The Go-Go Tuners TT-1 employs a microphone and a piezoelectric pickup, allowing players to use the tuner in a range of different sonic environments, and boasts a 360-degree swivel-mount display. You go, Go-Go!
Street price $30
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Compatible on both Windows and Mac OS platforms, the USBpowered Tri-Capture features three kinds of inputs: XLR with phantom power, q" instrument, and stereo AUX input with independent volume control. The computer’s sound output is sent via stereo q" TRS jacks and a headphone jack. The smaller Duo-Capture, designed for use with laptops, features a q" mic/ guitar input and an r" AUX in, and provides output via q" and r" headphone jacks. The Tri-Capture comes bundled with Cakewalk Sonar X1 LE.
Street price Tri-Capture, $130; Duo-Capture, $80
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Peter Iwers has been throwing down whitehot bass lines with Swedish metal band In Flames since 1999; an updated version of his signature Ibanez bass now allows the rest of us to feel the burn of his favorite bass. The PIB2 features custom Bartolini pickups, a Mono-Rail bridge, a maple body, and a 5-piece maple/walnut neck, and it arrives in Peter’s preferred tuning: Eb, Bb, F, C, Bb.
Street price $1,100
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Avid’s Sibelius is some of the slickest software around for music notation, and now many of its features are available in Scortch, designed for use on the Apple iPad. Scorch’s in-app store gives users access to more than 150,000 scores available from top music publishers.
Street price $8
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We were all giddy about the rich, buttery flavor of the Reeves Custom 225 we reviewed in November 2008, and now there’s something meatier to sink our teeth into: The 400- watt Custom 400. Like its baby bro, the Custom 400 is made in the U.S.A. and features KT-88 power tubes.
Retail price $3,300
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