Category Archives: Gear

Ditto Looper the only guitar looper you need

TC Electronic released a new simplified guitar looper that makes life easy for guitarists

TC Electronic Ditto Looper, only two buttons

TC Electronic ~~Helicon~~ just released a looper in Europe that looks like a winner, the Ditto Looper.

It’s so simple you get 5 minutes of guitar looping with just two switches.

The first time I saw someone use a guitar looper he was toe-flipping switches on a multi-pedal board from Roland.

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The thought of remembering the step sequence on stage was daunting. There is enough to worry about when playing guitar. Continue reading →

Amazon Gibson guitar deals at the best prices

Amazon.com is offering the best choice of great Gibson guitars at year-end prices all year-long

Amazon.com is one of the best places to shop for Gibson guitars with discounts up to 40% and the choice of all the best guitar stores.

At this link they list the Gibson guitars at more than 50% off.

Amazon.com sells guitars on-line for more than 50 guitar stores like Musicians Friend, Music 123, Sam Ash, American Music Supply and Same Day Music, plus their own of Gibson guitars they stock. Continue reading →

Terabrite uses Gibson Min-ETune auto tuners to create video

Gibson gave indie rock duo Terabrite a new guitar if they could make a new video in one week

Terabrite “In Honor of Her Heart”

Gibson USA offered the indie rock duo Terabrite a brand new Gibson Les Paul Future Tribute with Min-ETune, if they could make a new song video in a week.

TeraBrite took the challenge to write and video an original song. Do you think they pulled it off?
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Fender takes $100 off American Strats

Until December 31 2012 Fender dealers are taking $100 off new guitars like this American Standard Stratocaster Guitar – Jade Pearl Metallic

American Standard Stratocaster Guitar – Maple Fingerboard – Jade Pearl Metallic

The cost of owning a real American Strat just got a little lower with Fender’s up to $100 Instant Holiday Savings special.

The prices are very competitive already with Amazon.com representing more than 50 of the top music retailers like Musicians Friend, Music 123, American Music Supply, Sam Ash and Chicago Music.

The extra $100 is a sweet tempting offer.

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Universal Audio UAD plugins are 64-bit

Universal Audio is shipping release 6.4 their Windows 7 64-Bit UAD plug-Ins, UAD-2 Satellite, and Apollo Audio interface

Universal Audio (UA), the manufacturer of professional audio recording hardware and software, has released 64-bit Windows 7 versions of their UAD Powered Plug-Ins v6.4 software.

Audio plug-ins use software to create the same effects as the old hardware boxes used by The Beatles, Elvis and even Frank Sinatra when they recorded. It’s a software emulation of electronics. Some people with golden ears swear the electronics is better but the differences are very slight. Continue reading →

Roland releases Windows 8 drivers

Roland US has improved the ASIO drivers for audio interfaces, MIDI, keyboards and drums

After struggling through the Windows 8 pre-release cycle of with Roland’s Windows Vista drivers, I was surprised to find the driver for my UA-25EX USB AudioCapture available right away.

Roland has already released Windows 8 drivers for most of their audio capture devices, MIDI, MIDI keyboard controllers, sound modules, drums and percussion modules.