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Jackson unveils stripped down single-pickup shred classics in ltd edition Pro Plus Pure Metal range
By Jonathan Horsley published
Pure Metal or no metal at all, wimps and posers leave the hall...

Victory Amps has reimagined Pete Honore’s Deputy tube amp as a super-portable lunchbox head
By Jonathan Horsley published
If you're like Danish Pete and looking for a compact single-channel head for '60s British-style cleans and overdriven '70s rock tones, you'll find all that and more inside this lunchbox

“Not another multi-effect for your dentist": Polyend’s Mess looks like an FX sequencing powerhouse
By Ben Rogerson published
Superbooth 25: It promises to be “built for adventurers in sound design”

“It replaced three plugins on my vocal bus - I love it!ˮ: Meet Velvet, iZotope’s new smart vocal smoothing tool
By Daniel Griffiths published
As part of the affordable Catalyst series, Velvet aims to zap the bugs in your most vexatious vocals

Arturia embraces NKS - and offers hardware owners free access to Native Instruments' Komplete 15 Select
By Daniel Griffiths published
Superbooth 25: With KeyLab mk3, KeyLab Essential mk3, and MiniLab soon able to browse NKS libraries, is the sound-tagging format now too big to fail?

The ultra-rare PPG 1002 has been rebuilt for the 21st century - and it comes with a jaw-dropping price tag
By Andy Price published
Superbooth 25: One of the rarest synths in the history of music returns as a limited edition re-run - but you’re going to have to be quick if you want to grab one

ThorpyFX’s Hanami fuzz pedal is packed with NOS germanium, dynamic, and looks blooming lovely
By Jonathan Horsley published
Unleash some flower power upon your 'board with the all-new fuzz from ThorpyFX

One of our favourite instruments of 2024 gets even better as Polyend adds a sample engine to Synth
By Si Truss published
Superbooth 2025: “I’ve always admired how Andy Stott builds tracks from just a few carefully shaped samples and his minimal, textural approach influenced the design”

Hexinverter's analogue drum machine never happened, but Erica Synths' HexDrums is set to put that right
By Ben Rogerson published
Superbooth 25: It’s infused with Mutant Drum DNA

“I realised he couldn’t play well enough to put the video out”: Rick Beato on Giacomo Turra scandal
By Jonathan Horsley published
Turra has been accusations of using other guitar player's arrangements and passing them off as his own. Beato remains unconvinced of Turra's playing – and his apology
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