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The Eventide H9 was one of the pedals that helped normalize the idea of putting a ridiculous amount of studio-quality processing into one little white stompbox. Now Eventide has brought it back as the H9 Harmonizer Gen 2, and this time much of the technology…
Read full postWalrus Audio has taken some of the stranger ideas from three of its best-known atmospheric pedals and packed them into one compact box. The Lüm Texture Engine combines ideas inspired by the Slö Reverb, Lore Reverse Reverb and Fable Granular Soundscape…
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We have something new on the Quest for Gear Merch page: Mystery Random Sticker Packs 10 stickers for $10. What stickers are you getting? You have absolutely no idea. And that is kind of the point. The packs are made up of random stickers from the strange…
Read full postQuest for Gear is usually about guitars, pedals, recording gear and studio equipment. But sometimes the gear is a screen, some ink, a squeegee and a pile of shirts. In this video I screen print shirts for Quest for Gear, Effortless Records and some of the…
Read full postPhenyx Pro has kicked off its Labor Day Gear Up Sale, with discounts of up to 15% off wireless microphones, in-ear monitor systems, antenna gear and other live-audio equipment through September 7, 2026. For musicians building a wireless stage rig without…
Read full postRecording an acoustic drum kit normally means microphones, stands, cables, an interface and a surprisingly large amount of time spent trying to make everything behave. Yamaha's new EAD20 Electronic Acoustic Drum Module is designed to make that process…
Read full postTaylor has brought the 12-fret Grand Concert back into the spotlight with a new generation of compact acoustics built around one of the company's most comfortable playing formats. The big idea is simple: instead of the neck meeting the body at the 14th fret…
Read full postSolar Guitars has taken one of Ola Englund's most recognizable pedal ideas and shrunk it into something you can plug directly into your guitar. The new CHUG PLUG is a rechargeable high-gain headphone amp built around the spirit of Solar's CHUG…
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For decades, guitar players have chased the sound of old Marshall amps modified by legendary amp guru Jose Arredondo. Dave Friedman has now taken that hot-rodded Plexi philosophy and stuffed it into something considerably easier to live with: the new Friedman…
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Gibson has recreated one of the most famous Les Pauls on the planet, and apparently simply charging the price of a decent used car was not quite exclusive enough. The new Gibson Custom Billy Gibbons "Pearly Gates" 1959 Les Paul Standard Collector's Edition…
Read full postThere have been plenty of guitar pedals with a visible tube sticking out of the top, but Keeley Electronics is making a point of saying its new Tube Drive Twin Triode Dual Overdrive is not using the tube as decoration. The standard Tube Drive combines a real…
Read full postNeural Amp Modeler has become one of the most interesting alternatives to the big commercial guitar-modeling ecosystems, but using it has traditionally involved a little more computer housekeeping than many guitarists want. TONE3000 has now released its own…
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