Fender Cuervo Agave Stratocaster: Tequila!

A 100% plant based guitar? Well not really, but it does involve tequila and Stratocasters!

ESP Frank Bello J-4 and LTD Series FB-J4 basses: Spot the difference!

Can you spot the difference in these two new signature bass guitars? Well the prices are certainly poles apart!

Propellerheads confirms Reason to include VST support

Propellerheads just confirmed what many thought would never happen: Reason 9.5 is to get VST plug-in support. We've got a video and all the details.

DPA’s d:vice portable recording interface could save journalism from bad audio

Shaped like a miniature hockey puck, the d:vice connects to PCs, Macs, and iOS devices to capture live audio from microphones. Aimed at journalists, it can also be used with DPA's recording app.

Subdecay Effects’ new Vagabond recreates classic Fender tremolo effects

The new Vagabond all-analogue tremolo pedal emulates two popular vintage Fender tremolo circuits in one compact boutique pedal.

Seratone bass fuzz pedal: Rocket Surgeon aims to warm bass players’ hearts

A brand new 'mind-altering' dedicated bass fuzz two years in the making, the Seratone is the first effect by effect pedal upstarts Rocket Surgeon.

First listen to the Moog Drum Machine you’ll never own

Moogfest is nearly here and there are still spaces in the DIY workshop to build an exclusive DFAM Moog Drum Machine that no one else will ever own. Or just watch the video and weep like the rest of us.

Superbooth 2017 Show Report: Why this is the most exciting music trade show on Earth

Here's a round-up of the cool things our resident synth specialist Robin Vincent found at the electronic music technology synth-fest that is Superbooth 2017.

Dig up the 80s with JHS Pedals’ VCR Ryan Adams Signature pedal

This new triple effect pedal is so '80s it hurts! The VCR takes three elements and combines them to take you back thirty-odd years to an age when TV programmes were recorded to tape...

JHS new Calhoun V2 and The Milkman pedals: Some drive, a dog and a bit of echo

JHS' new Calhoun V2 and Milkman pedals have both been designed in conjunction with outside help, and both aim to offer you some creamy guitar tones.

Roland relaunches UA-4FX2 StreamStation portable recording interface

The StreamStation is geared towards voice recording for podcasts, but it's also good for guitar or line-in instruments. It comes with an integrated effects engine with tube saturation, compression, chorus...

Superbooth 2017: Befaco Hexmixer nails the Eurorack mixer

How do you fit a proper mixer into 3U Eurorack? The Hexmixer and Hexpander from Befaco have solved it in a 6 channel mixer that fits vertically in two rows.

Fredric Effects Standard Fuzz Machine: Recreating vintage Ibanez fuzz magic

Think Univox Superfuzz meets Shinei Fuzz dirt and you'll be in the ballpark with the latest offering by Fredric Effects: the Standard Fuzz Machine recreates the sound of a sought-after vintage fuzz pedal.

Superbooth 2017: Erica Synths Drum Sequencer Computer

Erica Synths reveal a computerised, old-school, keypad driven 16 channel Drum Sequencer that will trigger your whole world. Love that keypad - classic!

Empress Effects Echosystem – A lot of space in one tiny box

For those of us that love delay, the new Echosystem pedal from Empress Effects could be the ultimate delay-crafting tool.

Anyone fancy being an audio wizard? iZotope’s RX6 is here!

iZotope's RX audio repair toolkit was already considered the industry's secret weapon, and now RX6 has just been announced with some clever new spells.

Superbooth 2017: Erica Synths Black Dual VCF

Erica Synths has a new Black Dual VCF that features two identical filters in series or parallel with a rather nice LED spectrometer.

Get patching with SoloRack’s 37 virtual modular modules

SoloRack puts a virtual Eurorack into your DAW with 37 modules to patch together for modular bliss. Is it more modular than Softube's Modular?

TC Electronics PolyTune 3 with BonaFide Buffer: A new standard in tuner pedals?

Polytune 3 now comes with a 'BonaFide Buffer' feature that aims to let you keep the tuner engaged all the time without degrading your signal. Is this a genuine advancement in guitar tuners?

TC Helicon Critical Mass pedal: Vocal FX you can stomp on

Want to sound like a horde is behind you in the chorus? Need your backing vocals to sound like a gang? You need Critical Mass! Or do you?

Orange Dual Discrete OP-Amp: Must-have musical component or audio snake oil?

Designed from the ground up for musical applications!

Slate Digital updates RAVEN to 3.3 with touch gestures and Cubase support

Slate Digital has just announced RAVEN 3.3, the latest version of the software. Its highlight is the introduction of classic multi-touch gestures, such as pinch-zoom, finger swipes to open and close plug-ins...

Superbooth 2017: Mini Modor, the NF-1m synthesizer

Modor have taken their NF-1 digital synthesizer and squeezed it into a much more portable box and called it the NF-1m.

Superbooth 2017: Nerd Seq – it’s a Eurorack Tracker sequencer

Get your geek on with Nerd Seq, a hybrid Music Tracker sequencer for Eurorack with sample sequencing and cartridge expansion.