See what guitars and basses the punks, metalheads, and hardcore rockers used during the Windy City’s other 3-day festival.
Two things that go together like peanut butter & jelly are Spector and Living Colour bassist Doug Wimbish. Making new waves with their longtime partnership they collaborated on a fresh trio of 4-strings under the Doug Wimbish Euro 4 banner that is built with a quilted maple top paired with maple body wings, Doug's preferred slim neck profile, and custom-wound EMG pickups. The bad news, it doesn't come with Doug's flashy, funky, musical chops!
Darkglass deals in the dirty arts and the new collaboration with Taylor Swift bassist Amos Heller is no exception with the Kaamos that blends a powerful distortion with octave-down tones. Real-time routing controls let you shape your signal path with ease—stack effects in series for rich saturation or run them in parallel for intricate, layered textures. A movable effects loop, configurable in three distinct positions, opens up new possibilities, while a dedicated sub-octave output unlocks creative multi-amp setups. Every detail is precision-engineered to put you in complete control of your sound.
A blend of guitar and bass modeling and effects processing makes the NAMM-revealed VG-800 a killer sound machine. It does require Boss’ Serial GK divided pickup to open up all its capabilities, but that by-the-bridge-mounted device reveals a world of sound. You can summon up latency-free strings, harmony, modeled synth tones, and a lot more, including changing tunings to Boss’ presets or your own in a snap. The pedalboard-friendly encyclopedia of sound has a $649 street price and is available now.
