Fender Pawnshop “Excelsior” & “Greta” Amps
Fender has been spewing out a staggering amount of new gear for NAMM. I’ve been trying to just hit the highlights so that Guitarify doesn’t start looking like “Fenderify”. But these new amps are just too cool to pass up. The Machete I posted a few days ago was pretty unexpected, but I think these […]
New Fender Machete Amp
Fender has just released a bunch of videos demoing their new Machete amp. It looks like they are trying to do something a bit different then the usual Twin Reverb, Tweedy, vintage type stuff everyone loves. This amp has a modern sound and seems geared toward hard rock and metal. It’s 50W with one 12″ Celestion speaker, 2 […]
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 […]
Two Chances to Win a JamUp Bundle
The folks over at Positive Grid are clearly in the holiday giving spirit. Makers of the recently released JamUp Pro software that turns your iOS device (iPads,iPhones, Ipod Touch) into a virtual amp and pedalboard. And the JamPlug, the hardware which allows you to connect your guitar to said iOS device. The software currently has 6 different hybrid amp models […]
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 […]