Choosing the best acoustic guitar for your personal needs is a tough one. With so many options on offer these days it’s not surprising that many find themselves faced with option paralysis when ...

Minnesota-based surf rock group Alec John and The Sky Surfers punctuates reverb guitar with lead vocalist Alec John Maerten’s semi-sweet voice. Listening to their demo, “Sweet Tears,” sounds ...

Reverb-laden guitar, minimal drums and weighty bass notes are what The xx do. And they do it very well. If your system doesn't go low, you simply won't hear half this track. Provided you're not ...

Some of the best pedal amps might only give you one style of amp - so it’s literally like you’re plugged into the front end of a Fender Deluxe Reverb, for example. Others might have a wide range of ...

Love them or hate them, PA systems are a necessary part of live music - and if you're a gigging musician, it pays to have your own. Now, we fully understand why many performers are - dare we say - a ...

An affordable, Bluetooth-equipped desktop amp designed with electro-acoustic instruments and vocalists in mind – but with scope for amp modelers too ...

With one signal path for true acoustic tone and another for effects, you'll have maximum control over your live sound ...

Well, it's the end of another week, and that means a slew of new deals have just landed. Kicking things off is Guitar Center, which is currently offering up to 40% off in its Stripped-Down Sound event ...

If that weren't enough to satiate your low-end creative hunger pangs, there's also a big stack of effects to daube onto those bass sounds, or to use more subtly. Effects like distortion, chorus, delay ...

NAMM 2025: It might be an ‘organ first’ instrument - the front and centre positioning of the drawbars tells you that - but with piano, synth, string, brass, guitar and percussion ... there are Multi ...

So you’ve finally decided to take the plunge and start learning guitar, or maybe you’re buying for someone who wants to? Whatever it is, to prepare for a lifelong journey of creative fulfillment, ...

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