Winzz Guitars announces the WGT100, a new electric guitar designed to blend classic inspiration with modern refinement. The WGT100 introduces a unique combination of ergonomic shaping, upgraded playability, and versatile tonal performance. Built for musicians seeking comfort, stability, and expressive sound, it delivers a fresh interpretation of the electric guitar while staying rooted in time-tested design principles.
Featuring a selected alder body, the WGT100 pairs a classic silhouette with a delicate offset contour and smooth curved edges that enhance both comfort and visual appeal. A seamless and asymmetric ergonomic neck-body joint ensures easy access to higher frets. The instrument employs a 25.5” scale, roasted maple neck topped with either a rosewood or maple fingerboard and 22 stainless steel, medium frets. The guitar’s signature “glider neck” C+D profile and satin finish make for a fast, fluid feel. This combination, along with a stable five-bolt construction and Luminlay side dots provide comfort and confidence when playing under any circumstances.
For electronics, the WGT100 is fitted with custom ceramic single coil pickups, offering a versatile tonal palette that stays faithful to traditional single-coil clarity while supporting a wide range of modern styles. The upgraded pickups are designed to respond dynamically to picking nuances and playing intensity, providing both warmth and precision. Controls and switching work in a familiar, intuitive layout, allowing players to easily shape their sound onstage, in the studio, or at home.
The guitar’s hardware emphasizes tuning stability with modern steel bridge saddles and locking tuners working together to enhance accuracy, performance, and reliability. The instrument’s 4+2 tuner layout further contributes to balanced string tension and improved intonation. A spoke adjustable truss rod provides setup flexibility and playing comfort.
Born from a partnership between passionate guitar builders from Germany’s village of Winz and Aileen Music in China, Winzz Guitars blends German precision with Chinese industriousness — a union that celebrates both artistry and innovation. Guided by the belief that music should be accessible to everyone, Winzz creates instruments that invite players to “find their voice and make every stage their own.” The WGS150 embodies that mission, offering a professional instrument that welcomes beginners, creators, and seasoned musicians alike.
For more details about the WGT100 or to explore more instruments from Winzz Guitars, please visit www.winzzguitars.com
Shnobel Tone has introduced the latest addition to its line of premium guitar effects: the new Dumbbell Boost offers a Dumble® BBC-1 circuit in a compact two knob pedal.
Available in either black or white finishes, it’s a dead-simple way to fine-tune your tone, add some grind and help your guitar stand out in the mix.
The Dumbbell Boost’s Input knob controls the input impedance and impacts your tone and grit. When turned fully to the left (counterclockwise) it gives you a brighter, less bassy sound. Turned all the way to the right (clockwise) you’ll get a full range sound with rich harmonics and Dumble® like tones. The pedal’s Level knob controls the pedal’s overall output volume.
Hand soldered with the best through hole components for maximum tone and reliability. Shnobel Tone’s Dumbbell Boost includes these features:
Simple two-knob control set: Input and Level
True-bypass on/off footswitch
Top mounted power and in / out jacks for easier pedalboard placement
Available in Black or White finish
Hand-built in the USA with through-hole components
Standard 9v center negative power – no battery compartment
Shnobel Tone’s Dumbbell Boost carries a street price of $179 and can be purchased at shnobeltone.com.
“Smoking in the Boys Room” is a collaborative two-in-one distortion and chorus pedal created by Summer School Electronics and Supercool Pedals – A cross-border team-up that delivers unmistakably 90’s grunge tones with a refreshed modern bite and artful design.
Smoking In the Boys Room artfully fuses a Summer School Electronics DS-1-inspired distortion – complete with classic buzzsaw edge and a modernized mid-range snarl – with Supercool Pedals’ organic and watery Small Clone-style analog chorus. This tribute to the legendary Seattle Grunge pioneers Nirvana is unmistakable and loving, summoning classic tones but delivering original spins on sound and circuit to bring this iconic sound into the 21st century.
Smashed into a single thoughtfully designed enclosure (with art that is SATURATED with deep 90’s and Nirvana lore), each effect can be run independently or simultaneously for a classic cacophony of flannelled saturation, with an all-important external order switch to determine the effect chain sequence.
Each pedal offers the following features:
Buzzsaw distortion tones with a revamped easy to use tone circuit.
Watery chorus with adjustable rate and depth.
Internal order swap accessible by an external toggle switch.
Nostalgic and 90’s-rich art and design (with full colour manual, printed fabric bags, and plenty of box candy).
Hand-built across borders by two independent builders: Summer School Electronics (Syracuse, NY) and Supercool Pedals (Peterborough, ON).
True mechanical bypass on both circuits (no more BOSS buffer woes).
The Blondie co-founder talks early Stratocasters, fingerpicking punk riffs, CBGBs-era New York, and the cultural truth of electric guitars.
Chris Stein of Blondie joins the Axe Lords for a deep conversation about tone, technique, and the guitars that shaped Blondie’s sound from their early years at CBGBs to today. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer also explains why he dislikes relic guitars, how he came to his very un-punk fingerpicking picking technique and reveals that some of the band’s most iconic “synth” sounds were actually produced by guitars. A thoughtful, opinionated, and unrelentingly wise-cracking look at creativity by a punk and new wave legend who Dave says is basically his best friend. Make sure to stick around through the end of the episode for a deep dive into the design and build of Cindy’s D&D guitar.
To celebrate the late great Space Ace, we called up PG’s favorite Kiss fan, Chris Shiflett.
On at least one of your 100 Guitarists hosts’ favorite episode of Shred with Shifty, the Foo guitarist sat down with Ace to talk about his guitar playing on “Shock Me.” It’s a fun interview with lots of great anecdotes and killer vibes. But Shiflett has a lot more perspective on Ace, going way back to meeting the members of Kiss without their makeup as a kid.
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