custom artist edition guitar - the OM Jeff Daniels, based on the artist's modified Martin C-2 Archtop.

DuroPro ABS is the colored version of Cooperstand's compact and portable "Ecco-G" series of composite guitar stands.

The Fender Custom Shop RB Continental guitar case offers advanced durability and protection designed specifically for select Fender instruments.

Volkswagen went ahead with the production of the Beetle Fender Edition, based on the concept car displayed at the Frankfurt Int'l Auto Show in 2011.

The Tea Philter Pedal Kit is the latest "do-it-yourself" pedal from MOD Kits DIY, it gives you a fixed wah effect.

You read it right, Guitar Pee is a custom urinal designed to let you play a guitar in a bathroom - with your pee.

We present you with the Best Phaser Pedal, along with some impressive contenders to help you add soulful phasing to your tone.

Martin Guitars is set to release four new models from their Performing Artist Series - GPCPA2, DCPA1 Plus, GPCPA1 Plus and OMCPA1 Plus.

The Gibson Les Paul Studio '70s Tribute follows up on the '50s and '60s era Studio Tributes, this time featuring mini humbuckers.

The Epiphone AJ-220S is an affordable solid top acoustic guitar based on the 1936 bell shaped dreadnought Gibson Advanced Jumbo.

The SG Special '70s Tribute guitar is a relatively affordable SG that pays homage to Gibson's popular 1970's rock guitars.

Squier Signature Model Giveaway gives ten lucky winners their preferred Squier artist signature guitar or bass.

Gibson and Sheryl Crow teamed up for the second time to come up with the Southern Jumbo Special Edition.

Learn rock guitar from an experienced virtuoso with ArtistWorks' latest offering - Paul Gilbert Online School of Rock Guitar.

To celebrate the release of Firewind's latest album, gear giants ESP, Elixir Strings and Blackstar Amplification are giving away Gus G's favorite gear.

Buffalo FX comes up with two fuzz pedals - Bender MKii for classic tonebender fuzz, and the Germanium Fuzz pedal, a versatile '60s style fuzz.

The SH3W-T4 is a pickup switch system upgrade for Fender Select HSS Stratocaster, making it a very flexible instrument.

The BG250 Bass Combo is a lightweight amplifier with 1x15" speakers that features TC Electronic's TonePrint Technology.

Pick the compression pedal that fits your style and make your notes sing with our Guitar Compressor Pedal Guide.

The 5th generation Digitech Whammy Pedal is set to take off this month, and it features a unique Chordal Pitch-Shifting capability.

Fernandes Direct Webstore is set to open its virtual doors to the public on May 22, 2012.

Gibson teams up with the enigmatic metal guitarist from the popular European band Rammstein - to come up with the Paul Landers Signature Les Paul.

The Pawn Shop Reverse Jaguar Bass is a distinctive looking instrument that features a reverse Jaguar headstock and body.

Warwick celebrates its 30th anniversary with a special limited edition bass guitar - the Streamer LTD 2012 30th Anniversary Bass.

Carvin honors neo-classical guitarist Jason Becker with a tribute guitar, the Carvin JB200C, based on his original DC200.

Chord Dictionary is a reverse chord lookup software that can name the chords of all possible fingering positions and combinations.

Rotosound has launched their Design a Pick Competition to celebrate their new range of guitar picks.

Enrich your practice and solo playing experience by getting the best loop pedal that will match your setup and style.

Support the Lance Armstrong Foundation and get a chance to win a handcrafted Lichty Hormigo Dreadnought guitar.

The sea foam green Ibanez Jem70V is a relatively more affordable take on the popular Steve Vai Signature series guitars.

Reverend Guitars decided to coat their versatile Gil Parris Signature Guitar in transparent red for a limited release.

Peavey celebrates 20 years of the hard hitting 6505 guitar amplifier, a popular amp of choice used in modern metal music.

Dunlop teamed up with Slash to create two pedals, the MXR Slash Octave Fuzz and Slash Cry Baby Classic.

Here is our list of the coolest small electric guitars on the market, to help you choose one for your little ones or to find a suitable travelling guitar.

Here are the top 10 guitars of all time - instruments that shaped the guitar industry and revolutionized music.

Q-tuner, announced their latest Neodymium based pickup - Q2.0, to be released later this year.

The 1960 Les Paul "The Babe" is Gibson Custom's Collector's Choice #3, a remake of an early '60s transitional Les Paul equipped with Bigsby vibrato.

The Learn to Play John Mayer DVD will teach you how to play five of his blues inspired tracks note for note.

Gretsch is giving away six brand new G5022CE Rancher Jumbo Cutaway guitars from the Gretsch Roots collection.

The Zakk Wylde Les Paul Custom Vertigo is a Gibson US made guitar that mirrors its name sake - "high on personality and loaded with tone".

Pearl Combo is a handmade amp by Port City Amplification, designed to provide transparent and clear tube tones.

The Bob Marley Signature Straps and Pick Tins are cool looking gear in celebration of a cultural and music icon.

Line 6 recently updated the Pod HD firmware to v2.0, this dramatically expands the sonic palette of Pod HD, Pod HD Pro and Pod HD500.

Orange Amplification has again been awarded, for the third time in six years, the coveted "Queen's Award for Enterprise: International Trade 2012".

After the successful G3 Australia and New Zealand dates, G3 2012 covers more ground as they head for Europe and South America.

Brian Moore Custom Shop introduces the Ben Lacy Signature guitar, designed for percussive style guitar players.

The Milbert GAGA D-60 is a lightweight 60W tube guitar amplifier with a wide range of modern functionality.

Power-Chain is a segmented daisy-chain power cable solution that can be applied on various setups, for powering multiple effect pedals.

Lava Cable - "A Unique Journey" is a video that shows the story behind the Lava Cable brand and its military veteran owner Mark Stoddard.

Gibson honors an outstanding artist with an equally outstanding guitar - the Lee Roy Parnell Signature '57 Les Paul Goldtop.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers are hoping to retrieve their five stolen guitars with the reward money.

Would you like to know how to play 7 string guitar with a higher level of creativity?

Effectrode is giving away a Fire Bottle Tube Booster pedal to one lucky Facebook fan.

The Guitar Method App from eMedia is an accessible and portable guitar tuition software for the iPad.

If you enjoy playing guitar and using effects pedals on a regular basis, you may want to consider investing in a guitar pedal board.