MONO CASES is a company that makes high-quality guitar gig bags as well as guitar straps and gig bags for bassists, producers and drummers. In addition to great looks, MONO's guitar bags provide a neck-stabilizing support, which provides additional protection for the neck of the guitar. As touring musician Randy Williams says: The best feature, however, to me is definitely the … [Read more...]
iPhone Recording Application
Griffin Technology has released a free iPod/iPhone app called iTalk that let's you use the microphone of the iPhone to make recordings: iTalk Recorder lets you record, pause, resume and append to existing recordings, manage the list of your recordings, and add text notes, all on the touchscreen of your iPhone or iPod. You can then sync the recordings to your Mac or PC using … [Read more...]
Nick Vail’s StagePlayer
The StagePlayer is a combination folding stool/guitar stand created by Nick Vail Designs. I use a folding stool similar to this when I play guitar, and I can see the benefit to having an attached guitar stand. Here are some of the features of the StagePlayer: no assembly required weighs only 10lbs fully padded and comfortable fits most guitars, basses, and … [Read more...]
iPhone Apps For Guitarists
Julian Tan of Guitar Pug recently listed several guitar-related applications that have been created for the iPhone. Having recently purchased an iPhone, I've been looking for some cool apps to throw on it, and Julian's list is a nice round-up of the ones I've found. Julian's list includes: Guitar Toolkit - This seems to be the most popular guitar-related app on the iPhone so … [Read more...]
ToneRite
Anyone who has purchased a new, high-quality acoustic stringed instrument knows that it takes a long time to "break in" the instrument so that the full tone of the instrument can be heard. ToneRite claims to have produced a product that significantly shortens the time it takes for the tone of a violin, cello, or guitar to mature. ToneRite says: By simulating the very same … [Read more...]