I first heard about the new Nile Rodgers Hitmaker Stratocaster a few months ago when he posted about it on his Twitter page. His original Stratocaster has played on tons of hit records (hence the Hitmaker moniker). Here is Fender's press release about the guitar: SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (Jan. 23, 2014) — The Fender Custom Shop is proud to introduce the limited edition Nile Rodgers … [Read more...]
NAMM 2014: Swollen Pickle Jumbo Fuzz Dirty Donny Edition
Another new entry by Dunlop: the Swollen Pickle Jumbo Fuzz Dirty Donny Edition: The Swollen Pickle™ Jumbo Fuzz Dirty Donny Edition serves up the same burly high-gain fuzz as the full-sized Swollen Pickle but in a more petite package, featuring a simplified control set up and a corpulently cool new paint job. The Dirty Donny Edition retains six of the Mark II’s seven … [Read more...]
NAMM 2014: MXR FET Driver
Dunlop has announced an interesting new pedal called the MXR FET Driver: Featuring a unique circuit design, the MXR FET Driver captures the rich, creamy sound of an overdriven tube amplifier by cascading an op-amp gain stage into a FET stage. The FET Driver thickens up lead tones with musical, amp-like distortion and sustain without the fragility and inconsistency associated … [Read more...]
NAMM 2014: Fano Guitars Alt de Facto TC6 Carved Top
Another new entry by Fano Guitars is the Alt de Facto TC6 Carved Top model. This model has a body shape similar to a Telecaster with specs similar to a Les Paul, including a set neck, flame maple top, mahogany body, and 24.75" scale. … [Read more...]
NAMM 2014: Fano Guitars RB6 Thinline
Fano Guitars have introduced a new model to their RB6 line called the RB6 Thinline. I really like how Fano takes existing ideas and meld them into a new design. There aren't many details on this model, except this photo found on their Facebook page. … [Read more...]