Fender may be forever associated with Stratocaster and Telecaster guitars, but that hasn't stopped the company experimenting with form and function over the years. Now Fender has come up with an acoustic guitar that can be an electric when you need it – the American Acoustasonic Telecaster.
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According to many musicians, in order to have the best sound possible, an acoustic guitar has to be made from the "right" type of wood. Unfortunately, such wood often comes from endangered, unsustainably-harvested trees. A new study, however, suggests that wood type makes essentially no difference.
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Merging synthesized sounds with rocking riffs on a guitar might involve installing a MIDI pickup, or plugging into a synth stomp box. Now Lucem Custom Instruments has collaborated with Tracktion Corporation for an interesting concept guitar that has a BioTek 2 synthesizer built in.
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Folks who like to play around with synthesized sound usually like to get their hands dirty building hardware systems too. Messing with modular systems can be expensive, but the latest Pocket Operators from Teenage Engineering have been designed to be a "poor man's modular" system.
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There are a number of devices available that allow musicians to connect a guitar to a computer. But IK Multimedia says its Axe I/O is the high-end audio interface that guitar and bass players have been waiting for.
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New Atlas' James Holloway reviews Anker's Soundcore Life 2 noise-cancelling headphones. It turns out that they're a great option for everyday use.
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Three years ago, Korg announced an affordable polyphonic analog synthesizer called the minilogue. Now, ahead of the NAMM 2019 music industry expo, the company has revealed the next generation model – the minilogue xd. New volca drum and volca modular synths have also been announced.
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Sony is mixing something old with a little something new through a Bluetooth-connected turntable that can broadcast the classic sound of vinyl through any similarly equipped speaker or headphones.
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String pickers on the road often can't take their guitars of choice of their travels – due to size or safety concerns – so might carry or more portable flavor to help keep calluses from going soft. But what if you played a double bass? That's where the TravelBass comes into its own.
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Amazon's Alexa voice assistant has made its way into many gadgets since it launched with the Echo smart speaker in 2014. Now music gear firm Roland has created its first Alexa Skill and loaded it into the Go:Piano so that players can chat as they play.
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