Summer NAMM 2016: EVH unveil two new Wolfgang Special models

Named after Eddie's son, who is also the bass player in Van Halen. This already popular guitar line gets two new additions for this year.

Summer NAMM 2016: Gretsch Tom Petersson Signature Basses announced

Announced today and not available till early 2017, these two new signature bass guitars will get Cheap Trick fans very excited. Oh and one of them is a 12-string!

Summer NAMM 2016: EVH erupts with 5150III 100S EL34 amp head and matching cab

You're going to need the Ice Cream Man to cool you down after playing on this latest Eruption from Mr Van Halen!

Cute Circuit ‘The Chet Atkins’ All Wah: Sole Music

Dumb ideas, just get dumber... Bluetooth enabled wah wah trainers!

Roland add Robben Ford Tone Capsule to Blues Cube amp range

Robben Ford has joined the ranks of Steve Vai, Eric Johnson and Kirk Fletcher: this new Tone Capsule is due out later this year and adds his signature tones to your Roland amplifier.

DigiTech to float Nautila chorus/flange at Summer NAMM

A new pedal to add to the Digitech lineup of guitar effects. The company has been releasing some really great stuff lately, so this new one will hopefully follow suit.

Catalinbread Csidman Stutter Delay: Broken, twisted and digital

Beautiful chaos and glitch heaven? This is definitely not your standard delay box. And therein lies the beauty...

Dave Smith Instruments OB-6 desktop seen in the wild

This looks very much like an OB-6 Desktop module hiding behind these two gentlemen posing in the Dave Smith Instruments showroom.

Novation Launchpad for iOS reaches V2

Launchpad for iOS can now sync to other apps and devices and vary it's tempo in real-time - such fun!

Reason 9 arrives with no new synth shock

Once again Propellerhead fails to include a new synthesizer in their latest full update to Reason, and that makes me sad.

Nektar updates keyboards for Reason 9

Nektar controller keyboards Impact and Panorama now support the 3 new Player devices in Propellerhead Reason 9.

Magnetic Effects launch Solar Bender V2 fuzz pedal

Based on the sought after Sola Sound Tone Bender MkII fuzz pedal. With some very useful modern-day upgrades to make it easier to fit into your guitar rig.

ESP LTD Master Of Puppets 30th anniversary guitar: Metallica’s milestone celebrated

Wow! Where did 30 years go? The Master Of Puppets album is being celebrated in the only way ESP really know. By making a limited edition guitar aimed straight at all those insane Metallica fans!

Boss CE-2W Waza Craft Chorus pedal announced

Finally Boss have announced the updated version of the old favourite the CE-2 chorus pedal. Lots of players have been asking of this one and this new version has a couple of nice updates included as well.

TBProAudio release CS-3301, a neat channel strip plugin

Channel strip style plugins are powerful mixing tools. TBProAudio also seem to be on top form at the moment, making the CS-3301 an exciting release.

8raw8 will hand build you an analogue drum machine

8raw8 are aiming for a truly authentic analog clone of the legendary Roland TR808 drum machine - is it authentic enough for you?

Mad Professor Porter 112: The guitar cab that thinks it’s a 4×12

The new lightweight 1x12 speaker cabinet that thinks its a classic Sixties 4x12 cab. Roadies everywhere can finally jump for joy!

Evolution Guitars to premiere modular guitar at Summer NAMM

A unique way of evolving your guitar using different faceplates that can bolt onto the main guitar body. Genius or madness?

Has SmithsonMartin folded or evolved into Touch Innovations?

Has SmithsonMartin gone out of business or have they secretly changed hands or just a new name? The plot thickens.

112dB release Cascade for really dense synthesis

Put on your lab coat and safety goggles and see if you have the brain power to pull some density out of the very scientific Cascade.

Victory Amps call the shots with new Sheriff 44 and Sheriff 22

Those classic Marshall Plexi tones in two new heads from this boutique amp company. Designed by Martin Kidd one of England's top amp designers.

Providence Brick Drive BD-1 Bass preamp overdrive pedal

A small brick-coloured box for your bass with lots of useful options for both live and recording purpose: Just another brick in the wall or is this unit one to build your tone with?

Harrison to release Mixbus & Mixbus32C V3.4 at Summer NAMM 2016

Users of Harrison's Mixbus or Mixbus32C DAW software will receive an update to v3.4; check out the cool new feature and plugin!

Boss TU-3 Tuner Free on both Android and iOS

Boss give away their TU-3 tuner as an App for free both on iOS8 or above, and also Android. This accurate tuner is on both iTunes and Google Play stores as of today.