iRiver release new product called X20, great news for you if you’re fan of portable audio/video devices. it support formating of MP3, WMA, OOG files for audio, WMV and Mpeg-4 for video with large capacity (2,4GB or 8GB) and you can add more with external storage (MicroSD supported). It support with UMS (some kind of USB key) and can playback upto 22 hours of batery life for audio playback. X20 come with size 98.5×49x14.8mm and weights 71g.

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Great news for speaker gadgeters! Yamaha release the lastest virtual surround speaker, the YSP-900 model. It can simulate different audio models, such as 2.1 or 5.1-channel sound system. and it has audio sensors function which is able to precisely focus the output sound on your exact location in the room. You can see bellow how the speakers works at your home.
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Now we can see the strange instrument section, why? because the Plattabass is a DIY bass guitar with a built-in turntable. The Mobius is trying to create a prototype of it.

The Plattabass will feature (if it can be build, I hope so) Fender P bass neck, 2 Basslines 1/4 pound pickups, Fender flat-wound strings, 2 assignable cross faders (extreme pitch control and thumb worn magnet), 3 control knobs, 2 TRS stereo outputs, Technics 1200 (motor, plater and controls), custom metal bridge, built-in phono preamp (maybe Rane TTM-56).

This can be a great instrument, so I hope The Mobius get to build the Plattabass and see him playing that.

The Plattabass will feature (if it can be build, I hope so) Fender P bass neck, 2 Basslines 1/4 pound pickups, Fender flat-wound strings, 2 assignable cross faders (extreme pitch control and thumb worn magnet), 3 control knobs, 2 TRS stereo outputs, Technics 1200 (motor, plater and controls), custom metal bridge, built-in phono preamp (maybe Rane TTM-56).

This can be a great instrument, so I hope The Mobius get to build the Plattabass and see him playing that.

The leader of SNL’s band, touring guitar player of Bob Dylan (he even directed the Bob Dylan 30th Anniversary Celebration Concert) and co-writer of Wayne’s World theme G.E. Smith has teamed up with Fender to build a signature Telecaster, the Fender G.E. Smith Signature Telecaster.

The G.E. Smith Signature Telecaster features premium ash body, 1–piece maple neck, maple fingerboard, Custom “Cut-Off” Original Vintage Style Tele Bridge, 2 American Vintage Tele single-coil pickups (bridge pickup is mounted directly on the wood), 3–way pickup switch and master volume and tone controls.

The G.E. Smith Signature Telecaster is available dakota red and honey blonde finishes and it’s price is $1,500.

Besides this, both Hartman Vintage Germanium Fuzz models feature 100% hand-wired connections, transistors pre-adjusted for optimum working, true bypass, heavy-duty aluminum enclosure, on/off LED and 9V input (can work with battery too). You can also customize the pedals selecting if you want additional modules, having or not the LED or 9V input, …

The price for the Vintage Germanium Fuzz AC128 model is $139.99 and for the NKT275 model is $179.99.

The GR 1.6 features 20W output power (with dual 6V6GT tube), vacuum tube rectifier (options are 5AR4/GZ-34, 5U4GB, 5V4GA and 5Y3GT), 12AX7 tube preamp, Celestion AlNiCo Blue 12” or 2 Tone Tubby Ceramic 10” speaker options, 1/4” input jack, master volume knob, hi/lo tilt (for emphasize midrange or low midrange response) and lean/plush (for adjusting frequency response and drive level) switches, trim, treble, bass and cut controls, standby and power on/off switches.

The JCA Circuits GR 1.6 sounds really good in clean and distortion settings and in my opinion is focused to rock and blues styles. The amp is available in cocoal levant and black levant finishes, its price is $2,395 (with free shipping inside US) and has 5 years warranty.

John 5 (ex-Marilyn Manson and current Meat Loaf and Rob Zombie guitar player), teamed up with Fender to build a signature guitar based on the Telecaster Deluxe, the Fender J5 Triple Tele Deluxe, although the only thing that remains from this model is the body design.

The J5 Triple Tele Deluxe features alder body, maple neck, rosewood fingerboard, American vintage synchronized tremolo, 3 Enforcer “Wide Range” humbucker pickups, 3–way pickup switch and 1 volume and 1 tone control.

The J5 Triple Tele Deluxe’s design is very cool (the chrome brass pickguard gives the guitar a very good looking) and its recommended price is near $850.

There are a lot of MP3 players available in stores and it’s not our job to review them, but this one, the Tascam MP-GT1 is some kind of different MP3 player, this one features a guitar trainer. If you always wanted to play along your favorite albums but with rhythm and vocals only, now you can.

The Tascam MP-GT1 features 1GB capacity (nowhere says if it’s a HD or flash memory) and many tools for “teaching” guitar players. This tools include variable speed audition (to slow down or play faster the songs without changing the pitch), pitch control (to adjust the song to your tuning), looping difficult parts (yes, that part of the solo is hard), guitar cancelling (to play without the original guitar track), built-in multi-effects (like overdrive, distortion, delay, flange and reverb), built-in tuner, oscillator and metronome, 1/4″ guitar input and 1/8” headphone output, rechargeable battery (up to 9 hours working), LCD display and USB port.

The Tascam MP-GT1 is now available in stores and its price is $199. A very useful tool for practicing with your favorite bands.

The new model from the Ibanez ATK Bass Guitar Series is the Ibanez ATK700, an aggressive instrument (like original ATK’s) with versatile and comfortable design. The instrument features ash body (with quilted maple top), 5–pieces maple/walnut neck, maple fingerboard, ATK4 bridge, ATK triple-coil neck pickup and built-in 3–band EQ. The ATK700 is available in blue moon and natural finishes and its approximate price is $930.
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