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REVIEW: Donner DMK-25 PRO MIDI Controller
The Donner DMK-25 PRO MIDI Controller comes in an attractive blacked-out finish, and a two-octave...
REVIEW: Donner B1 Bass Synthesizer
Donner sent us one of their new B1 Bass Synthesizers to check out and do some video work with...
REVIEW: Manhattan Prestige Session One Bass Guitar
When a player starts a company, they’re drawing on years of practical experiences. Neil Jason is a session bassist with some serious cred, and he started Manhattan Prestige Basses to share what he...
REVIEW: Jamstik Studio MIDI Guitar
MIDI and guitar sometimes don’t mix well; Jamstik figured out how to make an electric guitar with a modern aesthetic, along with full MIDI functionality that can open up new sonic doors to six...
REVIEW: Indio by Monoprice 66SB DLX Plus Guitar
At first glance the Indio by Monoprice 66SB DLX (what a mouthful) looks like classic Kalamazoo, with the gold top, P90’s and inlays, but the modern headstock and sharp cutaway add a contemporary...
Lowden Ed Sheeran Tour Edition Guitar Review
In many cases signature instruments can be a hard pill to swallow; if they’re overdone with an artist’s signature graphics or other adornments, players sometimes feel that there’s no room for their...
Donner DST-400 Electric Guitar Review
S-type guitars are arguably the most common electric guitar style. The modular design and the adaptability of the electronics have made them popular with players from Buddy Holly to Billy Corgan,...
Cort KX700 EverTune Electric Guitar Review
The punch of heavy music relies on one thing: tuning. Any riff loses its potency when it’s out of tune, whether it’s from the player’s intensity or hardware being pushed past its ability, it doesn’t...
DONNER LAUNCHES FEATURE-PACKED ARENA2000 DIGITAL MULTI-EFFECTS PROCESSOR
Donner, leading manufacturer of innovative and feature-rich musical instruments, has introduced the new Arena2000 amp modeling and guitar multi-effects processor. Helping musicians take their sound...
REVIEW: PRS SE Silver Sky
In March 2018 PRS announced the Silver Sky, a collaboration with John Mayer, refining the S-type guitar on their own terms. It was no surprise that an SE Silver Sky version would be on the way,...
REVIEW: Roland JD-08 Boutique Series Desktop Synth Module
You can read our companion review of the JX-08 that launched alongside this for more context on the Boutique series as a whole, but for now let’s focus on the JD-08, specifically. Unlike the JX, we...
REVIEW: Roland JX-08 Boutique Series Desktop Synth Module
When the original Boutique series synths were announced a few years back, the JX-8P was one of the ones I was most looking forward to – of course I knew they’d have to cycle through the Junos,...