Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro Slash

July 30, 2010

The cost of Gibson’s Appetite Les Paul might have left you reeling, but Seymour Duncan’s offering means you can throw yourself top hat first into the Snakepit at a snip of the price. These Alnico II Pro Slash neck and bridge humbuckers (available individually or as a pair, with either Black, …

4Pockets Aurora Sound Studio HD

July 29, 2010

The preview video for Aurora Sound Studio HD had positive team members compulsively checking the App Store for its release, for it promised a full production studio for the iPad. Not a DAW, mind you - no audio recording would be provided, for one thing - but an electronic studio with everything you …

Vox AC30VR

July 28, 2010

The Vox AC30 is a legend. It’s the sound that The Beatles, Queen and Foo Fighters have in common. Sadly, old models of that iconic amp are additionally quite prone to blowing up. Oh, and they’re louder than God. They’re additionally heavier than a fridge and cost a lot of money. So it’s the w…

Vintage VE900MH

July 28, 2010

There will be much sweating in the marketing departments of Vintage’s rivals: "An all-solid acoustic with a Fishman preamp for £250?" they’ll splutter. Makers of laminate bodied acoustics say their guitars offer greater consistency, but for most players, solid wood means more resonance an…

Marshall JMD100

July 26, 2010

What do you do next when the amps you’ve built have shaped the sound of rock guitar by decades? whether you’re Marshall, next you build them all into one amp! With the help of software developers Softube, Marshall has combined some of its most-loved amps into 16 digital preamp models, added programm…