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- December 7th
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- SampleRadar: 260 free tribal adventures samples
- Blinded by your pedalboard’s LEDs? RockBoard has the solution: LED Dampers
- Mad Professor unleashes feature-rammed Loud'n Proud overdrive/fuzz pedal
- Death By Audio releases sequel to “the most insane pedal of all time”, the Total Sonic Annihilation 2
- Pete Shelley, Buzzcocks guitarist, lead singer and founder dies aged 63
- Steve Vai engineer Greg Wurth's top tips for recording: "It’s about the purity of the sound, before the microphone even gets set up"
- Fender releases Albert Hammond Jr Stratocaster with custom pickup switching
- It looks like Arturia is announcing a new synth next week, but what is it?
- Best audio interfaces 2018: our pick of the best audio interfaces for music production
- December 6th
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- Peavey's new MAX bass amps revealed
- Fender launches Flea Signature Active Jazz Bass with bonkers promo video
- u-he’s Twangström models spring reverbs from “the guitar and instrument amps that made rock ‘n’ roll”
- IK Multimedia adds 10 new officially licensed guitar amp and pedal models to AmpliTube iOS
- PRS unveils jaw-dropping McCarty 594 ‘Graveyard II’ Limited Edition guitar
- Everything you need to know about DeArmond Gold Foil pickups
- Propellerhead’s Quad Note Generator could help you to come up with musical ideas in Reason
- Rougarou Pedals unleashes The Umibōzu fuzz/distortion pedal
- December 5th
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- Cassian: 5 things I’ve learned about music production
- The best Strat-style guitars under $/£2,000
- Rig tour: MONO’s Takaakira ‘Taka’ Goto
- The best high-end Strat-style guitars
- The best affordable hardware synthesizers: portable, desktop and keyboard instruments
- Sugar Bytes brings its Aparillo soundscape synth to the iPad
- Kiesel debuts new Lee McKinney headless models
- The best semi-modular synths: our guide to the finest modular-friendly analogue and digital hardware
- The best home studio mixers: analogue and digital multitrack interfaces for beginners and pros
- Klevgrand’s REAMP makes your music sound like it was recorded through vintage analogue audio gear
- Novation Peak 1.2 firmware update is coming in time for Christmas
- Phil X’s five top tips for guitarists: “Your favourite guitarist already exists. You need to be yourself”
- Gibson to re-enter the NAMM fray in 2019, following 2018's no-show
- Rig tour: Megadeth’s David Ellefson
- NanoStudio 2 could be the end-to-end iOS music production app you’ve been waiting for
- December 4th
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- Gibson walking from Memphis as hollowbody production moves to Nashville
- Go behind the scenes with Rob Chapman’s new project Clockwork Wolf & Co
- This Mr Typo voice synthesizer sounds as crazy as it looks
- Tascam’s TH-07 headphones are designed to sound as good as your nearfield studio monitors
- The FX files: Dunlop Cry Baby
- Epiphone announces well-appointed Joe Bonamassa ES-355
- The 11 best guitar amps under $/£500: our pick of the best amps for beginners and experts
- DJ Martin Solveig at the centre of twerking controversy at Ballon d’Or ceremony
- Hands-on demo: Fender American Performer Series
- Pedaltrain just teased an impossibly tiny tuner that could change pedalboards forever
- December 3rd
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- Fender launches American Performer Series with 9 new guitars and basses
- The best hardware drum machines 2018: our pick of the best grooveboxes for beginners and pros
- The 10 best multi-effects pedals: our pick of the best guitar FX modellers
- Spitfire Audio LABS Pads is full of softly spoken vintage synths, all for free
- RØDE’s new RØDECaster Pro is “the world’s first fully integrated podcast production studio”
- The 10 best guitar tuners: our pick of the best pedals, apps and clip-on tuners
- The 18 best electric guitars: our pick of the best guitars for beginners and experts
- The 14 best acoustic guitars: the best acoustic guitars for beginners and experts
- New guitar gear of the month: review round-up (December 2018)
- 6 fresh guitar artists you need to hear in December
- The 10 best electric guitars under $/£500: our pick of the best guitars for beginners and experts
- The 10 best acoustic guitars under $/£500: the best guitars for beginners and experts
- New music tech gear of the month: review round-up (December 2018)
- The 10 best guitar amps under $/£1,000: our pick of the best amps for experts and pro players
- Electro-Harmonix unveils Sovtek Deluxe Big Muff Pi, Flatiron Fuzz and Nano Battalion pedals
- Novation’s SL MkIII stands alone with its software and hardware control
- The 6 best guitar videos of 2018
- The 9 best new acoustic guitars of 2018
- The 14 best metal guitarists in the world right now
- The 14 best new guitar effects pedals of 2018
- The 15 best rock guitarists in the world right now
- The 12 best online guitar personalities in the world right now
- The 6 best new signature guitars of 2018
- The 12 best acoustic guitarists in the world right now
- The 11 best prog guitarists in the world right now
- The 10 best new guitar amps of 2018
- The 16 best guitar albums of 2018
- The 12 best new electric guitars of 2018
- The 12 best alternative guitarists in the world right now
- The 6 best guitar innovations of 2018
- The 13 best blues guitarists in the world right now
- The 14 best new guitarists in the world today
- The 10 best bassists in the world right now
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