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GALLERY: Summer NAMM 2015 Day 2

Everything from retro-style axes to interstellar effects and insanely powerful amps caught our eye in Nashville.

Mike Matthews and the Electro-Harmonix gang brought three new stomps to Music City this week. The Bad Stone updates the classic phaser with a manual mode that lets you park the phasing at any point within the sine wave. The Silencer has standard noise-gate controls, plus a release knob that tailors the amount of acceptable noise for a sound and responsiveness that better matches your rig and style. And the 22500 Dual Stereo Looper has a slew of cool functions, including automatic loop-length matching, SD card storage, octave and reverse modes, XLR input for simultaneous instrument-and-vocal looping, drum loops, and more.

Versatile guitarist Nathaniel Murphy can be seen and heard on YouTube and Instagram, where he has over 450,000 followers, and demos for Chicago Music Exchange.

Nathaniel Murphy and Steve Eisenberg join the PG staff to wax poetically on what their signature pedal might sound like.

Question: What would your signature pedal sound like?

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Featuring studio-grade Class A circuit and versatile resonance switch, this pedal is designed to deliver the perfect boost and multiple tonal options.

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After eight years, New Orleans artist Benjamin Booker returns with a new album and a redefined relationship to the guitar.

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It’s been eight years since the New Orleans-based artist released his last album. He’s back with a record that redefines his relationship to the guitar.

It is January 24, and Benjamin Booker’s third full-length album, LOWER, has just been released to the world. It’s been nearly eight years since his last record, 2017’s Witness, but Booker is unmoved by the new milestone. ā€œI don’t really feel anything, I guess,ā€ he says. ā€œMaybe I’m in shock.ā€

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Blackstar Amplification unveils its new AIRWIRE i58 wireless instrument system for guitar and bass.

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