If Parliament were condensed into a genie-in-a-bottle like place, they would live here. The MXR Bass Auto Q…
This little black box is basically an auto-wah effect – with full tweaking controls coming at not extra cost. It runs on a wall-wart (not supplied) or just a standard PP9 battery. As far as external links go, [...]
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Looking to spend more than a modest amount on an acoustic Dread? Look no further than the Apollo 1DC…
This Martin-styled cutaway dread is a smartly satin-lacquered instrument. It sports a solid sitka top partnered by laminated mahogany back and sides. Binding is white with herringbone purfling around the front and around the soundhole. This binding [...]
The undeniable appeal of Sandberg has always been it’s wallet-friendly pricing compared to its vintage counterparts. So how special is this Special Panther? …
When looking straight at it, while keeping Music Man’s back catalogue at the forefront of your mind, it does take a lot of its styling from the Stingray. This Panther Special version [...]
We’ve reviewed a few T-Rex products here at MusicGadgets over the last year or so, and all are crackers. Will the Twin Boost follow suit?
As far as versatility goes, few pedals are quite as useful as a clean boost (just look at how well MXR have done). T-Rex have gone one better than the standard [...]
Making your way through the low-end semi-acoustic spectrum can be hard – especially with Yamaha because of their massive product range. Is this cheap and cheerful CPX500 mini-jumbo a hit?
When looking at this you get the impression that Yamaha have probably had to cut a few corners to get to where they are with the price [...]
Very well made, lush tones and beautiful presence – just some of the endearing qualities of the Larrivee OM-09…
Canadian luthier Jean Larrivee began making his guitars back in early 1970’s. Since then he has adopted the classic X-bracing, something that is at home to the infamous Martin guitars. Today the refined version can be found in [...]
Valve power married with preamp circuitry, it’s been done before but the Tonebone Plexitube’s features make this a versatile, pioneering beast…
Canada’s Radial Engineering has been producing Tonebone effects pedals and switching boxes since 2002 and can boast a number of high-profile users, including Toto’s Steve Lukather and Mettalica’s Kirk Hammett. This pedal’s aim? To deliver [...]
As some of you may have read, I have already written about one of the pedals that Behringer have recently bought out. I however figured that the range was so good, and so inspiring that I needed to tell you about the other gem of the RSM range…
Staring with the single and only bad point [...]
This Super Flanger SF400 is straight out of Behringer’s new pedal series of ‘Real Sound Modelling Pedals.’ That’s all very well and good but does this flimsy flanger deliver?
Now, those who are at home to the genius of Behringer will know that among the newly fashioned pedals they produce, they churn out all sorts of [...]
With low power-amps really taking off in the current amp market, Blackstar just made things a lot more difficult…
With a power rating of only 5 watts there is probably no surprise to hear that the amp started out as one of Blackstar’s award winning HT valve overdrive pedals. It is said that the idea then properly came [...]
