IK Multimedia launches TONEX Board with four simultaneous Tone Models and a 5-inch touchscreen
The new $999.99 flagship expands TONEX into a full pedalboard rig with dual signal paths, 76 effects, flexible routing and more than 1,400 preset slots.
Sep 3, 2026
Kuassa posts Amplifikation 360 v1.4.0 with NAM A2 support
The September 2 update brings Kuassa's all-in-one guitar rig host into the Neural Amp Modeler Architecture 2 ecosystem.
Sep 3, 2026
Gibson Custom builds 30 forensic replicas of Billy Gibbons' “Pearly Gates” Les Paul, sold only through a private Nashville event
A 3D-scanned, Murphy Lab-aged recreation of the ZZ Top frontman's 1959 Les Paul Standard, priced at $39,999 and hand-signed by Gibbons.
Sep 3, 2026
TONE3000 releases a free, open-source plugin with access to more than 700,000 NAM captures
The largest Neural Amp Modeler library is now a plugin and standalone app that pulls community captures and IRs directly, with no downloading or file management.
Sep 3, 2026
Keeley's Tube Drive Twin Triode runs a real 12AX7 next to a Super Phat Mod circuit
A dual-overdrive pedal that pairs a genuine high-voltage tube stage with one of Keeley's best-known drive voices, built in Oklahoma.
Sep 2, 2026
Cort's new CR300MT puts active EMGs in a stripped-back mahogany singlecut
A $900 set-neck single-cutaway with an EMG 81/60 pair, aimed at players who want a classic shape with a hotter, more modern voice.
Sep 2, 2026
Ibanez quietly drops new Vai, Satriani and Nita Strauss signatures plus a seven-string Iceman
A surprise September catalogue update brings a gold-leaf PIA for Steve Vai, a fresh JS for Joe Satriani, a Torch Red JIVA for Nita Strauss and a multi-scale Iceman.
Sep 2, 2026
Blackstar's Beam amps get free Moises stem separation for practice and jamming
A no-cost app update lets Beam Solo and Beam Mini players mute or isolate guitar, drums or vocals in any song in real time.
Sep 2, 2026
Fender bottles John Osborne's Telecaster tone in a $150 signature pickup set
The Brothers Osborne guitarist gets a bright, punchy Tele set with Alnico 5 beveled magnets and an open-coil neck unit.
Sep 2, 2026
HeadRush's new FRFR CAB 8 and 12 are built to disappear behind a modeler
Two closed-back full-range cabinets, 480 and 750 watts peak, with Bluetooth and a Baxandall EQ, priced at $399 and $499.
Sep 2, 2026
JHS shrinks the Andy Timmons signature drive into a $129 mini pedal
The AT Mini keeps the original AT V1 circuit fixed in its 100-watt voicing, dropping the AT+'s wattage toggle and boost to fit a smaller enclosure.
Aug 31, 2026
Marshall adds a 20-watt JMH Studio half-stack to its Hendrix 60th Anniversary line
The hand-built Studio Vintage variant lands at $2,499.99 alongside Major V headphones and an Emberton III speaker, marking 60 years since Hendrix first plugged into a Marshall.
Aug 31, 2026
Hotone Squeezes AI Tone Creation Into the Pocket-Sized Pulze Jr.
The $299.99 battery-powered modeling amp can build a tone from a typed description and pull guitar parts out of a song to build practice tracks.
Aug 30, 2026
Pantera's Rex Brown Gets a Spector Euro 4 Signature Bass
The neck-through, Desert Gold-finished bass pairs EMG PJ-X pickups with Brown's own neck profile, available now for $3,599.99.
Aug 30, 2026
Harley Benton Pairs a P90 and a Humbucker on New SC-Special Hybrid
The 199-euro single-cut combines an Isola P90 in the neck with a coil-splittable humbucker in the bridge.
Aug 30, 2026
MXR builds Byron Chambers a signature talk box with double the M222's headroom
The Mr. TalkBox Signature runs on 18 volts with a 25-watt preamp, adds a neodymium driver and two rear switches, and ships in gold with a black tube.
Aug 30, 2026
Martin's LX2 Life is Good puts laser-etched slogans on a Little Martin travel guitar
A follow-up to 2024's LX1 Life is Good, the collaboration with the apparel brand keeps the short-scale Little Martin body and swaps in a more restrained cosmetic treatment.
Aug 30, 2026
Guitar Center's 2026 Crossroads collection revives Clapton's Blind Faith Tele and a 70-piece Mayer Silver Sky
The charity run, timed to this year's Crossroads Guitar Festival, spans Clapton signature Martins, a Fender Custom Shop recreation of his 1969 Telecaster and a limited PRS Silver Sky finished for John Mayer.
Aug 30, 2026
JAM Pedals and King Gizzard's Stu Mackenzie Release the Tiny Amp Destroyer
A three-footswitch gain pedal built to recreate the blown-out sound of a cheap pawn-shop practice amp, developed with King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard's Stu Mackenzie.
Aug 30, 2026
CFG's SonikSphere NEO Moves Its Wireless System to the 5.8GHz Band
The second-generation Cable Free Guitar system claims sub-2.5ms latency and 10-plus hours of battery, at an introductory $139.99.
Aug 30, 2026
Gibson Revives Its Baritone Line With the 28-Inch-Scale Victory Baritone
Gibson returns to extended-scale territory for the first time since the early 2010s, pairing a B-to-B baritone with a new set of ELEV8 humbuckers.
Aug 30, 2026
Gretsch wraps a limited-edition Penguin in Light Blue Pearl with a String-Thru Bigsby
The G6134T-58 Limited Edition Penguin pairs a chambered mahogany body and TV Jones Ray Butts Ful-Fidelity Filter'Tron pickups with a rarely seen string-through Bigsby, listing at $3,799.99.
Aug 29, 2026
Walrus Audio's Canvas Expression pedal drops the pot for a contactless magnetic sensor
The $299 expression pedal reads its position with a magnetic sensor instead of a potentiometer or gears, and carries Expression, MIDI, USB-C and CV outputs plus a web editor for tapers and assignments.
Aug 29, 2026
Ibanez gives Wes Hauch a Custom Shop Iceman 7-string, and a $9,999 price tag
The ICWH727 is billed as Ibanez's first commercially available Custom Shop 7-string and the first Japan-built Iceman in more than 30 years, which is the company's explanation for preorders opening near ten grand.
Aug 29, 2026