Mesa Boogie goes acoustic with the Rosette 300 / Two:Eight Combo

Can this Californian amp giant conquer the acoustic amplifier market? This new model looks feature packed and could be the strong start they need to make an impression on acoustic players.

Beetronics FX OverHive guitar pedal: Sweet as honey?

Those little worker bees at Beetronics have been very busy - hopefully the new OverHive drive pedal for guitar will sound as sweet as it looks!

Roland extends Blues Cube Hot series with ‘British EL84 Modified’ amp

The new model in Roland's Blues Cube Hot series can handle many situations and comes with some useful features. Could this be your one-stop shop for a compact, British-voiced amp?

Epiphone Limited Edition Lee Malia Explorer Custom Artisan Outfit

Lee Malia from Bring Me The Horizon gets a very tasty looking, traditional Explorer but with some very handy subtle upgrades. Due out next month and one to watch

Boss MS-3 Multi Effects Switcher combines internal FX with your favourite pedals

The new Boss MS-3 is billed as a control hub for your live touring rig, with onboard FX, effect loops, switcher, MIDI, amp channel control, and a tasty price.

Mu-FX revisits its multi-stage stereo phaser with the Phasor 2X

This reissue of a classic multi-stage phaser could be a lot of fun, but will it be a viable option when compared to an original Mu-Tron Phasor II?

AllFlesh turns your fingers into the patch cable

With AllFlesh you can become modulation, become attenuation, become connection in a unique interaction between your fleshy parts and your Eurorack modular.

JOYO BanTamP Jackman: A tiny new valve amp head – with Bluetooth

This new British-voiced micro valve head manages to squeeze so much into its tiny casing and is still cheaper than most overdrive pedals.

NI releases Thrill, a scarily priced spooky sound generator

A new VSTi producing suspenseful soundscapes and FX, Thrill uses the Kontakt 5 sampler and sports a huge 30GB library as well as a neat GUI - but unfortunately also a frighteningly high price tag.

Electro Harmonix Battalion: A mini bass rig in a pedal

Electro Harmonix' new Battalion squeezes a DI, preamp, distortion, noise gate and compressor into one all-analogue pedal - and the price is on point, too.

Victory introduces V130 The Super Countess, a 100-Watt powerhouse guitar head

Based around a set of 6L6 power tubes, with two channels and with four modes, it looks like they have packed a lot into this new 100 watt head.

Elektron Digitakt Sampling and Sequencing box is here

Digitakt is a sampling, sequencing, computer drumming, beat making powerhouse in a rather dull box. It's now available so check out the video for a tour of the workflow, then go buy one.

Go hard or go soft on your mix with Tokyo Dawn’s new DeEdger plug-in

The DeEdger is a rather intriguing transient shaper with the purpose of controlling a signal – or an entire mix's – "hardness", of sorts. But what features does this new tool bring to the transient-shaping ...

Go out on a LIMB with this wooden synthesizer and sequencer

The latest Synthfarm creation somehow pulls a sequence out of roughly hewn timber. The bouncing ball style sequencer in LIMB is simply delightful.

Mix 04: Enter the matrix of 16 VCAs in one mixtastix Eurorack module

Route anything anywhere on your Eurorack with the Rebel Technology Mix 04. It's a CV and audio mixing matrix that's fully expandable with itself and the Mix 01, 02 and 03.

Keeley Electronics’ Rotten Apple Fuzz and a Siamese Dream

If you're after that 90's Smashing Pumpkins fuzz tone then this new Rotten Apple fuzz could be exactly what you are looking for. Everything about this pedal screams Alt '90s fuzz tones!

EastWest MIDI Guitar Series – Hardware and software in harmony?

Looks like there is a new MIDI guitar system on the block and this one is designed from the ground up. These two companies both know a thing or two about each end of the system, so will this be the one?

Dead Duck’s free Synth and Effect bundles will rock your socks off!

You might have your needs covered by other VSTs and effects bundles, but can you ever have enough quality plug-ins? Head over to Dead Duck's and check out these two free FX bundles...

Get epic build-ups with Endless Smile by the makers of Sausage Fattener!

Dada's new ridiculous-until-you-actually-use-it plug-in is called the Endless Smile. It employs a secret combination of filtering, phasing, distortion, LFOs, reverbs, and audio displacement effects...

Intel’s Thunderbolt 3 fights back against Surface Pro snub

Intel have announced that they are not standing for the lack of Thunderbolt 3 in Microsoft's Surface products anymore - this time it's war!

Why music producers shouldn’t fret over 2017 MacBook Pros

Those who bought 2016 MacBooks this or last year have no compelling reason to upgrade to the new machines. They will be just fine bashing out bangers on their laptops for another year or two before upgrading...

TC Electronic Hall Of Fame 2 reverb pedal with added MASH and Shimmer

The reloaded version of TC's pedal has a new 'MASH' expression control built in, as well as polyphonic pitch shifting with the Shimmer preset. Is all the fuss being made of this new box justified?

Roland SPD::ONE digital percussion pads redefine the Boss Dr Pad

Roland announces the single pad SPD::ONE digital percussion pad as part of their Future Redefined event - but why are there four of them?

Gibson Custom SG, Firebird, Explorer and Flying V get the tuxedo treatment

Classy! Gibson announces a new limited run of Custom models, all dressed in the black 'tuxedo' look for 2017, featuring gold hardware and a nitro finish.