Guitars

Gadgets

The Peavey AT-200 Is The T-Pain Of Electric Guitars

8:15PM February 1, 2012 | Andrew Tarantola

Why should Akon have all the fun? This new guitar has a built-in Auto-Tune feature that can change the pitch and tuning of any note played — in real-time — at the press of a button. More »


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The First Digital Guitar You Won’t Hate

8:00AM January 14, 2012 | Mario Aguilar

The Gibson Firebird X is the first digital guitar that even the most fervent analogue luddite won’t write off as a gadgetar. Lots of guitar technology claims to offer you infinite sounds and disappoints. This is what infinity feels like. More »


Entertainment

Gibson’s New Future Guitar Will Melt Your Ears

2:00AM September 30, 2011 | Mario Aguilar

Gibson guitars are some of the finest ever built. Period. Their latest future guitar is strapped with Gibson’s most advanced digital sound technologies yet to help you shred like Hendrix — or whoever it is you want to sound like. More »


Entertainment

For Sale: Rare, Oddly Shaped Japanese Guitars

10:10AM August 30, 2011 | Adrian Covert

During their prime in the ’50s and ’60s, Teisco guitars weren’t necessarily high-end objects of lust. But the company packaged their instruments in weird form factors or add odd features (extra knobs and pickup bars), which made them appealing. More »


Entertainment

Not Knowing Where Your Instrument Came From Could Cost You $US17,000

2:40AM August 27, 2011 | Adrian Covert

There’s a war against musical instruments brewing in America. Not because of Rock-n-Roll’s shadow affiliation with Satan, or the generations of delinquents they’ve bred. Rather, environmental agencies are not happy about the types of illegal materials they’re made from. More »


Geek Out

Playable Guitar Bag Provides On-Demand Party Time Excellence

10:32AM July 28, 2011 | Michael Zhao

While it’s sad that Wayne and Garth are no longer actively producing their most excellent community television program, I’m sure they would totally approve of this rockin’ messenger bag with a built-in functioning guitar. Party on, indeed. More »


Entertainment

Make Beautiful Music By Outfitting Your Guitar With Lasers

11:29AM July 21, 2011 | Kelly Hodgkins

M3i Industries has a new product that merges two of our favourite things: guitars and lasers. And this new pickup system has the ability to record the pitch of string before your pick has even hit it. What more could your want? More »


Geek Out

Watching A Guitar Being Played From Inside The Guitar Is Trippy

5:40AM July 15, 2011 | Casey Chan

Kyle Jones, a guitarist, had the clever idea of recording himself playing guitar from inside his guitar. He didn’t expect to see the guitar strings turn into wacky, wavy and shapely lines. It’s crazy. And it’s thanks to the iPhone. More »


Online

One Guy Who Really Misses His Stolen Guitar Launches Full-Scale Online Campaign To Get It Back

8:02AM June 25, 2011 | Adrian Covert

Many of us have been victims of theft at one point or another, but one Vancouver-area guy was so bummed out about his stolen musical gear – especially a 1953 Gibson Les Paul guitar he had for 43 years – he’s launched an all-out internet campaign to get it back. More »


Entertainment

Guitar Strings? Where We’re Going We Don’t Need Strings.

11:00AM March 28, 2011 | Jack Loftus

Enter the cool yet incredibly untested HyperTouch Guitar. What’s its speciality? Lacks strings. The guitarist plays it using an intricate touchpad. The pad is wildly customisable, but something tells me it’s not going to replace string guitars just yet. More »