We started Friday morning over at the Martin Guitar booth and were a bit blown away with their new SC-13E model. We might have had a private demo where someone from Martin took the neck joint apart for us…but you’ll have to wait for when they start shipping for photos of that. It’s basically a new dovetail-esque neck that’s removable via a couple of bolts … Continue reading NAMM 2020 – New Martin Guitars SC-13E

Cool new vintage-inspired strings from our friends at @stringjoy strings! This new Broadway string features a pure nickel wrap wire around a smaller round steel core which is extremely slinky and feels great for bends at all sorts of classic tension profiles. Based on a ton of research into strings from the 60s, but much improved. We’ll have these in the shop soon, and we have all … Continue reading NAMM 2020 – Stringjoy Broadways – Nickel Strings

Here’s a great new piece of gear from the crew Henriksen Amplifiers. The Bud Hed takes the amp section from the popular Bud combo amp and enables you to either run it as a headphone amp, out to a speaker cab, or you can run it straight into a venue’s mixer as a DI. Continue reading NAMM2020 – Henriksen Amps – The Bud Hed

NAMM releases have started to arrive and we’re getting ’em received and onto the website. First up is the latest upgrade to the Nobels – ODR-1 (bc) Overdrive from the crew @nobelsofficial . Featuring a couple of fantastic additions, including an internal bass cut switch and the ability to run at both 9v and now 18v for additional headroom. A mainstay of many session players, … Continue reading New Pedal Alert – Nobels Pedals – ODR-1 (bc) Overdrive