January 2015

Taylor Guitars Redesign The 800 Series

To celebrate their 40th anniversary, Taylor Guitars redesign their flagship line rosewood/spruce 800 Series. Related Feature:Taylor T5z Hybrid Electric-Acoustic Guitar Founder Bob Taylor and luthier Andy Powers went back to the drawing board to optimize important aspects of the 800 series design, including the wood and finish thickness, bracing, protein glues, pickup, string gauge and […]

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Taylor Fall 2014 Limited Edition 500 Series Guitars

For the Fall 2014 Limited Edition 500 Series acoustic guitars, Taylor Guitars feature Tasmanian blackwood. Related Feature:Taylor Fall Limited 2014 700 Series The 500 Series is well represented in this year’s Fall collection, having five different models available. These limited run guitars are part of Taylor’s seasonal release of guitars that feature exotic tonewoods. Tasmanian

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NAMM 2011 – BUGERA Introduces INFINIUM Valve Life Multiplier

Years in development, BUGERA’s new INFINIUM Valve Life Multiplier technology extends the life of expensive power valves by up to 20 times, saving the end-user money and ensuring the integrity of their amplifier’s tone. The revolutionary circuit monitors the performance of each output tube and automatically balances the drive between them to more evenly distribute

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Variax HD Upgrade

Line 6 releases Variax HD with Workbench HD, a software update that enhances their line of modeling guitars. Related Feature:Line 6 POD HD500X This new update follows improves and expands the guitar’s HD samples, rebuilt from the ground up using Line 6’s HD modeling technology. Variax now follows the naming convention used on Line 6’s

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T-Rex Nitros Pedal

T-Rex Engineering unveils the new Nitros, a hyper gain distortion pedal that comes with built-in 3-band EQ. Related Feature:T-Rex Vulture Distortion Pedal The pedal features dirt tones that cover mid to high gain settings, while the EQ lets you further tweak the tone to your preference. The most obvious use for the EQ is to

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ESP Tombstone Acoustic-Electric Guitars – NAMM 2015

ESP is debuting an entire new product line in 2015, the Tombstone acoustic-electric series, featuring their brand of edgy design and fast playability mixed with traditional building. Related Feature:ESP Tombstone Case According to the company, these new acoustic-electric instruments are meant to overtake other guitars or basses in their price range in terms of quality,

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