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

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