Watch YouTube’s Stevie T play a 20-String guitar. Yes, 20.

Stevie T has revealed via a ridiculous video of himself playing his new 20-string guitar. Is this the ultimate Djent machine? Or is it the most impractically bizarre guitar ever made?

NoiseAsh Rule Tec Collection: Plug-ins to satisfy your Pultec cravings

Thought you had enough Pultec EQ plug-ins? NoiseAsh brings you even more: The firm says its new Rule Tec collection stays true to the character of the original (and pegs it at a nice price).

Walrus Audio takes Monument Harmonic Tap Tremolo to V2

Walrus Audio has produced a new V2 of its Monument Harmonic Tap Tremolo from 2017, with new expression control and improved responses. Plus now it's smaller!

Blue Cat Audio unveils Re-Guitar virtual pick-up modelling plug-in

Blue Cat Audio says its new Re-Guitar plug-in can make your favourite guitar sound like it has P90s, humbuckers or single-coil pickups - or even transform an electric into an acoustic.

Framus Steve Salas Diablo II Supreme X and Diablo II Pro available from July

Two new Framus Steve Salas Diablo II models will be shipping from July 2019. You can get them in either Teambuilt or Masterbuilt versions, but you may want to take out a loan to go for the latter.

Positive Grid BIAS FX 2 with Guitar Match modelling and new DSP engine

Will the new Positive Grid BIAS FX2 have all the features you need in one place? Certainly looks like PG is cramming in the features and the new Guitar Match feature looks like a lot of fun...

Keeley Synth-1 Reverse Attack Fuzz Wave Generator: Synthesizer tones for your guitar

Keeley aims to turn your guitar into a mono synth with the new Synth-1 pedal, including a handy expression pedal input, some fuzz tones and a Chaos Switch to keep things interesting.

Best free plug-ins this week: Four awesome toys for your musical playground

Here are four new free audio toys to play with that came out last week: Nembrini Audio's LoFi Vintage Clipper, Convology XT Free Factory, HY-Delay 4 and The Wave Weld for Ableton Live.

This woodworm infestation takes guitar weight relief to the next level!

That moment when you find a woodworm infestation while working on your Yamaha RGX 521! Is this the new relic look for 2019? It's certainly a less appetizing way to get a lighter guitar...

Convology XT Complete & Verberate 2 Stereo reverb plug-ins out now

Reverb fans are having a pretty good day with the release of two fancy plug-ins, each seemingly solid enough to handle your reverbation on its own for the rest of the year.

Fender Custom Shop launches Josefina hand-wound Tomatillo Stratocaster pickup set

The new Fender Custom Shop Josefina hand-wound Tomatillo Stratocaster pickup set is being touted by the company as its next big thing in '50s style Strat tone.

Joyo D-Seed II digital delay/looper pedal: The ideal entry-level echo effect?

Joyo's new D-Seed II is a stereo digital delay that's pretty feature packed given the price of under USD 90. Could this be the perfect delay/looper for newcomers to echo-type effects?

Steel Panther Poontang Boomerang delay pedal: Will this one get banned, too?

Named after one of Steel Panther's tracks the Poontang Boomerang is their latest effect pedal and is designed to be tongue in cheek with dated '80s Glam Metal humour, but is it any good?

Native Instruments reveals details about the Massive X software synth

In what is surely one of the most eagerly anticipated releases of a software synth ever, Native Instruments is finally telling us more about what the upcoming Massive X will be capable of.

JHS rebrands Ryan Adams’ signature VCR pedal as Space Commander

The new re-housed JHS Space Commander delivers the same combination of ’80s inspired boost, chorus and reverb effect that Ryan Adam's VCR. Just without all the scandal!

Twisted Electrons Deton8 is an explosive 8-bit drum machine

Twisted Electrons is bringing us Deton8, a little drum machine that uses a mix of 8-bit samples and wavetable synthesis - and it packs quite a punch as well as some clever ideas.

Iron Age IA-1222: A flexibility-first analog summing mixer

The USD 2000 summing mixer has 12 input channels, each with a switchable stereo bus and individual pan controls. In addition to the stereo bus, the 1222 has a second pair of switchable mono busses.

Duesenberg debuts Dropkick Murphys signature guitar and bass

Designed in collaboration with Murphys' guitarist Jeff DaRosa and bassist Ken Casey, these semi-hollow body instruments include a sweet box of goodies for fans, including a signed hockey puck.

Telefunken Alchemy series: Four new tube condenser mics (that aren’t clones)

Telefunken's new Alchemy series has four large-diaphragm tube condensers, the TF29, TF39, TF47 and TF51, including models "reminiscent" of classics like the U47 or ELA M 251E.

Patch & Tweak develops an online Patch & Tweak Editor

Kim Bjorn and Chris Meyer's Patch & Tweak book has given birth to an online Patch & Tweak Editor where you can layout and save your patches using the system of symbols introduced in the book.

#TSR19: Get ready for some electronic excess at Thomann Synth Reactor this week

This week's Thomann Synth Reactor #TSR19 event brings together 25 of the synth world's best known YouTubers for a week of modular madness and Eurorack excesses. Find out more here!

Intel Core i3 shortage may drive up prices on budget music production laptops

Considering buying a new music production laptop this year? With CPU shortages expected to drive up prices on i3-based budget models, we offer some advice for planning your next purchase.

PSP HertzRider: A frequency shifter plug-in that can also modulate

PSP Audioware is back with HertzRider, a tuning plug-in for non-harmonic material like drums and percussion that can also be used and abused as a sound mangler for other material.

Softube Parallels: Dual source soft synth pulled from a Swedish synth emporium

Parallels uses two paths of multi-wave samples from a range of fabulous synthesizers and blends them together with effects and modulation to give you an engaging and colourful software synthesizer.