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August 31
- Rory Gallagher's iconic Strat, 60 Years of British Tone and Seven Decades come to the UK Guitar Show
- Add resonance and presence controls to any guitar amp with Amptweaker’s DepthFinder
- String Theory EFX unveils KE/64 Overdrive and Tevatron Fuzz pedals
- The Bee Gees’ Jive Talkin’ Gibson J-45 and EBS-1250 double-neck guitars up for auction
- Old gold: 1961 Epiphone Wilshire
- This ‘intelligent’ new MIDI plugin could make creating chord progressions easier than ever
August 30
- Orbital: “The real joy for me is that I’ve got my brother back. That feels pretty sweet!”
- Session bassist Bill Banwell: “It doesn’t matter what gig you’re doing, just play as well as you can because you don’t know who might be watching”
August 29
- Review round-up: channel-switching combo amps
- 3 classic ‘80s Moog synths are up for grabs in the Bob Moog Foundation’s annual raffle
- Miles Kane: the 10 records that changed my life
- Alice Cooper guitarist Nita Strauss joins UK Guitar Show line-up
- Darkglass Electronics debuts Hyper Luminal Hybrid Compressor pedal
- Moog discontinues its entire Moogerfooger analogue effects range
- Boss unveils VE-500 Vocal Performer pedal
- Omnisphere 2.5 is here, with hardware integration that makes it feel like a ‘real’ synth
- EarthQuaker Devices promises good vibrations from its Aqueduct vibrato pedal
- Korg’s Electribe Wave iPad app is designed for creating “state-of-the-art” dance music
- Peter Buck and Joseph Arthur: “The only way you get good is to try something new and fail at it”
- Rig tour: Skindred
August 28
- Klevgrand calls on analogue inspiration for its GotoEQ plugin and iPad app
- Review round-up: contemporary Tube Screamer-style overdrive pedals
- Blue’s Yeti Nano promises to be an affordable USB mic with a premium feel
- Mooer’s Preamp Live is the affordable amp modeller you’ve been waiting for
- Propellerhead launches free Reason Compact app for iOS... but it isn’t quite what you might have been hoping for
- Hotone debuts the Loudster, an affordable floor-based guitar power amp
- Tascam’s Model 24 looks like it could be the ultimate PortaStudio
- Seymour Duncan aims to “synthesize the ultimate fuzz tone” with Fooz analog synth pedal
- 5 minutes alone - Lamb Of God's Willie Adler: "A great riff is the memorable moment, not the crazy noodling you did"
August 27
- The playlist: Mallory Knox's Joe Savins
- Dave Marks: “I get parachuted into a lot of gigs and it’s never a soft landing”
August 24
- That Pedal Show comes to the UK Guitar Show
- Striped and 12-string Strats headline Fender’s new Made in Japan guitar limited-editions
- Young Guitarist of the Year 2018 finalists revealed!
- Acoustic Guitarist of the Year 2018 finalists revealed!
- Guitarist of the Year 2018 finalists revealed!
- Career in gear: Stone Sour's Christian Martucci shares the guitars he can't live without
- Rig tour: The Hold Steady
- Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Ed King dies aged 68
- Blast from the past: Roland MKS-80
- Hot Chip's Alexis Taylor: “I love the idea of sitting down and listening to a Prince album or a Sly Stone album and knowing that I’m going to be immersed in that for at least 30 or 40 minutes"
August 23
- Blawan: "I put the Why They Hide Their Bodies… track out, and was totally shocked by how popular it was. I was kind of like, ‘F***, I’ve made a big mistake here.’"
