Guild Jumbo Junior short scale acoustic bass: Too short for the low-end?

With a short 23¾" scale length, can Guild's new Jumbo Junior acoustic bass pack enough low end to produce some bottom-heavy tones? If it can, this could be a great travel companion for bass players on the go.

FabFilter summer sale: 25% off all plug-in bundles until 1 August

FabFilter are taking a substantial 25% off their their bundles for the rest of July - if you've held off buying into their gear because of the price, this offer might nudge you over the edge.

ART TubeMix ships from mid-August: a 5-channel mixer with tube preamps

What's a TubeMix? This is ART's compact five-channel mixer featuring two tube microphone/instrument preamps and a built-in USB audio interface. Wooden sides and VU meters asidе, it's a rather no-frills ...

Order a Shure SM58 in your favourite colour via Colorware

If you ever wanted to inject a dose of personality in your trusty Shure SM58, you now have the opportunity to choose the color of the mic and windshield yourself, thanks to the master colorists at Colorware!

Radial DiNET DAN-TX and DAN-RX: Dante-enabled DI boxes

Radial, maker of assorted live sound and studio gear, is shipping its DAN-TX and DAN-RX. These sturdy steel DI boxes are capable of sending or receiving two channels of analogue audio over a digital Dante ...

ARC TKB Touch Activated Keyboard Sequencer for Serge Eurorack

Serge modules have been making their way to Eurorack via Random Source but they've been missing the classic TKB Touch Activated Keyboard Sequencer - until now.

Otem Rellik presents masterpiece DIY ‘Raspberry Pi FM Touch Synth’

The Raspberry Pi FM Touch Synth is a DIY project that's ripe for Kickstarter. Designed and built by electronic musician Otem Rellik he needs some encouragement to release it as a product.

Funk Unlimited ‘RevOLite’ is a new Flea-weight carbon-body bass by Modulus

This 'secret prototype' was finally announced at Summer NAMM and brings lightweight, rigid and super-strong construction to their Funk Unlimited model for 2017. It's as light as a Flea...

Mystic Circuits invent the 0HP modular format with logic gates

Your modular bursting at the seams? Mystic Circuits have the answer with their 0HP logic modules. Hang a VCA/AND or OR gate off your rack for some space saving logic.

HoRNet Tape plug-in: four tape machines in one for that vintage vibe

HoRNet thinks your digital recordings sorely lack the distinct hiss, flutter, and warm musical saturation of magnetic tape. Tape is another but intriguing cure for this problem...

Fender ’68 Custom Princeton Reverb FSR Black & Blue Limited Edition

A high-end speaker upgrade and a new black, limited run, colour scheme are what makes this Princeton stand out from its siblings. But why only 100 units in Europe?

Acid Box: another plug-in of the classic TB-303 Bass Line Synthesizer

We can't get enough of TB-303 emulations and so Acid Box is welcomed with an eager mouse ready to spin those knobs and step that sequencer. Does it have anything to make it your go-to bassline VST synth?

PreSonus AudioBox 96 Studio: a $199 recording bundle with a full-blown DAW

Yet another all-in bundle of DAW, interface, condenser mic and headphones! Not the first, but the best value package of its ilk we've seen yet! Here's why PreSonus AudioBox 96 Studio is killer value for money.

Logic Pro X 10.3.2 update: three new Drummers and many improvements

Now at version 10.3.2, the $200 Mac-only DAW grows with the addition of three new Drummers, new ready-made Drummer loops, several improvements to Alchemy, the Touch Bar, and tons of fixes and improvements!

Gretsch to release some cool new guitars for Summer 2017

These super cool new guitars are all new for 2017 and include something for all budgets. With a couple of limited runs and a cool short scale flat top to choose from as well.

PLUS Pedal: a sustain pedal for every kind of instrument

Through real time audio sampling the PLUS Pedal can capture the end of notes and chords from any instrument or microphone and sustain them at the press of a beautiful brass pedal. Is it too hipster?

Epiphone $99 Les Paul SL reviewed on 60 Cycle Hum

The first independent review is out and it looks like it may have a winner with this cheap Les Paul guitar - has Epiphone won out in the budget guitar battle over Squier's new Bullet Strats?

Squier Bullet Hard Tail Stratocaster and Mini Strat: A losing battle?

As new budget-friendly version of the ever popular Stratocaster design, Squier's new hard tail versions for 2017 are pretty cool, but the mini version isn't a great deal price-wise...

Monterey and Newport Bluetooth speakers: A Fender for your kitchen?

Domestic Bluetooth speaker for your smartphone, tablet and guitar? Looks like Fender wants a slice of the growing home speaker market and are launching two Silverface inspired speakers, the Newport and ...

Polyend Poly: MIDI to CV converter now shipping

The Polyend Poly is a Eurorack MIDI-to-CV converter with 8 voices, 4 outputs and 3 modes of operation and MPE support making it quite a remarkably creative utility module.

Live Performer: a free, streamlined AU plug-in host with MIDI features

If you are looking for a simple, yet capable plug-in host so that you can run your favorite AU effects and instruments in a live context, Live Performer might be just the thing. The streamlined Mac app is ...

Summer NAMM 2017: Pigtronix Mothership 2 analogue synth pedal

This mother of a pedal is all about bringing us guitarists some heavenly synth tones - but be warned: Mothership 2 not for the faint-hearted! This purple pedal might get your head in a twist...

Korg MicroKorg XL and XL+ gets a VST plugin editor

You can now rummage around inside the synthesizer guts of the MicroKorg XL and XL+ with this new standalone and VST plug-in editor and controller. If you own an XL, you should have this.

Summer NAMM 2017: Yamaha celebrates 40 years of its BB bass range

What happens when you sandwich tone woods, put a 45º angle where the strings pass through the body and add a six bolt neck joint? Yamaha reckons it makes one cool bass design.