MXR limited edition Brown Acid Fuzz: Seventies Sabbath tones!

MXR's new limited edition Brown Acid Fuzz pedal is a 70s UK-style silicon fuzz circuit with a retro style graphic. Could this be the ideal pedal for Sabbath-esque tones?

Ernie Ball Music Man and Mars Volta’s Omar Rodríguez-López: The Mariposa is official!

The new Ernie Ball MusicMan Mariposa was designed with the Mars Volta and At The Drive-In guitarist. This unique offset guitar looks perfect for Omar Rodríguez-López frenetic guitar style.

Babelson Audio introduces the FD1N and FD3N Tube EQ Saturator plug-ins

Babelson Audio has released the FD1N and FD3N Tube EQ Saturator plug-ins. They look almost exactly like the FD2N Tube EQ from a few weeks ago. What's the difference, and do you need all three of them?

Buchla Easel Command / 208c Synthesizer awaits your pledge on Kickstarter

Buchla Easel Command is their new take on the 208c Synthesizer with many enhancements and layout changes that we first saw last month. It's now available for preorder on Kickstarter.

Qu-Bit Bloom fractal sequencer generates the infinite patterns of life

Start with 32 steps and branch off down different pathways of organically generated melodies that flux and mutate while being shaped and scaled into the infinite possibilities of Bloom

Steinberg introduces URC series USB 3.0 audio interfaces

Steinberg has announced the URC series audio interfaces. The new Steinberg UR22C, UR44C and UR816C interfaces feature a 32 bit / 192 kHz audio resolution, DSP effects and USB-C connectivity.

The Bass Makkina Tube: Analog Synth from synth-builder extraordinaire Arthur Joly

Arthur Joly builds synthesizers, beautiful synthesizers. He has a house in Brazil full of them. His latest creation of the Bass Makkina analog tube synthesizer and it's a work of art.

JHS Cheese Ball Fuzz: Cloning the boutique ’90s Lovetone Big Cheese

The JHS Cheese Ball Fuzz is Josh Scott's attempt to clone the classic Lovetone Big Cheese fuzz pedal, a pedal admired by many professional guitar players and collectors. Set sail for seas of cheese!

Burls Art builds Reggae Bass – from pencils!

Burls Art is back with a new project - this time a bass made of black, red, gold and green pencils, all set in epoxy resin. And this time, his video has detailed explainers on each step.

Skindred’s Mikey Demus launches pedal firm with a new distortion, Red Mist MKIV

Skindred's Mikey Demus launches Redbeard Effects and the Red Mist MKIV distortion pedal. But will it have enough to stand out in an already saturated pedal market?

Red Witch Synthotron II: A revamped analogue guitar synthesiser pedal

Featuring dual analog synth oscillators, each with its own level, decay and octave switching. The Synthotron Ii from Red Witch will have you tweaking for days!

Bad Tape is a creative new tape artifacts and analog destruction plug-in

Get a load of tape wow, shake, hiss, squeal, harm and detune - each with color, saturation, speed and mix controls to shape and dial tape destruction exactly the way you want.

Why have all Gibson’s official YouTube videos been pulled? And where is Mark Agnesi?

Gibson has pulled all its official videos from YouTube worldwide, while rumours are flying that Mark Agnesi has been let go from the company as well. What is going on at Gibson?

Dreadbox Chromatic – a rainbow of modules for a fabulous price

The Chromatic range from Dreadbox are colourful, fun, useful and are all under €100. Including a VCO, filters, noise, modulation, delay, mixing and modulating (now with video!)

ZVex Abbey Road Fuzz Factory 7: Celebrating The Beatles with a 12-unit limited run

To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the classic Beatles album, Zvex has just announced a limited run of only 12 Abbey Road Fuzz Factory 7 models.

Zoom launches V6 vocal effects processor with live pitch correction and formant shifting

Zoom is breaking into a new product segment with the V6, a multi-effect unit suitable for live vocal performance that looks easy to operate - there's even a mic included...

Directional rhythms with the KOMPAS probability trigger generator

KOMPASS takes a non-linear approach to triggering and uses probability to generate new looping patterns depending on where you are heading in your three dimensional percussive adventure.

SYNTRX: Synthi inspired experimental analogue synthesizer from Erica Synths

Erica Synths has teamed up with Riga Technical University to develop SYNTRX a synthesizer inspired by the look and feel of the EMS Synthi AKS but with a digital martix on an analogue heart.

Jimmy Page reunited with his Number 1 Les Paul guitar case – after 47 years!

The Led Zeppelin guitarist lost his guitar case 47 years ago in 1972. Now Jimmy Page is reunited with his Number 1 guitar case, that's been returned to him by a fan.

Fender Acoustasonic Telecaster Ziricote: Exotic woods – exotic prices?

The new American Acoustasonic Telecaster Ziricote adds a unique look to the company's new range of hybrid acoustic models, but are those exotic tone woods worth the extra money?

SRM-Flex: Mackie intros ultra-compact portable column PA system

Harnessing line array technology, the SRM-Flex Portable Column PA System has a lightweight and portable design, a 6-channel digital mixer, wireless control and streaming.

PRS SE Sandblasted Swamp Ash: A limited edition of 750 unique guitars for Europe

Available only in Europe, the PRS SE Sandblasted Swamp Ash series has a special sand blasting finishing process that means no two guitars are identical. If you want one, you may have to be quick.

Boss revamps its delay pedal line-up with new DD-8 and DD-3T

The new Boss DD-8 and DD-3T digital delay pedals add a loads of usable features to two of the company's much loved digital delay pedals. Now we have tap-tempo, Warp and GLT!

Gibson Sheryl Crow Country Western Supreme – The ‘Money Maker’

Gibson's new Sheryl Crow Country Western Supreme is a signature acoustic based on the 'Money Maker' the US star wrote many of her hits on. A fine-looking guitar with plenty of retro charm.