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NAMM 2025: Make your electric guitar sound like an acoustic, a sitar, a banjo… An analogue synth? Boss unveils the V-800 V-Guitar Processor, a unit that allows players “completely transform their sound at the push of a button”

The V-800 can turn your electric guitar into a sonic chameleon, nailing the tones of another electric, turning it into an acoustic, a sitar or a huge range of sounds – and it works with bass guitars too

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“Harness the complete output of a tube amp”: Boss takes on Universal Audio and Two Notes with the Waza Tube Amp Expander Core – and it might be the recording tool you’ve been waiting for

The streamlined take on a studio favorite aims to help players get the most out of their at-home recording and practice tube amp setups

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“Infinite sonic possibilities”: The Boss VG-800 aims to make your guitar sound like any other electric or acoustic on the planet – plus sitar, banjo and synth

Forget amp sims, the pedal stalwarts’ latest V-Guitar tech has the potential to model just about any stringed instrument using your guitar

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“Presets based on some of the world’s most iconic guitar amps”: Vintage squares up to Positive Grid and Boss with its Retro desktop modeling amp range – which starts at less than $150

Vintage is throwing its weight into the mini modeler market for the first time with a range of new amps that look set to face some tough competition

Guitar World

Is it time to change the narrative around fashion watches?

Is it time we start giving fashion watches a little more credit?

“Ohio supports their own, Alaskans have expensive taste”: Reverb reveals the most popular effects pedals in each US state – and a quarter of the country favors one brand in particular

Further reflecting the findings from the gear marketplace’s general best-selling pedals list, one company stood out above all others

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3 Luxury Brand Stocks Capitalizing on Global Wealth Growth

The luxury goods market is booming, fueled by rising wealth in emerging markets, younger consumer demand, and the power of influencer marketing. As a result, fundamentally robust stocks Industria de Diseño Textil (IDEXY), H & M Hennes & Mauritz (HNNMY), and Hugo Boss AG (BOSSY) are perfectly poised to ride…

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“The Uni-Vibe was an excellent alternative to a Leslie and became a mainstay for Jimi Hendrix”: Everything you need to know about modulation, from Leslie emulators and chorus pedals to bucket-brigade chips and phasers

Modulation effects are one of our pedalboard’s essentials. But where do they come from and what do they do? We explore the history of modulation, from amps and studio hardware to compact stompboxes

Guitar World

“I don’t care if all guitar internet hates me. I cannot wait for this pendulum to swing back. Mark my words, it will”: Why Rhett Shull thinks amp modelers will fall out of favor in the future

While Reverb’s 21 best-selling amps of 2024 were all bereft of tubes, Shull is convinced that tube amps will make an inevitable comeback

Guitar World

3 Luxury Retail Stocks Cashing In on Global Demand

As the global luxury goods market continues to expand, driven by rising disposable incomes and the increasing influence of younger consumers, fundamentally solid luxury retail stocks PVH Corp. (PVH), Kontoor Brands (KTB), and Hugo Boss (BOSSY) could be solid buys. Read further.

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David Beckham earns £28m in dividends from personal brand empire

Former footballer’s commercial tie-ups with Stella Artois and Boss offset losses at TV production studio

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"It may have bothered him that people didn’t recognise his guitar virtuosity, which might be why the song devotes so much space to his shredding": A music professor breaks down the theory behind Prince's When Doves Cry

Best of 2024: As Purple Rain celebrates its 40th anniversary, we put one of Prince's best-loved songs under the musical microscope

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“You could write your own Stairway to Heaven on an instrument like this”: The hottest guitar gear launches of 2024 – from Wolfgang Van Halen’s long-awaited semi-hollow signature to UAFX’s Dumble-in-a-pedal

There was an onslaught of new guitar products released over the past 12 months. Here are the ones that had us all talking (and checking our bank balance)

Guitar World

“I felt like I’d expressed everything I had inside me and nothing was left. After 20 years I thought, ‘Man, maybe I’m done’”: How Eddie Van Halen inspired Todd Jones to pick Nails up off the canvas for a face-ripping comeback album

Last man standing, sole original member of California hardcore stalwarts Nails, Todd Jones thought it was all over. But hyped up on classic Eddie licks, he turned that energy loose on Every Bridge Burning

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“Create the perfect loop”: Mooer stokes the compact looper market with the GL100 – an AI-equipped looper/drum pedal that's less than $150

The space-saving stompbox boasts 300 minutes of looping time, an AI-powered drum machine, and dual footswitch controls alongside comprehensive features to rival the likes of Boss and TC Electronic

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“Unlimited looping for endless ideas”: Can Zoom beat Boss and TC Electronic at their own game and conquer the compact looper game with its latest MultiStomp pedal?

Featuring a host of new features, effects, and intuitive controls, the MS-90LP+ wants to make the art form of looping easier than ever

Guitar World

“It’s a testament to just how much utility it provides”: Reverb has revealed its best-selling pedals of 2024 – and it seems we have a winner in this year’s amp modeler race

It’s been a big year for digital amp modelers and regular stompboxes alike, and as Reverb itself notes, it all makes for quite an interesting list

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"Gives you more features than the comparable Boss and Line 6 units": HeadRush Flex Prime review

Review update with audio demos to include 5.0 Firmware - "Overall, it’s a brilliant update"

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“Perhaps it's not too surprising that it would be such a big hit”: Reverb reveals its top selling pedals of 2024 and a compact modeller is this year's big winner

Podium finishes for top-sellers overall include three modern pedalboard classics, but are we entering an era when small format modellers are going to dominate the charts?

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“The effects from the Axe-FX III are so good that simply putting them in a standalone box is already a knockout product”: Fractal Audio Systems VP4 Virtual Pedalboard review

Four effects from the Axe-FX III? Okay, we're listening...

Christmas gifts for musicians and aspiring rock stars

T3's guide to the best gifts for those who like to rock and or roll

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"This is an upgrade in every sense": Boss Katana-Mini X guitar amplifier review

Boss makes its mini amp bigger – and worthier of the Katana name

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“A sophisticated, detailed design that produces highly expressive tones with immersive depth and dimension”: Boss unveils the Katana-Mini X, a portable $149 10W amp with FX, tuner and Bluetooth

The Katana-Mini X has three amp types with alternate voicings for each of them, and there is more volume and depth than you might expect from its 5" speaker

Guitar World

“Punch and power in a flyweight build”: Boss goes head-to-head with Positive Grid with the $149 Katana-Mini X – one of the firm’s most portable practice amps yet

Could the newest addition to the Katana collective become the go-to desktop amps for players?

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“My experience with the Boss GX-10 is a real tale of two halves”: Boss GX-10 review

Hands-on with the latest portable multi-effects pedal from stompbox heavyweight Boss

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