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EarthQuaker Devices reinvents the reverb pedal once more with the Towers Stereo Reverberant Filter
By Jonathan Horsley published
The Towers Stereo Reverberant Filter does reverb the EQD way, and it could be soundscape generator you've been waiting for (or maybe just something more exotic than room, plate and spring)

Baby Audio's “most advanced synthesizer to date” is a granular plugin capable of creating “entirely new textures”
By Si Truss published
Grainferno's morphing, dual sample engine will turn your loops and one-shots into “tonal instruments, lush evolving atmospheres and volatile digital noise”

New George Michael tour film and live album announced
By Will Simpson published
Footage comes from Faith tour of 1988

Country star John Osborne’s signature Tele comes factory modded with a distressed nitro finish, custom pickups – and it’s even got a B-bender too
By Jonathan Horsley published
Based of his beloved 1968 Tele, this Road Worn doozie has it all going on, and while the B-bender is a headline spec item, what about that oil-finished fingerboard with the maple cap fretboard?

Does your digital rig lack “thump” and feel? Victory’s PowerValve 200 promises to restore that analogue tube mojo
By Jonathan Horsley published
With an onboard Valve React Circuit, this 200-watt power amp is designed to push air through a real guitar speaker, giving you quote/unquote real amp feel when using a modeller

“I didn't say that I think her music was 'boring'”: Jack White puts the record straight about Taylor Swift
By Will Simpson published
And social media pile-ons stifle “artistic vision and imagination”, he argues

"Not a step we take lightly": PRS sue Steam for using music without a licence – for 23 years
By Will Simpson published
They’ve never bothered to obtain one

Eddie Van Halen’s guitar solo didn't overheat a speaker during the making of Michael Jackson’s Beat It, but an AC/DC issue did
By Ben Rogerson published
“Something let loose in the amplifier and put out a tremendous power surge,” says engineer Matt Forger
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