gear

UPDATE: YOU CAN CHECK OUT THE BBE BLACKSMITH RIGHT HERE! New Year means new gear! And the guys over at BBE do not disappoint. I’m talking of course about the just announced BBE Blacksmith Distortion pedal which is said to be deeply inspired by the hand-made stomboxes crafted by Paul Gagon in the ‘80s for the who’s who of hard...

Well, there you have it; Winter NAMM 2013 is officially in the books as the annual music merchants’ convention held its final day this Sunday, attracting well over 100,000 visitors during its five day span – including a few of us here at PAL! Just taking a stroll down any of the crowded floors and you’ll be sure to be...

Fender releases two new models for NAMM 2013: the Mando-Stratocaster and Reso-Telecaster! The classic Fender electric mandolin returns as the new Mando-Strat. This highly distinctive and charmingly diminutive instrument evokes the Fender electric four-string mandolins of the 1950s and ’60s, with an updated and improved design for modern players. The distinctive shape and chiming tone of Fender’s late-’50s electric mandolin are...

Looks like the guys over at Jim Dunlop have decided to give a few of their best-selling units a more portable design with the unveiling of their new Mini models!   PRESS RELEASE The Talk Box is a classic effect—you can hear it on some of the greatest songs ever recorded, across genres and time, from funk and ’70s rock to hard...

Photo courtesy of Schecter GuitarResearch.  Looks like Motley Crue’s Nikki Sixx is finally getting the signature treatment with his own bass line from Schecter Guitar Research! The enigmatic bassist has long been well known for his love of Schechter basses and now he can finally call one his own with the upcoming release of the aptly named Schecter Sixx. "It...