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Inside Fender's 80-year battle against 60-cycle hum – the nemesis of single-coil guitars
Fender's Silent System is a solution for hum-free single-coil pickups with no tone loss. Director of product Allen Abbassi shares the story of its development
Justice confirmed as GTA VI soundtrack composers: French duo get the Rockstar seal of approval
Rockstar Games has confirmed French electronic duo Justice as the soundtrack composers for Grand Theft Auto VI, the most eagerly anticipated videogame of the year.
Teenage Engineering is working on a portable, stackable amp for outdoor jams
The EP-35 K.O.-AMP was revealed in a recently surfaced FCC filing
Billy Corgan praises Travis Barker as the "most Influential" drummer of the last thirty years
Billy Corgan has showered Travis Barker with some extravagant praise, calling him “the most influential drummer of the last thirty years”.
How to set up patch bay alongside your audio interface
Revolutionise your home studio's connectivity and signal paths with a patch bay – here's how
Unfiltered Audio Haze: a creative FX plugin for multimodal sonic explorations
Unfiltered Audio Haze is a creative FX plugin for mac and Win, featuring tape, granular, and spectral modes for deep sonic exploration
We enter the studio of soundtrack overlord Tyler Bates
Tyler Bates on scoring John Wick 4, building sound around a single vocal gesture, and working with The Exorcist director William Friedkin
“You get the full blast of Keith Emerson, Greg Lake and myself”
Emerson, Lake & Palmer created some of the most accomplished and acclaimed progressive rock music of all time during their imperial phase in the ’70s. But if drummer Carl Palmer had to pick just one track that captured ELP at the very peak of their powers, what would it be?
“This decision is necessary and important to us and our future ambitions”: Floor Jansen has exited Nightwish
The Finnish symphonic metal outfit Nightwish have parted company with their vocalist Floor Jansen. The group claim it was a mutual decision. In a statement, they have said simply that: “Nightwish and Floor Jansen part ways.” They continue: “After careful consideration, we have, in mutual agreement, decided to part ways. This decision is necessary and important to us and our future ambitions. Thus, we will now pursue those goals in our own separate ways. We wish each other nothing but the very best on our respective artistic journeys.”
Art rock guitarist and producer Bill Nelson reflects on trying to push Gary Numan out of his comfort zone
In our wide-ranging interview, guitar supremo Bill Nelson remembers working with Numan, Sylvian, Budd and talks the Guitars of Tomorrow
Behringer JN-80: Roland Juno-60 Synthesizer clone with 8 voices is now available in the EU
NAMM 2026: the Behringer JN-80 is a new 8-voice analog polyphonic Synthesizer based on the Roland Juno-60 synth.
Moog Matriarch discontinued!?
Moog Matriarch discontinued?! Dealers worldwide say the semi-modular analog synthesizer has been discontinued.
Toybox Audio Buzz Zone 3.0: hybrid wavetable synth gets major free update (mac, win, iPadOS)
Toybox Audio Buzz Zone is a feature-rich hybrid wavetable Synthesizer (mac, win, iPadOS): version 3.0 is a major free update with plenty of new things to explore.
Josh Scott of JHS Pedals is getting rid of a (literal) truckload of rare gear on Reverb
A truck came and took away hundreds of pedals, a heap of guitars, some very rare amps and you can buy this stuff from Oct 21
UVI Player: free plugin plays soundware and Falcon Expansions and Builder Platform
UVI Player replaces the UVI Workstation plugin, is free, now plays Falcon Expansions, and UVI introduces the Builder platform
“This will only get better over time”: Darkglass Anagram Guitar Essentials review
No longer just a bass pedal, this limited edition of the Anagram multi-effects is loaded with essential tones for us six-stringers
“If you buy one piece of music software this month, make it this one”: 5 plugins you need to know about
Phase Fiasco's Kazu tops our regular shortlist of new releases that deserve a place in your plugin folder
"Anytime I had a little bit of money, I would buy gear” Jack Antonoff talks Taylor Swift’s Midnights
We sit down with the world's biggest producer to talk Taylor Swift, his deep love of vintage gear, and why he can’t stop scrolling through Reverb at 4AM
Jackson unveils classic Scott Ian, Randy Rhoads, David Ellefson and Marty Friedman signature models
The ultimate metal guitar signature drop? With a replica of the Rhoads that started it all, this has got to be up there
The story of Michael Jackson’s game-changing 1993 Super Bowl performance to be told in new documentary
The Super Bowl Halftime Show now generates almost as much buzz as the game itself – probably more outside of the US – but it wasn’t always this way. In fact, the Halftime Show didn’t really become a ‘thing’ until 1993, when it was performed by Michael Jackson.
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