146 Results for "Acoustic"

NAMM 2019: Martin Woodstock 50th Anniversary acoustic guitars

Martin is celebrating the 1969 Woodstock festival with the release of two acoustic models. There is one for all budgets and both feature a nod to that classic festival poster.

String Studio VS-3 adds new dimensions to unique string oscillators

Applied Acoustics Systems double the voices and expand the possibilties of their string oscillator based physically modelled synthesizer with String Studio VS-3

PRS SE Acoustics A265 and A270: Attractive acoustic guitars at SE prices

This rather attractive run of PRS acoustic guitars will be available only in Europe for a limited time and will feature Koa or Pau Ferro tonewoods - a hard case is included, too.

Fender CEO Andy Mooney unveils new US acoustics… in Rolling Stone interview

Fender's Scottish CEO Andy Mooney has let the cat out of the bag about an upcoming line of American-made acoustic guitars that we think may be announced at Winter NAMM 2019.

Acoustically model your finger drumming with Applied Acoustics Objeq App

Objeq will take your absent-minded banging, slapping and tapping and turn it into useful percussive tones like congas, bongos, djembes and all sorts.

NSynth Super: Experimental machine learning Neural Synthesizer from Google

The NSynth algorithm extracts characteristics from a handful of sounds to interpolate a gazillion others letting you play in the space between instruments. It's experimental, open source and backed by Google.

Boss Katana-Air: A wireless wonder amp?

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?

Can the Sim1 XT-1 really make your guitar sound like any other?

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...

One Man Band: Play any instrument via your electric or acoustic guitar

One Man Band has a new crowdfunded bit of kit that lets you play other instruments on your guitar or generate backing tracks in several genres - either as an "upgrade" or prefitted to their guitars.

HyVibe Audio Smart Acoustic Guitar: A brave new world for acoustic instruments?

Blending old and new technologies, will this Smart Acoustic Guitar annoy purists or entice new players to the acoustic guitar? Either way, brave new approaches are being used here.

Rabid Elephant Natural Gate: dual LPG for evocative acoustic responses

Natural Gate takes the Low Pass Gate and creates something uniquely earthy and inspiring. Your plucks and strikes will have never sounded so organic before.

The Submarine Pro: A split personality for your guitar?

No tools, no damage, no mess. Just lots of cool extra pickup sounds for your favourite acoustic or electric six-stringed guitar. This new pickup system will give your instrument a split personality.

BOSS DR-01S drum machine delivers organic sounds for acoustic musicians

BOSS has introduced a simple, cute drum machine designed to accompaniment players of acoustic instruments with organic-sounding percussion and simple grooves to get your song moving, the DR-01S.

Boss V-BDN: ‘That’ Strandberg guitar is finally released!

We saw the prototype back at the Winter NAMM Show and now the V-BDN is finally going on to general release, but will this modern take on guitar be welcomed by the guitar world?

Vox VX50KB, VX50BA and VX50AG: 50W NuTube amps for keys, bass and acoustics

Lightweight and quite cheap, these new mini-combos offer a whopping 50-Watts of power and come in three new versions aimed at bass players, acoustic guitarists and keyboard players.

Guild Jumbo Junior short scale acoustic bass: Too short for the low-end?

With a short 23¾" scale length, can Guild's new Jumbo Junior acoustic bass pack enough low end to produce some bottom-heavy tones? If it can, this could be a great travel companion for bass players on the go.

Summer NAMM 2017: Boss DR-01S Rhythm Partner for unplugged grooves

Rock up with this DR-01S rhythm box of tastefully designed grooves and percussion for your acoustic set, busking or just jamming along to. It doesn't have to be complicated to be groovy and useful.

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.

Deplike 3.0 Android guitar amp simulation gets a welcome update

This new update the popular Deplike Android guitar amp sim brings a much-needed interface revamp, some sweet JCM800 goodness and a slew of new guitar effects.

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...

Roadie 2 and Roadie Bass tuners back on Kickstarter

The Roadie 2 and Roadie Bass can get you in tune anywhere, any time. Unless the battery dies...

NAMM 2017:Tech21 Q/Strip MOSFET Preamp: Sound of the 60s & 70s?

A MOSFET preamp designed to work with many different instruments including bass, acoustic guitar and also keyboards, the Q\Strip is Tech 21's latest DI/preamp offering.

NAMM 2017: Orange Acoustic Pre-Amp – The Heat is on!

A stereo valve preamp designed to give acoustic players control and flexibility for both live and recording work - the Orange Acoustic Pre Amp has its own Heat control!

NAMM 2017: Intellijel and Applied Acoustics offer us some PLONK

PLONK is AAS's acoustic modelling plonked into an Intellijel Eurorack module for some cool percussive noises