LEAK: Fender Limited Edition Meteora to launch at NAMM 2018
10 Jan 2018 in Guitar
This new limited edition Fender Meteora looks like a cross between a Telecaster and an offset Jazzmaster style body, will players love it or hate it?
NAMM 2018 Rolling Report: All stories on one page!
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As every year, the Winter NAMM show will see reams of new products, technologies and services launched. We’re collating all the latest news from Anaheim, California about the freshest music and audio gear. This year, the show is being held from 25 to 28 January.
With Musikmesse becoming less interesting for many industry onlookers, Winter NAMM has become the single most important trade show for our industry. Last year, we had unprecedented interest in our NAMM coverage in terms of the traffic coming to our site from all over the world. That tells us that you, our readers, are just as glued to developments in Anaheim as we are. And we are more than happy to oblige. After all, we can’t get enough of this stuff, either. Here are our top stories:
NAMM 2018: TC Electronics churn out four more “Sonic Specialists” effect pedals
10 Jan 2018 in Guitar
Yet another slew of TC Electronics vintage-inspired effects pedals using digital technology - we just hope they will be cheap enough to warrant taking a punt on.
Boss Katana-Air: A wireless wonder amp?
09 Jan 2018 in Guitar
The latest desktop guitar amp from Boss is the new Katana-Air:, a completely wireless amp with quite a few tricks up its sleeve. Could this new practise amp make you ditch your cables?
Friedman BE50 Deluxe at NAMM 2018: New 50W boutique amp head
05 Jan 2018 in Guitar
Dave Friedman has combined some of his most famous amp circuits into one all-singing, all-dancing boutique valve amp head with plenty of options on board for tweaking your tones.
CEntrance MixerFace R4 mobile recording interface to preview at NAMM 2018
05 Jan 2018 in Studio
Announced ahead of its NAMM debut the CEntrance MixerFace R4 is a rechargeable mobile recording interface with SD card option for internal audio capture.
Mooer Pitch Step pedal: Nice price, but with a sound to match?
04 Jan 2018 in Guitar
A brand new polyphonic pitch shifting mini pedal from Mooer, the bright red Pitch Step will debut at the NAMM Show and looks like serious competition for Digitech and its Whammy pedals.
Gibson snubs NAMM Show 2018: Strategic choice or a financial one?
03 Jan 2018 in Guitar
Gibson is snubbing the biggest musical instrument show of the year at Anaheim, so no NAMM 2018 stand for the US guitar giant. What does this say about the state of the company?
Ibanez AZ2402 details emerge ahead of AZ ‘SuperStrat’ series launch at NAMM 2018
02 Jan 2018 in Guitar
This boutique-style SuperStrat is about to be launched officially by Ibanez at the NAMM 2018 Show later this month, and wil be a flagship guitar as part of the new AZ Series.
Ibanez NuTube Screamer to be released at NAMM Show
01 Jan 2018 in Guitar
A new updated version of that classic green overdrive pedal used by the likes of Stevie Ray Vaughan and many others, but now it comes with Korg's NuTube technology.
LAA-Custom and Phil X team up on signature Fuck Jazz Overdrive pedal
31 Dec 2017 in Guitar
Rude, jokey name? Check. Prominent player association? Check. Developed for Phil X of Bon Jovi fame, can LAA-Custom's Fuck Jazz Overdrive actually deliver some serious tone?
ESP gearing up to present over 50 new LTD guitars at NAMM 2018
23 Dec 2017 in Guitar
With new multi-scale, extended range guitars, some cool new sparkly signature models and new hardware and pickups, 2018 looks like it could be a winner for ESP. We pick the best of the 50 (!) new models.
Can the Sim1 XT-1 really make your guitar sound like any other?
23 Dec 2017 in Guitar
Too good to be true? The new XT-1 pedal simulates different guitars at the push of a button. OK, so it might not stop you ever buying a new guitar, but there's some promise here...
Gibson to show 5 gutsy, cool new models at NAMM 2018
22 Dec 2017 in Guitar
Looks like Gibson are just starting to tease new models for 2018 and amongst this batch, we have some old favourites and a return of a model we haven't seen in years
Ibanez teases new NAMM 2018 guitar models via Facebook
25 Oct 2017 in Guitar
The Ibanez UK Facebook page today teased new models that are to be revealed at Winter NAMM 2018 - and they look very fine indeed, with a hint of old and new in the design.
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