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GALLERY: NAMM 2019 Day 4

We wrapped the final day by looking at the latest from Benson Amps, Ruokangas, Fortin, Prestige, Rainger FX, and more.

Ruokangas Guitars Valvebucker

When we ran into avant-dreamscapist extraordinaire David Torn at NAMM and asked what gear had wowed him, he raved about the dynamic sonics of the new pickup system devised by Finnish luthier Juha Ruokangas of Ruokangas Guitars. The Valvebucker is an active pickup that uses NOS onboard military-spec tubes to yield several varieties of unique tones (plus boost) from a single pickup. Keep your eyes peeled for our upcoming demo video to hear the tones as well as the fascinating backstory!

Fender introduces the Stories Collection Mike Campbell Red Dog Telecaster, paying tribute to the iconic guitarist's heavily modified instrument. Featuring two signature humbuckers, a custom single coil bridge pickup, Bigsby tremolo, and a unique "Destruct" circuit, this Telecaster allows players to channel Campbell's legendary tone and style.

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Expansive range of subtle thickening and focusing tones to fuzz. Great alternative to run-of-the-mill overdrive and fuzz. Enables surgical shaping of guitar sounds within a mix.

Interactive, sometimes sensitive controls make certain tones elusive and lend the pedal a twitchy feel.

$179

Catalinbread Airstrip

catalinbread.com

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With the preamp from a Trident A-Range console as their target, Catalinbread conjures up a varied gain device that can massage or mangle your guitar tone.

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AI, which generated this image in seconds, can obviously do amazing things. But can it actually replace human creativity?

Technology has always disrupted the music biz, but we’ve never seen anything like this.

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Genuine, dynamic Vox sound and feel. Plenty of different tone-sweetening applications. Receives other pedals as nicely as a real amp.

Can get icy quick. Preamp tube presents risk for damage.

$299

Tubesteader Roy
tubesteader.com

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The Roy is an exceedingly faithful Vox box that brings genuine tube dynamics to your pedalboard.

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