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NAMM 2024: “The amp that’s been missing from the Victory catalog”: Victory Amps keeps it compact with The Deputy – a new boutique amp head built in collaboration with Pete Honoré
By Phil Weller published
The all-valve, 25-watt amp expands on the Victory Sheriff’s Vintage channel to create “a testament to simplicity, delivering a pure and powerful classic rock”
NAMM 2024: Can a Yamaha Pacifica ever be worth $2,000? We played the new Pacifica Professional to find out
By Michael Astley-Brown published
Forget the name: there’s a lot more to Yamaha’s new flagship than you might think, including some genuine industry firsts
NAMM 2024: “An in-the-box ecosystem poised to become the beating heart of your rig”: Five years in the making, Two Notes' monstrous Genome software is finally here – and promises to be the ultimate virtual backline
By Phil Weller published
Bolstered by AI software and compatible with other amp modelling captures, the French firm has left no stone unturned with its latest digital release
NAMM 2024: “The chance to succeed at building a classic sounding fuzz pedal”: Jack White’s Third Man Hardware just hopped on the DIY pedal train with the Fuzz-a-Tron – and it’s even cheaper than the JHS Notaklön
By Matt Owen published
White makes a strong play for conquering the DIY pedal market with the new $75 kit, bringing serious competition to the likes of Catalinbread and JHS Pedals
NAMM 2024: “A sonic odyssey for drop tunings”: Reverend unveils its latest Billy Corgan signature guitar – and it’s precision-engineered for aggressive drop-tuned riffage
By Phil Weller published
The Drop Z pairs Corgan's Railhammer pickups with an extended scale length to eradicate the flop when tuning Zero low
NAMM 2024: “A distinctive instrument in form and function”: Reverend adds Hot Mulligan’s Chris Freeman to its roster with a new signature guitar that will take you into “emo overlord territory”
By Phil Weller published
The flagship model comes complete with a kill switch and kill button, along with Railhammer and P-90 pickups
NAMM 2024: Mooer makes its latest play to disrupt the multi-FX market with the GE1000 Li – and it’s equipped with an AI-driven EQ section
By Matt Owen published
The latest entry to Mooer's GE multi-effects catalog also introduces, for the first time, a touchscreen – but it's overshadowed by the pedal's artificially intelligent EQ powers
NAMM 2024: With the $2,199 Pacifica Professional, Yamaha is hoping to prove the beginner workhorse has thoroughbred potential. Can it persuade players to pay a higher price for an entry-level name?
By Matt Parker published
The firm's new Japanese-made Professional and Standard Plus models are challenging perceptions of the enduringly popular Pacifica
NAMM 2024: “I don't have anything in my sonic world that's anything like it”: Keeley Electronics has released a new signature overdrive for Andy Timmons – and it’s left the virtuoso in “tone heaven”
By Phil Weller published
The pedal offers Andy Timmons and Robert Keeley-specific voicings for transparent clean boosts and all-out germanium fuzz tones
NAMM 2024: “We want to do for the guitar community what Fulltone has always done – make amazing products for working class guitar players”: Fulltone has been resurrected by Jackson Audio – and the OCD is coming back
By Phil Weller published
Having ended its large-scale production in 2022, Fulltone has been given a second life through a collaboration with Jackson Audio, with old favorites and new inventions on the way
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