Dwarfcraft Memento
GuitarModerne takes a look at the freshly released “Memento” from Dwarfcraft. Essentially it’s a killswitch, that records the rhythm of your “kills” and applies it to your playing when engaged. This has a lot of potential for cool rhythmic elements, such as what Johnny Marr did in the Smith’s “How Soon is Now”, but with […]
New EHX Deluxe Big Muff Pi
Electro-Harmonix just released a demo of their new Deluxe Big Muff Pi. They’ve taken the standard Big Muff and added a ton of tweakability. I’m thinking they want to take on all the boutique and DIY builders who are doing variations of their circuit, by putting out the ultimate version. It’s actually quite impressive. Couldn’t […]
Preview of New Peavy Revalver 4 Amp Sim Software
I use amp sims a lot, so this looks really exciting. I can see myself wasting hours in the scematic tweaking section. I’m especially interested in how well the guitar cloning really works. It sounds very impressive in this demo, check it out.
Gibson Government Series II Guitars
A couple years ago Gibson was raided for supposedly importing illegal woods for it’s guitars. There was a lot of theories about why this happened, and it certainly seemed like Gibson was singled out for more political, then ecological reasons. Well, the wood that was confiscated in those raids has been returned after Gibson paid […]
Guitar Wing
Here’s another interesting kickstarter project. Called the “Guitar Wing”, it’s a wireless midi controller specifically designed for guitars. As someone who spends a lot of time with their guitar plugged into a computer, this looks pretty useful. Though it will look kind of awkward on certain guitar designs.