Mesa Engineering California Tweed 1x12 Combo review | MusicRadarmusicradar.com - Nick Guppy This year marks the 50th birthday of the legendary Californian amp builder Mesa Engineering, founded by amp hot-rodder Randall Smith, who profoundly …
Pau Fender's Player Series gets a fresh new look with Capri Orange and Silver finishes | MusicRadarmusicradar.com - Jonathan Horsley Fender has added two new finishes to its ever-popular mid-priced Player Series. The Player Series is now available in an understated Silver and a juicy …
Yamaha Yamaha Revstar RS720BX review | MusicRadarmusicradar.com - Dave Burrluck The Revstar guitar range was the result of the longest and most expensive development of any Yamaha electric ever and the company’s first new …
Play buttonDSP Neural DSP and Adam ‘Nolly’ Getgood team up for a new amp/effect modelling plugin | MusicRadarmusicradar.com - Jonathan Horsley Neural DSP and Adam "Nolly" Getgood have collaborated on an amp/effect modelling plugin featuring all the tones from four of Nolly's personally rewired …
Guitar Guild Starfire IV ST-12 review | MusicRadarmusicradar.com - Ed Mitchell It’s 23 August 1966. The Warwick Hotel in New York City. As a press conference with The Beatles draws to a close, a young man steps forward …
Play buttonGilbert Paul Gilbert to host a guitar masterclass and Q&A at the UK Guitar Show | MusicRadarmusicradar.com - Jonathan Horsley Paul Gilbert will be hosting a masterclass and Q&A session at this year’s UK Guitar Show & London Bass Guitar Show. Gilbert joins the likes of Devin …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoMusic Technology Out of nowhere, Behringer announces its MS-20 clone, the K-2 | MusicRadarmusicradar.com - Simon Arblaster It would seem that Behringer's marketing department has take a slightly different tack and decided to announce its latest synth clone offering right …
Hall of Fame TC Electronic launches the newly expanded Hall Of Fame 2 X4 reverb pedal | MusicRadarmusicradar.com - Jonathan Horsley TC Electronic has updated the already pretty awesome Hall Of Fame 2 reverb pedal by adding four pressure-sensitive MASH footswitches, shimmer reverb, …
Drums Steven Adler’s 1988 Tama Rockstar drum kit is up for sale | MusicRadarmusicradar.com - Jonathan Horsley Steven Adler’s three-piece 1988 Tama Rockstar drum kit has been listed for sale on eBay. This super-rare piece of rock memorabilia from is described as …
NAMM Tone makers - Beetronics’ Filipe Pampuri: “Don’t let things get in the way of your playing - keep it simple” | MusicRadarmusicradar.com - Guitarist From his hive of activity in Los Angeles, the Beetronics founder talks about what keeps his buzz going in today’s pedal world... 1. What was the first …
Gibson Les Paul How to rewire a hollowbody guitar | MusicRadarmusicradar.com - Jack Ellis Whilst they’re lovely to look at and play, the ES-335, Casino, Riviera, Sheraton, Dot and a whole host of Jazz boxes are a right pain to re-wire. …
Music Technology GusGus's favourite music software | MusicRadarmusicradar.com - Computer Music “You might call me old school – or even just old! – but I started making music in the late '80s when getting a DAW that could organise MIDI was a …
Music Technology Issue 348 of Future Music is on sale now | MusicRadarmusicradar.com - Future Music Mastering is a subject that continues to fascinate and baffle producers across the world in equal measure. Perhaps its enduring mystique lies in the …
Music Technology Get to know the Roland Cloud JX-3P | MusicRadarmusicradar.com - Computer Music Roland’s JX-3P has always been overshadowed by its more famous stablemates, yet it’s a terrific source of thumping basses, searing leads and thick …
