Ananashead Effects’ Main Fuzz: A clever built-to-order pedal inspired by the Fuzz Face

Ananashead Effects Main Fuzz is a made-to-order fuzz pedal available in three distinct versions with clever features that make it eminently flexible. And it's built to last, too.

PRS invites you to tour its USA factory in new YouTube video

PRS releases a cool new video touring its Maryland, USA factory and giving absorbing details of the guitar making process. A must-watch for all PRS fans!

Behringer C210B: portable column PA with 10 hours of battery life

The Behringer C210B is a battery-powered column PA with an 8" subwoofer, four high frequency speakers and Bluetooth. They say it runs for ten hours on a single charge. Oh, and it also does lighting.

SMG Cock Blocker Noise Gate pedal: Clever tech to keep your hiss in check

The SMG Cock Blocker is an easy-to-use noise gate that keeps noise and hiss in a tight stranglehold with some clever circuitry - especially useful for high-gain playing.

Swap out your pickups in seconds with the Trinity guitar by Relish

Relish Guitars' new Trinity makes the Swiss maker's pickup swapping system available in a more affordable solid body electric guitar - and there's a tempting early bird offer, too.

Mooer SD30 and SD75: More sting than the Mooer Hornet?

Mooer has just launched two new budget guitar combo amps, the SD30 and SD75. Both models pack in the features and use the company's preamp pedals as a basis for their amp tones.

Cableguys CrushShaper: a creative rhythmic bit crusher for ShaperBox 2

Cableguys has released CrushShaper, a creative bit crusher for all sorts of rhythmic lo-fi effects. Driven by flexible LFOs and envelope followers, CrushShaper looks like a whole lot of fun.

Native Instruments Raum: another FREE reverb plug-in for X-mas

Native Instruments has released the Raum reverb plug-in as a free Christmas gift. Raum looks like another simple reverb, but it's got a few cool tricks up its sleeve. Free until January 16!

Steinberg Cubasis 3: Cubase for iOS just got a whole lot better

Steinberg has released Cubasis 3. The mobile version of Cubase for iOS comes with lots of new features, many of which were requested by users. Cubasis 3 is a universal app, which also runs on iPhones.

Francis Rossi’s battered Status Quo Fender Telecaster sells for over £100k!

Francis Rossi's battered green Status Quo Fender Telecaster has just sold at auction for quite a lot more than the £75 he originally paid for the guitar back in 1968!

Harley Benton Dullahan-FT: A headless guitar you can afford to take a chance on

Harley Benton's new Dullahan-FT headless guitar comes in at a price point low enough to take a flutter on. Headless guitars do have some inherent advantages, in case you were wondering...

Korg Germany arrives in Berlin to build instruments with Tatsuya Takahashi

Korg has created a new subsidiary in Berlin called Korg Germany with a remit to develop instruments, partnerships and collaborations headed by awesome synth designer Tatsuya Takahashi.

Celestial, a FREE Christmas gift sound design plug-in by Acustica

A free effect plug-in from a top-tier manufacturer - what's not to like?!? Celestial is a creative sound design plug-in with a load of interesting effects and textures. Merry Christmas, Acustica!

midiphy LoopA: polyphonic DIY MIDI sequencer and looper

Want to get creative with MIDI sequences? Check out the midiphy LoopA, a polyphonic MIDI sequencer and looper. With 36 MIDI clips and many cool performance features, it looks like a whole lot of fun.

Mooer has just announced the GE250 multi-effects processor

The new budget friendly Mooer GE250 multi-effects processor and amp simulation pedal has just been announced. This unit manages to pack in a whole slew of fantastic features into one pedal.

ochd: 8 drifting modulation LFOs from DivKid and Instruo

DivKid (Ben Wilson) has released his second Eurorack module in collaboration with Instruo. It's called "ochd" and pronounced "oct" and is an octuplet of drifting analogue LFOs in a 4HP module. 

Quantica Audio Modula: a digital mixing revolution?

Quantica Audio has released Modula, a new kind of digital mixing environment. Powered by plug-ins from Acustica Audio and optimized for touchscreens, will Modula revolutionize the way we mix?

Laney Cub12 all-tube combo amp going for a song in Thomann blow-out deal

Thomann has a cracking deal on the all-tube Laney Cub12 combo. If you fancy some nice valve amp tones with and need a choice of output volumes, then this could be the deal for you.

Behringer is not done for the year and tells us to “fasten our seat belts”

Behringer has decided to release an all-electric Tesla clone. Called the Model B it's based on the Tesla Model S but cheaper and has patch points and a modulation grip. Well, it could be couldn't it?

Crazy Tube Circuits KILLER V: A Magnatone preamp and vibrato in one pedal!

The new Crazy Tube Circuits KILLER V gives you both the preamp and true vibrato of the high-end Magnatone valve amp, just in a compact pedal format and for a lot less money than an original amp!

Moog Subsequent 25 leaked in Polish product catalogue

Polish music retailer Audiostacja.pl has an entry in their new printed catalogue for a Moog Subsequent 25 which looks a lot like the Sub Phatty but with some Subsequent 37 features.

Arturia Pigments 2: Polychrome Software Synthesizer wants to brighten your horizons

Arturia gives Pigments an upgrade that includes a sample and granular engine, improved randomisation in the sequencer, Buchla Easel low pass gate and a tape delay.

Arturia releases the Rev PLATE-140 reverb as a FREE Christmas gift

Arturia has just released the Rev PLATE-140 plug-in, an emulation of the legendary EMT 140 plate reverb. And just because it's the holiday season, they're giving it away for free! Don't miss it!

Sequencing in an infinite universe: ByteBeat for No Man’s Sky

ByteBeat is a new update for Beyond's space adventuring game No Man's Sky that features a synthesizer and sequencer for adding music to your space base.