Musical Instruments

If you name any prominent rock guitarist, there’s a pretty good chance that they have played or do play a Gibson guitar. Gibson has a long history as an instrument maker and is celebrating their 120th anniversary this year.   To mark the 120th year milestone, Gibson has released their 2014 models with features that help with playability and look great too. 

You never know what you’ll see at NAMM. Here’s a rag-tag collection of memories from Day 2 at NAMM.

Epiphone have great-sounding and affordable instruments for guitarists of all levels. These FT-100 guitars are no exception.

To all those aspiring Neil Peart's and Meg White's looking to make a name for themselves—Best Buy has your drums and percussion instrument needs covered.

Roland has revamped most of the models in the FP line this year. The refinements in the new FP-30X make this keyboard an excellent instrument for many situations and players.

The VX15GT is a 15 Watt modeling amplifier by Vox. With 11 models and an effects section, it is a powerful practicing tool.

The Fender booth was a treat for us. Why wouldn’t anyone like strolling through a large room full of iconic guitars, basses and amps.    There are some new things from Fender that will please both their established clientelle as well as their new ones. We got treated to a look at a few of the treats that Fender has in store for Strat lovers.  

The Joyo MA-10A is a simple acoustic amplifier. I've included some sound samples to show you what's possible out of this tiny package.

The solo podcast interface Vocaster One from Focusrite features great sound and a simple design for new and experienced podcasters.

If you are looking for some great professional-reference sound, M-Audio has two great options with BX3 and BX4 Multimedia speakers. Here's my full review.