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The MXR Textures Granular Synth Engine is one of the most imaginative, inspiring, and musically useful effects pedals I have encountered. Calling it a delay, reverb, synthesizer, or ambient pedal does not adequately describe what it can do. The M310 feels more like a complete sound-design instrument that happens to fit on a pedalboard. It can take a single...

The JBL BandBox Solo is much more than a compact practice amplifier. It is an impressively complete practice, performance, and recording system that combines a guitar amp, vocal monitor, Bluetooth speaker, effects processor, AI-powered music-separation tool, tuner, metronome, looper, and USB audio interface in a package small enough to carry almost anywhere. It is one of those rare products...

Before discussing Combat Zone, it is worth introducing the musician on the other side of my Zoom screen. Bruce Owens is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, and Berklee College of Music alumnus who has been making music in and around Boston for more than four decades. He is best known as the guitarist and one of the founding members of B.F....

The Warm Audio Reamper is far more than a traditional re-amping box. It is a complete analog signal-routing hub designed to connect guitars, basses, keyboards, pedals, tube amplifiers, audio interfaces, DAWs, and professional studio processors without forcing you to rebuild your setup every time inspiration takes you in a different direction. Whether you are recording at home, working in...

The Fishman AirLock Wireless GT is the kind of wireless instrument system musicians have been waiting for: dependable, transparent, easy to use, and rugged enough for real-world performance. It removes the cable without removing the character, response, or dynamics of your instrument. Whether you play electric guitar, acoustic-electric guitar, bass, violin, keyboard, or another pickup-equipped instrument, the AirLock provides...

I should probably begin by making one thing clear: I do not own the Eventide H9 Gen 2 yet, so this is not one of those reviews where I am going to pretend I have spent six months touring with it, opened it up on a workbench, measured every converter and run it through twenty different amplifiers. What I...

Spread Eagle are back with The Brutal Divine, and everything about this new chapter feels alive, hungry, and dangerous in the best possible way. Scheduled for release on June 12, 2026 through Frontiers Music Srl, the album finds the band leaning into its classic New York street-metal identity while pushing the sound darker, heavier, and more aggressive. This is not...

The Bose S1 Pro+ Wireless PA System is one of those pieces of gear that doesn’t really make sense on paper until you actually spend time with it. There are a lot of compact battery-powered PAs out there now, and most of them fall into one of two categories: either they’re convenient but sound thin and underpowered, or they...

The Fender Vintera III Early '60s Bass VI sits in that strange, addictive space between a guitar and a bass, and it doesn’t apologize for it. From the second you pick it up, you realize this isn’t just another offset with vintage appointments—it’s a whole different mindset. Fender leaned hard into the early ’60s blueprint here, and the result...

In a market crowded with ultra-compact PA solutions, many systems sacrifice clarity, flexibility, or durability in favor of portability. The Kustom PA50 manages to strike a far more thoughtful balance. It’s a tightly integrated, small-format PA system that prioritizes intelligibility, ease of deployment, and real-world usability—without overengineering the experience. At its core, the PA50 is designed around a simple but...