- Mini-jack connectors are now an official MIDI standard
- Issue 335 of Future Music is on sale now
- Melu Instruments teases something spectacular is on its way
- The Cult’s Jamie Stewart: “The job of a bass player is not to be front and centre; it’s to play your part in the bigger sonic picture”
- Cassell The Beatmaker: "I go from touring to teaching to production; If I was just playing drums I’d probably be working in Sainsburys"
August 22
- Microsoft Surface Dial owners rejoice, the Elephant app turns your unused knob into a MIDI controller
- The Pineapple Thief’s Bruce Soord: the 10 guitar albums that blew my mind
- ModulAir modular softsynth is released in free beta version
- Mooer bolsters Micro Preamp range with 3 new mini pedals
- The playlist: Mark Tremonti
- Malina Moye: “I’m using my guitar as my weapon to tell you how I feel and give you my perspective”
- Solar Guitars unveils four new finishes for A2.6C electric guitar
- Eddie Willis, original Motown Funk Brother, dies aged 82
August 21
- British drum heroes: Ian Paice, the hard rock survivor
- The Ellitone Multi-Synth is probably the most fun you can have with a budget synthesizer made of wood
- In pictures: Johnny Marr's gear collection
- Brent Hinds is selling a load of his old Mastodon gear on Reverb and you could buy it
August 20
- How to become a band technician
- The Earthboard uses magnets to secure and power your pedals
- Attend free lessons with JustinGuitar’s Justin Sandercoe and Misha Mansoor at the UK Guitar Show
- Ron ‘Bumblefoot’ Thal’s top tips for guitarists: “Learn things that aren’t guitar solos - learn horn parts, violin pieces or piano parts on your guitar”
- Justin Currie: “Del Amitri’s songs had tons of arpeggiated guitar melodies. How did you fit the bass in?”
- Focusrite’s guitar masterclasses will help you to improve your playing and recording skills
August 17
- Me in my studio: Alexander Lewis
- Richie Kotzen: “You should be able to solo in any key, major or minor, if you plan on playing music”
- Old gold: 1961 Gibson Barney Kessel
- Sinevibes’ Luminance can add a shimmering background layer to your sounds
August 16
- Queen of soul Aretha Franklin dies, aged 76: music stars pay tribute
- Kemper adds Celestion impulse responses, spring reverb and more in latest update
- London Drum Show 2018: Save £££s with early bird tickets
- UB40's Earl Falconer: “You can travel across continents with Steinbergers and they’re always in tune”
- Neil and Liam Finn: “We needed to get to the end with the family relationship intact - music is a highly charged thing to do”
- Slate Digital’s new mic has a vintage body but is stuffed with modern tech
- One for the road - Gus G: “My whole career has been full of Spinal Tap moments!”
- Watch Plini tear through djent-meets-fusion masterpiece Kind
August 15
- Focusrite set to host a masterclass in guitar recording at the UK Guitar Show
- Furch introduces Indigo Deluxe CY acoustic guitar
- Denise’s New York Compressor is “hard when you want it, soft when you need it”
- Myles Kennedy: “I don’t want to be one of those players where I just fall into a routine and don’t evolve”
August 14
- UAD Software 9.6 adds a classic channel strip, mic emulations, a guitar amp and a mastering suite
- deadmau5 dared someone to circuit-bend the Bible, so they did
- MusicRadar's 30-day guitar challenge will make you a better guitarist
- When British rock drumming ruled the world: it was 50 years ago today...
