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GALLERY: Summer NAMM 2018 Day 2

The second day of Summer NAMM was filled with new gear from Peavey, Cusack Music, Yamaha, Devilcat, and more!

Peavey Electronics MAX Series

Peavey Electronics brought a cornucopia of options for the working bassist in search of a combo. NAMM attendees got to check out the new MAX series, which includes a 1x10, 1x12, 1x15, 2x10, and the sharp and compact 2x8 version shown here. All feature angled baffles so sound is directed at the ears—not just feet—without having to tilt. Ranging from $199 up to $449, the combos also have a chromatic tuner, effects loop, and DI out.

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

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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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Our columnist’s bass, built by Anders Mattisson.

Would your instrumental preconceptions hold up if you don a blindfold and take them for a test drive?

I used to think that stereotypes and preconceived notions about what is right and wrong when it comes to bass were things that other people dealt with—not me. I was past all that. Unfazed by opinion, immune to classification. Or so I thought, tucked away in my jazz-hermit-like existence.

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