Ernie Ball music man Game
Changer Reflex Guitar –
The 25 1/2"-scale Game Changer
features a chambered basswood body
with a maple top and mahogany tone
block. Its electronics let you combine the
custom DiMarzio humbuckers’ coils in
any order and save analog presets to the
5-way switch. Controls include push-pull
Volume (push restores factory defaults)
and Tone knobs (the latter selects between
banks A and B), and an optional
piezo Volume. With a USB cord and a
click of a mouse, the included software
lets you make real-time, analog circuit adjustment,
as well as access artist presets.
The Game Changer Reflex Bass with dual
ceramic-magnet humbucking pickups is
also available.
music-man.com
Floyd Rose for
Stop-Tail Guitars –
Itching to add locking-tremolo
action to your stop-tailpiece-equipped
guitar? This new
Floyd Rose model enables you
to do so without any sustain-robbing
routing.
floydrose.com
Takamine TF87-PT Acoustic (LEFT) –
The TF87-PT has koa back and
sides, a cedar top, a 12AU7-driven
onboard preamp, and a 12th-fret
inlay of palm trees and a sunset.
takamine.com
Breedlove Cascade Series (MIDDLE) –
The J25/CRe has a western red cedar top,
rosewood back and sides, mahogany neck,
rosewood fretboard, Sitka spruce top bracing,
and L.R. Baggs Element active VTC
electronics.
breedlovemusic.com
Santa Cruz Don Edwards
Signature Cowboy Singer (RIGHT) –
This immaculate, all-mahogany OO
sounds warm, alive, and sweetly
popping whether fingerpicked or
flatpicked.
santacruzguitar.com
Guitar Amps
Dwarfcraft Love Buzz –
The quasi flower-power styling
of the two-channel, 50-watt
Love Buzz might not be everyone’s
cup o’ tea (for the record,
we love it), but its EL34-driven,
class AB tones are stellar.
(Using a Squier Classic Vibe
’50s Duo-Sonic, Dwarfcraft’s
Ben Hinz nailed the gritty, detuned
glory of Radiohead’s “I
Might Be Wrong.”) It features
turret-board construction
that aims for Bassman-about-to-explode tones, and its
controls include Fuyamater
(gain), Trebles, Mids, Bass,
Presence, and Master.
dwarfcraft.com
Bogner Panama (LEFT) –
The new 4-watt, 6V6-powered Panama offers ’80s-style high-gain
tones at bedroom levels and features Volume and Schizo
knobs—the latter has four EQ presets—a Mode toggle, and a
Hi/Standby/Low toggle that lets you power down to 1.5 watts.
bogneramplification.com
3rd Power British Dream (RIGHT) –
This handwired, all-tube 45-watt combo offers two
channels—one inspired by a ’59 Vox AC30, the other
by a ’68 Marshall plexi—and a half-power switch.
The 12" Celestion Alnico Gold is housed in 3rd
Power’s proprietary Switchback triangular enclosure.
3rdpower.com
Rivera RockCrusher Power Attenuator –
The RockCrusher allows you to attenuate the
speaker output from any amp while controlling
equalization characteristics with Edge and Warm
switches. Ideal for capturing the full bloom of tube
amps at workable volumes, it also features a balanced
XLR out, a 1/4" unbalanced out, two 1/4"
speaker outs, variable Studio and Line Out controls,
8 or 16 ohm impedance control, and true bypass.
rivera.com