Modern Drummer Magazine Paracas Ritual, the new album by Manongo Mujica and Terje Evensen, sonically captures the duo’s time spent in the desert and bay of Paracas, on the Peruvian coast. Long days of listening and recording the sounds of the landscape have served as material and inspiration for this first collaborative project. The album … Continue reading Paracas Ritual Album Review
Guitar.com | All Things Guitar Why are we here? Can we find meaning in our short time on this earth before we return to the abyss? Does anything we do matter? These are just some of the questions the existence of The Fart Pedal doesn’t answer. In fact, the only question The Fart Pedal really … Continue reading Guitar pedal that sounds like farts launches on Kickstarter, raises £11,000
Guitar.com | All Things Guitar The Watkins Rapier 33 has been updated for a modern version, thanks to a collaboration between guitar designer Alan Entwistle and JHS (the UK guitar company, not the US pedal company). READ MORE: The best guitars to buy in 2021: The 14 best electric guitars for beginners In its original … Continue reading The Watkins Rapier 33 returns with an updated model for 2021
Guitar.com | All Things Guitar Bare Knuckle Pickups has launched a new signature humbucker for Adam “Nolly” Getgood, the Polymath. READ MORE: Bare Knuckle pickups teams up with Rabea Massaad for the Silo Humbucker set The pickups in the set are voiced for a wide midrange character, aiming to avoid the mid-scooped sound you might … Continue reading Bare Knuckle announces the Adam “Nolly” Getgood signature Polymath humbucker
Guitar.com | All Things Guitar It would have been easy for Rift Amplification to make its move into the stompbox world with a straightforward medium-gain overdrive in the Marshall-in-a-box mould… but the EL34 is not that pedal. Rift has decided to offer something more by offering something less. READ MORE: The best tube amps to … Continue reading Rift Amplification EL34 review: a nifty little stompbox that gives you more than you need
Drummer’s Review The Avedis Zildjian Company, parent company of Vic Firth, is pleased to announce the release of the Mike Johnston Custom Collaboration American Classic NE-1 sticks. Mike Johnston has shared his musical mind as a world-renowned online educator since 2014. In tune with the constant journey of the student drummer, Mike knew he needed to … Continue reading Vic Firth Introduces Mike Johnston Custom Collaboration American Classic NE-1
Guitar.com | All Things Guitar Greg Gilbert, frontman for UK indie rock band Delays, has died at the age of 44. Gilbert was diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2016. Aaron Gilbert, Greg’s brother and bandmate, announced the news on Instagram, writing: “This afternoon at 2:22; we walked my brother back home to somewhere out there … Continue reading Delays frontman Greg Gilbert has died aged 44
Guitar.com | All Things Guitar The moment it all started “When I was about 11, I wanted to play the saxophone and my mum thought that I wouldn’t stick to the clarinet, which she said I had to learn before. That might have been her way of trying to put me off. She said, ‘I … Continue reading Isy Suttie on her love of Martin guitars and the importance of setting time aside to write
Guitar.com | All Things Guitar We come with a self-destruct button. For some of us it’ll remain factory sealed. Others will, at some point, press it. These days, Tom DeLonge just does what he wants without consulting the broken remains of a device he’s spent decades hitting. READ MORE: “We used to play obtusely technical … Continue reading “People thought I was crazy. I was doing things that were ambitious”: Tom DeLonge on UFOs and the return of Angels & Airwaves
