Guitar effects titan Boss and Swedish guitar maker Strandberg have teamed up to launch the V-BDN VG-Strandberg guitar, which combines the shape and style of the Boden J Standard with V-Guitar synth and modeling technologies. And it looks absolutely stunning.
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Unless you're a gigging musician, chances are pretty good that when you travel, your guitar stays at home. Tools to help keep your fretting hand busy while away can be unsatisfying or expensive. The novel Cross Guitar promises an inexpensive way to get a full guitar experience on the quiet.
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Back in October 2015, Dave McAuld secured production funding from over 1,300 Indiegogo backers to bring his Fusion digital/analog hybrid guitar project to life. Almost 2 years on and, from today, the instrument will go on sale in the US.
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The late great Jerry Garcia of Californian experimental psych-rockers The Grateful Dead would have been 75 this week. To mark his birthday, luthier Thomas Lieber has created the Ocean guitar, a sustainably crafted instrument that's completely free of plastic.
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Over the years, Gibson has shown that it's not afraid to push the guitar technology envelope. The latest innovation out of the gate is a Gibson Custom Lightly Figured Les Paul Standard with a built-in distortion circuit. A creation Gibson is calling the Burstdriver.
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If you want a guitar that's dripping with history then you can either hit the auctions or grab yourself an instrument made using wood from old buildings. Fender has chosen the latter for a limited edition Telecaster from Yuriy Shishkov that makes use of bench boards from the Hollywood Bowl.
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Legendary noodler Eddy Van Halen partnered with Peavey in the late 1990s to make a signature six-string named the Wolfgang. Rumors of a new version have been floating around for a little while now, and Peavey appears to have done them justice with the launch of the HP2 at the Summer NAMM show.
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IK Multimedia has updated its all-in-one audio and MIDI interface from 2013, giving the iRig Pro I/O volume control for headphone monitoring, MIDI thru for flexible routing options and the ability to charge connected devices.
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Chris Riebschlager and his team were recently asked to come up with something special for a two day music festival earlier this month in Kansas City called Boulevardia. The designers came up with a 12-foot high, 500 lb installation shaped like an electric guitar that visitors could actually play.
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Last year, Fender announced a Blues Junior guitar amp called the 80 Proof, encased in a cabinet made from Kentucky bourbon barrels. Now whiskey distillery Bushmills has teamed up with Lowden Guitars to launch a limited edition acoustic guitar made from Irish whiskey barrels and ancient bog oak.
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