NAMM 2019: Is IK Multimedia’s AXE I/O the high-end audio interface guitar players have been waiting for?
Impedance control, expression inputs, re-amp out and built-in tuner among new features
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NAMM 2019: Peterson reckons its new StroboStomp HD is “the ultimate pedal tuner”
Guitar and bass tuner boasts high-definition screen and 100 ‘sweetened’ tunings
Rise Against's Joe Principe: “Bass playing should be about locking in with the drummer. I’ve always seen myself as a percussive player”
The punk bassist talks Wolves, bass and his beloved Fender crossbreed
You Me At Six's Matt Barnes: “I didn’t play a P-Bass for ages. When I finally picked one up, the neck was incredible”
The bassist talks Fenders, favourite players and recording VI
NAMM 2019: Control any MIDI device from your guitar with Noatronic’s Onboard Expression
New potentiometer replaces conventional tone pots
NAMM 2019: Audient and Two Notes may have just designed the ultimate guitar interface
Sono features an onboard valve plus Torpedo power-amp modelling and cab sims
Lisa Mann: “I was always attracted to the sound of the bass, whatever I was listening to”
The blues bassist and singer-songwriter on bringing technical chops to the long-established style
NAMM 2019: Red Witch’s Fuzz God III packs 64 fuzz combinations into one mini pedal
“The most versatile, compact and affordable high-end fuzz pedal ever made,” says RW
NAMM 2019: EMG unveils signature pickups for Lars Frederiksen, David Ellefson, Frank Bello, Tom Araya and Prashant Aswani
Five new guitar and bass sets debuted
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