Monthly Archives: November 2014
Friends, Fans Rally for Bassist Mark “Bumpy” Bumgarner
Mark “Bumpy” Bumgarner, long-time bassist for Jimmy Thackery and the Drivers, was recently stricken with rheumatoid arthritis. Born in Granite Falls, North Carolina, Bumgarner began...
Lotus Offers FK CNCR Pedal to Benefit Cancer Research
Lotus Pedal Designs is offering a limited-edition version of its Iceverb pedal, called the FK CNCR Iceverb, with all proceeds from its sale going to...
Trigger Hippy
While the debut of Trigger Hippy features some musicians with familiar names, it’s not a “super group” in any sense of the word. That’s...
Visual Sound Launches V3 Route 66 American Overdrive
Visual Sound’s V3 Route 66 American Overdrive is a dual pedal with compressor and overdrive circuits. Its compressor side has a Clean Mix knob...
ADA Offers Definition Guitar and Bass Preamp/Boost
The ADA Definition Preamp pedal is designed to give a player greater control over their signal by effectively adding a stage that turns the first stage of...
Keeley Offers GC-2 Limiting Amplifier Pedal
Keeley Electronics’ GC-2 Limiting Amplifier has controls for Compression, Threshold, Gain, and a Threshold indicator. It uses dbx-inspired circuitry and produces a range of...
Howard Roberts Guitar Summit Set for NAMM
The first annual Howard Roberts Celebrity Guitar Summit is set for January 22 at the Anaheim Plaza Hotel Celebrity Ballroom, during the annual NAMM...
DigiTech Issues Mosaic Polyphonic 12-String Pedal
DigiTech’s Mosaic Polyphonic 12-String pedal is designed to help electric or amplified acoustic guitars create a 12-string sound with octave low and doubled high...
Reverend Offers Charger 290 LE
Reverend Guitars’ Charger 290 LE has a Korina body, three-piece neck, CP90 pickups, Bigsby B-50 with Reverend’s soft-touch spring, graphite nut, locking tuners, Reverend’s...
Fender Offers Brown Derby, Top Hat Resonators
Fender’s Brown Derby and Top Hat resonators have bound mahogany bodies, maple tops, and a Eastern European Continental cones of hand-spun aluminum. They use...