New PRS video gives you a tour of its SE series factory in Indonesia

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PRS has just released a PR video with lots of behind-the-scenes footage of its new factory in Surabaya, Indonesia. The video shows PRS workers assembling the company’s SE guitar line, including the various steps involved in making the components and assembling the final product. PRS SE Factory Tour of Surabaya, Indonesia  Jack Higginbotham, COO of PRS, […]

Dave Navarro reunited with long-lost custom Nothing’s Shocking Ibanez

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During Jane’s Addiction’s 1991 Lollapalooza American tour, Dave Navarro pawned his one-off custom Ibanez model. Now, 28 years later, he’s been reunited with that same custom guitar.  Dave Navarro’s Nothing Shocking Ibanez Mr Navarro has had his ups and downs. One low point was pawning off his custom Nothing’s Shocking Ibanez guitar during the 1991 Lollapalooza tour. […]

Mine S modular MIDI controller for completely customisable control gets funded

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SpecialWaves first introduced us to their Mine S customisable MIDI controller 2 years ago with a disastrous Kickstarter campaign. It’s a beautifully designed modular MIDI controller with bags of potential that completely failed to reach its goal by quite a margin. They are back and this time its Indiegogo and more importantly it’s with a […]

PRS SE Custom 24 with Roasted Maple necks released as new limited edition

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PRS has just announced new SE Custom 24 models that all feature roasted maple necks and fingerboards. They’re part of a limited run for Europe and they look pretty damn sweet! PRS SE Custom 24 Limited Editions with Roasted Maple necks You can now – for a limited time – order either an SE Custom […]

Tinami MD-1 is a custom MIDI controller built to your design

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We first came across Tinami in the summer of 2017. Seemed like a neat idea – from an online template 4 x 4 grid of MIDI control possibility you can populate it with the knobs, buttons and sliders of your choice. Hit the order button and Tinami will make you your very own customised MD-1 […]

Sputnik – Arcade Modded Guitar

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Sputnik is a modded guitar made by David O and Remy Sefi, the guitar started out as a plain old Ibanez Semi-Hollow AS53 model, but now it is full of tech to make it squeal! Sputnik This modded Ibanez Semi-Hollow AS53 is stuffed with the following technology to make it into something more than a regular […]

Bones, mannequins, toilet seats: The weirdest guitars you’ve never seen!

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Weird, bizarre or just wrong on so many levels: there are some very strange guitar-like instruments out there. Some are custom guitars made by experts. Some are obviously… not. But the all have the ‘car crash’ factor. They’re like a traffic accident that you can’t help slowing down to take a peek at.  The models […]

Origin Effects RevivalDRIVE: An ambitious ‘amp-like’ British boutique overdrive

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British boutique pedal manufacturer Origin Effects is known for its compressor effect pedals. Now it’s announcing its first overdrive pedal, RevivalDRIVE. The company says they have spent “years” on R&D for this pedal, which sounds promising… Origin Effects RevivalDRIVE – with complete amp signal path According to the manufacturer, the RevivalDRIVE mirrors the entire signal […]