Guitar
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The THR desktop amps were already pretty good, but they didn't have any wireless capabilities. Yamaha has now put that right with the THR-II range. -
About four years ago two friends looked at the range of travel guitars available and, not seeing anything suitable, decided to make their own.
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The upcoming Wristruments app puts guitar tuition within reach, serves up a metronome, instructor, song library, and tuner on a smartwatch.
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Loog Guitars has kicked off a crowdfunding campaign to fund three learning guitars for kids with a built-in amp and speaker.
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In order to help prevent a guitar's neck losing the fight against the pull of the strings, a metal rod usually runs through it. Rubato Guitars has done away with the truss rod for it first model – named Lassie – instead relying on the stiffness of carbon fiber to keep things nice and straight.
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The Goldtop 1957 Gibson Les Paul guitar which Duane Allman used to record "Layla" alongside Eric Clapton, has sold for US$1.25 million at auction, becoming only the seventh guitar in history to sell for more than US$1,000,000.
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Our top 100 most valuable guitars listing added two more famous guitars last week, when Duane Allman's 1961/1962 Cherry Gibson SG fetched US$591,000 and the Martin D-45 that Graham Nash played at Woodstock fetched $162,500.
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Zivix launched a compact digital guitar called the JamStik in 2013 that allowed pickers to keep their calluses nice and hard while traveling by chording on real strings across its five frets. Now the latest JamStik is less of a "Stik" and more like a grown up travel guitar.
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Back in 2011, a digital amplifier was released that could accurately recreate the sounds of any other amp. Four years later, a Remote gave players the ability to switch Profiler models using their feet. And now the two have been merged into one with the introduction of the Kemper Profiler Stage.
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Five years ago, Fishman's TriplePlay controller gave us the opportunity to wirelessly tap into an almost infinite world of digital sounds on our laptop. Now the firm has unveiled a new version called the Connect that offers a similar experience for iPad users, though it's not wireless this time.
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There are a number of ways to change your guitar's tone on-the-fly, such as using effects pedals, but if you want to change your pickups mid-song, that's not so easy. Wild Customs has introduced a novel system where up to six pickups can be mounted to revolving blocks and switched using levers.
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Guitars are already pretty portable instruments. But those long necks can suffer more than a ding on long journeys, so various travel guitar designs have emerged. The latest is a premium design from Ciari Guitars that features a fold-over neck and hides a novel locking mechanism inside the body.