Casio How to create classic Casio sounds in Plugin Boutique's Virtual CZ | MusicRadarmusicradar.com - Computer Music Casio’s CZ synths gave a cheaper, easier, way in to digital synthesis than the DX7. It was still capable of those cool, digital tones, though. Like …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoMusic Technology Full Bucket Music offers its Phaser VST/AU plugin for free | MusicRadarmusicradar.com - Simon Arblaster Full Bucket Music has announced the release of its Phaser plugin, which aims to be an authentic emulation of classic analogue models. The plugin is …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoBass Guitar Takamine owners, book your guitar a setup from master luthier Mr Makoto Terasaki at the UK Guitar Show 2019 | MusicRadarmusicradar.com - Jonathan Horsley Takamine owners attending the UK Guitar Show & London Bass Guitar Show 2019 can give their acoustic the gift of a lifetime, with a setup, check, and …
Bass Guitar 10 best bass guitars 2019: four-string, five-string and electro-acoustic basses for every budget | MusicRadarmusicradar.com - Mike Brooks The world of bass guitars has never been so enticing, with instruments covering every requirement, preference and price range. If you can imagine it, …
Blues Music EarthQuaker Devices go once more round the Sunn O))) with the Life Pedal reissue | MusicRadarmusicradar.com - Jonathan Horsley EarthQuaker Devices and Sunn O))) have announced a limited edition reissue of their Life Pedal overdrive/octave fuzz pedal. Earlier in the year, they …
Guitar The 8 best rock guitars 2019: sound like EVH and Angus Young with these top electric guitars for rock | MusicRadarmusicradar.com - Ed Mitchell Before 1978, a rock guitar was any six-string that made a sexy noise through a big amp. Then Van Halen happened and the band's guitar hooligan Eddie …
Play buttonBass GuitarMastodon’s Troy Sanders: “There’s got to be a stronger word than ‘humbled’, and whatever that word is, that’s what I’m feeling”musicradar.com - Joel McIver Mastodon bassist Troy Sanders has been busy - he’s put out a cover version of the most famous song in rock history, and then there’s the small matter …
Play buttonBrian May IK Multimedia launches the AmpliTube Brian May | MusicRadarmusicradar.com - Jonathan Horsley Following one of the most unsubtle teasers in the history of product launches, IK Multimedia have released their AmpliTube Brian May software suite, …
Seymour Duncan Dark Sun review | MusicRadarmusicradar.com - Trevor Curwen Pedal designers may know their jobs, but the input of a pro guitarist in the design process ought to ensure that a pedal ticks the right boxes for …
Music Technology Future Piano aims to bring grand pianos to the masses with the Standing Grand | MusicRadarmusicradar.com - Simon Arblaster The problem with grand pianos is that they’re too blummin’ big, well only if you want to have one your own home, or school. Of course, that’s not the …
Play buttonAcoustic GuitarFrank Turner on paying dues and telling stories: “The very least I could do as a white man who plays rock ’n’ roll is acknowledgemusicradar.com - Matt Parker Frank Turner’s new record No Man’s Land explores the lives of a number of women who remain underserved by history’s dominant, often male narrative – …
Guitar Takamine CP400 New Yorker review | MusicRadarmusicradar.com - Dave Mead Available only through a select range of Takamine dealers, the company’s Collectors’ Series represents a special-edition run of hand-crafted …
Play buttonMusic Technology Cherry Audio celebrates first anniversary with Voltage Modular Nucleus, a free modular software plugin synthesizer | MusicRadarmusicradar.com - Simon Arblaster Cherry Audio is celebrating the first anniversary of its modular plugin synth, Voltage Modular and to mark the occasion it will be releasing a new …
Guitar Guitar setup 101: how to set your guitar up for drop tuning | MusicRadarmusicradar.com - Total Guitar Drop tuning can be great fun but the string rattle you get with a lower tension isn’t as enjoyable. So, let us show you how to keep your axe happy …
Synthesizers How to create a simple lead patch with AudioKit Synth One | MusicRadarmusicradar.com - Computer Music Apple’s iOS platform has been graced by countless virtual analogue synthesizers, especially since the omnipresent iPad debuted back in 2010. Many of …
Music Technology How to use additive synthesis in the KarmaFX synth | MusicRadarmusicradar.com - Computer Music We’ve explored additive oscillators in a subtractive architecture. Now let’s build a proper, if simplified, additive signal path with no filters and …
