TC Electronics ‘Star Wars Day’ Giveaway Competition: May The Fourth be with you

Yes, it's Star Wars Day and TC Electronics have lost the plot. About the same same length as a womp rat and about as useful as a dead one.

Adidas TR-808 sneakers are not real – it’s just for fun!

Those fabulous looking, beat making, volume knob twiddling, Roland TR-808 inspired sneaker, shoe, trainer, boots are completely fake!

Epiphone Johnny A Custom guitar: More than the sum of its parts?

Johnny A gets his own signature model and it looks like a lot of guitar for not a lot of money. Hopefully!

Gurus Amps SexyDrive MkII: An Italian overdrive pedal gets updated

An update to its Sexydrive drive pedal, the Gurus Amps Sexydrive MkII adds a blend feature allowing you to add the clean signal to your drive tone.

Deckard’s Dream has become a reality – Preorder now

Inspired by the Yamaha CS-80 and in celebration of the future-scapes of Vangelis Deckard's Dream is not replicant, it's a living breathing analogue 8 voice polysynth of the gods.

Overloud’s Tapedesk: A new standard for analogue sound in DAW mixing workflows?

Tapedesk is Overloud's attempt at simulating the sound of an all-analogue mixing workflow - a mixing console hooked up to a tape machine - in one plug-in, an approach we've never seen before.

YouTube ‘That Pedal Show’ duo get signature Keeley D&M Drive effect

Dave and Mick from That Pedal Show can now boast their own drive pedal, the D&M Drive, made by none other than Robert Keeley. Will this stop their eternal quest for the ultimate guitar drive tone?

Super Furry limited edition Pete Fowler Atmegatron Synthesizer

The Pete Fowler Atmegatron is a limited edition run of the Atmegatron 8-bit hackable chiptune synthesizer with artwork by Super Furry Animals album cover designer Pete Fowler.

Smack up your drums with Waves’ new Smack Attack transient shaper

Calling Smack Attack a "secret weapon for mixing drums and all other percussive instruments", Waves' new tool lets you smack those drums around like Bonzo in his prime.

Italia Guitars with hot-looking new Maranello Cavo short-scale semi-hollow bass

These new short-scale, semi-hollow Maranello Cavo basses look like they pack plenty of punch, with some nice finishes and some tasty-looking Toaster pickups. But will they play as good as they look?

Nasty MSG noise synth with swappable nastiness chip

Designed as an attack on the sensibilities of synthesis the MSG noise generating DIY desktop demon can swap out different synthesis chips for unexpected experimentation and crackles.

Synthfarm hand-makes wooden polyphonic synthesizers

The Primatone is a hand-made, wooden, interactive polyphonic digital synthesizer from Synthfarm that brings a rustic approach to music making and interactivity.

Fuzzrocious Pedals’ Blast Furnace: A hot new gated fuzz guitar pedal

The sweet little Blast Furnace gated fuzz has a delay module thrown into the mix for good measure, giving you a hot-sounding gated fuzz with added momentary delay!

Synsonic’s free BD-808 and BD-909 plug-ins give you some kicks!

The free BD-808 and BD-909 plug-ins are both sonically close to Roland's originals, so they should provide plenty of boom and punch. Did we mention they cost nothing?

Fender present Mustang GT world first Wi-Fi guitar amps with Bluetooth and USB

The new Mustang GTV amplifier range comes in three sizes and each packs in some serious connectivity and new features.

Acoustic Guitar Round-up: One guitar, one bass and a mystery amp

This Bank Holiday Monday we bring to you a chilled out selection of cool new acoustic guitars, basses and amps, with something for everyone regardless of whether you play 6 string or less...

SoundBridge: a new completely free DAW now on Kickstarter

The makers of a a new DAW named SoundBridge are seeking your backing on Kickstarter - this is no "starter" DAW but a complete package featuring online courses and collaboration tools...

CITES 2017: The Rosewood Rules and What They Mean For You (And Your Guitar)

New CITES rules mean your rosewood guitar is now under the watchful eye of customs officials around the world. Here's a quick primer on what you need to know about CITES 2017.

Flight Time FT-2Y delay pedal by Free The Tone takes off

This top quality Japanese boutique delay pedal gets an overhaul for 2017. Should this Flight be on your radar?

Reshape lets you get tactile with several effects

There are plenty of apps and plug-ins built upon the concept of XY pad-controlled effects. But this one lets you record your movements on said pads in real-time for interesting modulation...

Moog Synthesizer IIIc – the original modular – returns

Moog Music are building 25 reissue Moog Synthesizer IIIc modular synths from the original plans, art and circuit boards. It's a work of art, a piece of history and a bloody great synthesizer.

Grab this free equalizer plug-in simulating the revered NTI Q3D rackmount unit

Q3D. This is a newly released and fully free equaliser plug-in modeled after a particular unit – the NTI Nightpro EQ3D rackmount EQ from the 90s. The emulation has been made with a great deal of attention...

TC Electronics debuts Hypergravity Mini Compressor and Mimic Mini Doubler pedals

When your pedalboard is filling up, you might want mini versions of these two pedals, so you can squeeze more out of your guitar - enter TC's new Hypergravity Mini Compressor and Mimic Mini Doubler.

Black Rooster Audio launches Blackface SC-5 compressor plug-in

Black Rooster Audio released a brand-new compressor plug-in – SC-5. The SC-5 is modeled after the Blackface version of a "classic and sought-after VCA compressor" – most probably, the Ashly SC-50...