The SB55/v from our friends at @eastmanguitars is powered by a @lollarpickups “50’s Spec” P90 in the bridge and comes in both single, and double-cut models. The Faber compensated bridge and a no-load tone pot that bypasses itself from the signal chain when set to 10 were a few of the cool features on this classic design. Continue reading NAMM 2020 – Eastman Guitars – SB55/v

Two new pedals from the man, the myth, the legend, Zach over at @mythospedals. First up is the SusMaryOsep which is a collaboration with @rj_ronquillo which combines at Herculean V2 with a boost and slap echo in one box! Both the boost and the echo are controlled via sliders and individual footswitches. The Lark, another artist collab, this time with @rhettshull, is a very cool overdrive which works … Continue reading NAMM 2020 – Mythos Pedals – SusMaryOsep! & Lark

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

Spent some quality time yesterday with the latest upgrade to Collings Guitars I-35LC. This new iteration of the widely popular semi-hollow I-35 takes a few cues from the fully-hollow I-30 in it’s new laminate construction for plain top builds. This blonde model sports an aged finish that looks, feels and more importantly sounds fantastic in person. We already have one on order for later this … Continue reading NAMM 2020 – Collings Guitars – I-35LC – Updated

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

We’ve been fans of Greer Amps for what seems like forever, and this new Royal Velvet Class-A British Drive & Pre is like a Vox in a box, combined with a Greer Thunderbolt30. As the Soma63 is to a Fender Brown Concert, the Royal Velvet is to an AC30. It has the EL84 chime you’d expect and is extremely responsive to changes in volume control … Continue reading NAMM2020 – Greer Amps – Royal Velvet Class-A British Drive & Pre