- A huge group of Australian guitarists just set a new world record
- Review round-up: soundscaping reverb pedals
- 5 minutes alone - Sevendust's Clint Lowery: "Steve Vai broadened my perspective on what could be done with the guitar"
- Cort promises “PAF tone without the price tag” with new CR300 electric guitar
August 13
- Z.Vex unveils cute-looking, fierce-sounding Russian Fuzz Factory 7 pedal
- Tracktion Software’s acclaimed T7 DAW is now available for free
- Zeppelin Design Labs launches Quaverato Harmonic Tremolo pedal
- The Cream Experience joins UK Guitar Show line-up
- Five Finger Death Punch's Chris Kael: “People don’t hear bass; they feel it”
- Tone makers - Dinosaural/Lovetone's Dan Coggins: “The whole thing was ‘art meets science’”
- Nominations set to close for Women in Music awards
August 10
- Classic gear: Gibson ES-355TD
- Xotic debuts California Classic XTC Series guitars
- Keeley launches Retro Super Germanium Overdrive pedal
August 9
- Roli and FXpansion launch Cypher2 analogue-modelling softsynth
- Cockney Rebel and session ace Stuart Elliott: "Kate Bush is always the first name I mention… even John Lydon can’t say enough good words about her"
- The FG-A Vintage American Equalizer from Slate Digital could be your perfect track-sweetener
- Jason Mraz’s top 5 tips for musicians: "If you can figure out how to lose yourself and entertain someone else at the same time then you’ve found a voice"
- G&L’s Skyhawk takes flight once more
- Mooer’s thought of just about everything with its new Black Truck all-in-one pedalboard unit
- Review round-up: travel electro-acoustic guitars
- Dougie Poynter: “Each song by INK. features a different bass, and one song has two different basses”
- Gibson begins search to find new CEO to replace Henry Juszkiewicz
August 8
- Roland and Origin Workshop launch a new type of 808 and this one has a distinctive “Japanese kick”
- Behringer says its 808 clone will cost less than $400
- NEXT-LEVEL MASTERING – Computer Music issue 260 is out now!
- Roland’s JX-3P now comes built-in with the System-8 synthesizer
- Roland and Serato celebrate #808Day with limited-edition pressing of TR-808 vinyl
- 6 fresh guitar artists you need to hear in August
- Rivera announces versatile Clubster Royale Recording guitar amp
- Mesa/Boogie harks back to its early designs with Fillmore 50 guitar amp
- Steel Panther court controversy with Pussy Melter signature distortion pedal
August 7
- Studio showcase
- Fender debuts its latest model mash-up, the Tele Thinline Super Deluxe
- Blackbox standalone mastering plugin could be the ideal solution for producers of all levels
- Manic Street Preachers' James Dean Bradfield: “I’m loving Strats now - if I can make them sound a bit more like a Gibson!”
- Ribn for iOS is a loopable MIDI controller, perfect for creative modulation
- Black Stone Cherry: “We don’t even know that many scales. We came up with our identities through trial and error”
- Periphery’s Misha Mansoor joins UK Guitar Show line-up
August 6
- This arcade-style custom guitar is one of the craziest MIDI controllers we've ever seen
- TC Electronic unveils affordable BQ250 and BQ500 bass amp heads
- Parkway Drive: “We play songs, not wanky guitar bits to make each other or our audience feel like they’re not good enough!”
- Jamiroquai's Paul Turner: “You need to be able to head-nod or foot-stomp while you’re playing, or you’re not in the pocket”
- Roland updates Cloud Manager and throws in some new FX to the mix
August 3
- The top 10 highest earning DJs in the world today
- Kaz James: 5 things I’ve learned about music production
- Review round up: mini guitar amps
- Get a new Perspective on your mixes with Oscillot Audio’s ‘virtual monitor speaker’ plugin
- Historic hardware: 1978 Travis Bean TB1000S
August 2
- Billy Corgan: “Fender disrespected me and Gibson blew me off”
- New guitar gear of the month: review round-up (August 2018)
- Ida Nielsen: “When I do my own band, I can feel so many things that I learned from Prince. He was a great bass player”
- Country music legend Buddy Cannon: “When you’re having fun playing music, it makes its way to the listener”
- A laptop with a controller is an instrument, says Berklee College of Music
August 1
- Tom Pitts on channeling Rocky Balboa with Rolo Tomassi
- Mangle your sound in 2,048 different ways with Death By Audio’s Waveformer Destroyer MK2
- In-depth with Gibson CEO Henry Juszkiewicz: “Our quality today is better than it’s ever been”
- New music tech gear of the month: review round-up (August 2018)