Gear-Vault

Van Halen is Back: Guaranteed to Satisfy

Paul Heller — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:19:30 +0000

All is forgiven. The cheesy keyboards on “Jump”. The parachute pants and bandanas. The entire Sammy Hagar experience. Gary Fucking Cherone. All is forgotten. Steve Vai’s heart-shaped triple-neck guitar. The porno-flick soundtrack. Valerie Bertinelli. Chickenfoot. None of it matters now. Van Halen is back, which you’ve heard before. Hold on, though – they’re back with [...]

New Wah Pedal in store for Bonamassa Fans

George VanderLaan — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:10:18 +0000

The pedal isn’t currently listed on Dunlop’s site or available in shops yet, but we reckon the manufacturer’s holding out for January’s NAMM show, before it officially unveils the product. As you can see the obvious aesthetic difference between the Bonamassa signature Cry Baby and its ‘stock’ sister is a rather attractive copper top finish, which [...]

Win An Elvis Presley Fender Kingman Guitar Giveaway

Chaz — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:59:30 +0000

Elvis lives! I used to live right down the street from a Kalamazoo, MI Burger King where Elvis was allegedly spotted years after his death. This has nothing to do with a giveaway, I just wanted to share the info.But, you can fill your home with the spirit of The King if you win this Elvis Presley Kingman acoustic guitar from Fender.The Fender Elvis Presley Kingman Clambake Acoustic Guitar is a painstaking re-creation of one of Elvis' most iconic instruments used during his movie career in movies like Clambake and Double Trouble. The Elvis Kingman has everything from the large Fender® headstock logo, dual checkerboard rosette, "Viking" Fender® bridge with all cream bridge pins, and of course the return of the Wildwood back and sides that makes this baby a stunner!

TC Electronics Offers Polytune Mini: NAMM 2012

George VanderLaan — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:59:12 +0000

Two years ago, TC introduced polyphonic tuning to the world and since then guitarists everywhere have welcomed this next-generation way of tuning with open arms. Now TC reveals the world’s smallest polyphonic tuner: PolyTune® Mini that will fit on any pedal board. Sometimes size actually does matter and in such cases, PolyTune Mini is the [...]

What is it like going to a Guitar Show?

Mike McQuain — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:24:54 +0000

Just over a week ago I had the chance to visit the Orlando International Guitar & Music Expo 2012. That’s fancy-talk for ‘guitar show’. If you’re not familiar with what a guitar show is then try thinking of it this way – we all get the concept of a convention or conference for business professionals [...]

Jim Root Launches His New Orange Head at NAMM 2012

George VanderLaan — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:44:54 +0000

Jim Root’s new Terror Head is modeled on the dirty channel of the Orange Rockerverb 100 – to produce an all-tube 15 watt amp. It’s designed for a range of styles from metal to hard rock, vintage rock, and blues. It comes with 3-band EQ and a tube driven effects loop. Orange will also be [...]

Limited Edition John Mayer Signature by Martin

George VanderLaan — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:22:15 +0000

Only 25 of these have been made, and John Mayer is personally signing and numbering each one at Winter NAMM 2012. This is a very limited edition based on specifications and design elements that John Mayer requested of Martin, using their 12-fret 00 body size. Cocobolo wood, a strikingly beautiful member of the rosewood species, [...]

Autotune Guitar Revealed by Peavey – Gimmick?

George VanderLaan — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:11:25 +0000

Peavey have teamed up with Antares to bring you the AT-200 — a guitar that simulates tuning — is this a gimmick? Regular readers will recall that we announced nearly a year ago that Antares was working on this technology – and I had a somewhat skeptical view of their approach back then. My views are [...]

Peavey Introduces New iOS Guitar Kit

George VanderLaan — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:13:41 +0000

The new Peavey AmpKit LiNK HD pocket-size iOS guitar interface features twice the fidelity and convenience of the original AmpKit LiNK. Based on USB digital audio technology, AmpKit LiNK HD eliminates crosstalk and feedback for pristine high fidelity, even with authentic high-gain amp models in AmpKit, the companion amp app from Agile Partners. AmpKit LiNK HD [...]

Carlsboro Revives Vintage Amp Series

George VanderLaan — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:25:13 +0000

Carlsbro is among the most famous names in British guitar amplification and has been designing and manufacturing guitar tube amps since 1959, selling its early models to Jim Marshall’s shop in Denmark Street, London’s famous ‘Tin Pan Alley’. The famous 50 Top and TC series revives the Carlsbro tube heritage, with uncompromising build quality, hand selected components [...]