Tuner

Fender has today launched a new digital subsidiary and its first product is, unsurprisingly, a guitar tuning app for iOS. It includes auto and manual modes, and some helpful tuning and tone tips. We gave the new app a quick test run.

A few years ago, Korg released a nifty practice tool called the TM-50 that combined tuner and metronome in one unit, allowing musicians to keep time and stay in tune. Now the company has added the ability to analyze and improve tone and technique with the release of the TM-50TR.

​As symbols of motoring excess go, few can come close to the Mercedes S63 AMG Cabriolet. Sometimes, power and high-end engineering isn't enough, though. Brabus​​ is always willing to step into that void, in this case delivering the world's fastest four-seat convertible: the 850 6.0 Biturbo Cabrio.

Over the last few years, Korg's Pitchblack pedal tuner has built up a solid reputation for durability and accuracy. With a footprint not much bigger than an original iPhone, it's not exactly huge either. But with pedalboard space often at a premium, Korg has introduced the Pitchblack mini.

String-pickers, digital tunesmiths and bin bashers are not the easiest of folks to buy gifts for. With the holidays almost upon us and a state of muso-related panic likely setting in, here are a few ideas that should hit the right note.

It’s an essential bit of kit, but it's hard to get really excited by the humble guitar tuner. Until recently, that is. Now, polyphonic is the new buzz word in the tuning world and we’ve been putting the latest, clip-on Polyphonic tuner through its paces. The results? In a word: stunning.

If there is one vehicle on the road that doesn't need any help attracting attention, it's the Mercedes G63 AMG 6x6. That hasn't stopped German tuning shops from giving it their own special treatments, though – including Mansory, which has a new 829-hp G63 6x6 package.

It's been a big year for Kahn Design. The British tuning shop has been making headlines over and over, thanks to projects like the Land Rover Defender 6x6. Its latest two designs aren't quite as extreme as that Geneva-debuted six-wheeler, but they're quite interesting in their own right.

After a successful 2013 Kickstarter campaign, the Roadie tuner recently became available to buy. Gizmag nabbed one of the first commercial units available and has been whizzing and whirring away with gusto ever since.

The Acoustic Stream wirelessly pairs with a companion app running on an iOS device to help players record a killer riff or live stream to an amplifier, includes a built-in precision tuner, and sends out an alert when environmental changes threaten to damage a treasured instrument.

Tthe Roadie Tuner from Hassane Slaibi and Bassam Jalgha of Band Industries slips over each machine head, one at a time, and works with a smartphone to bring an instrument to tune.

Tapo from Editors Keys is a guitar capo with a built-in tuner.