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 Electro-Harmonix story is long and complex with more untold stories beneath the surface than most could imagine. Part of that untold story is all of the pedal ideas that never got made for one reason or another. EHX aficionados Josh Scott and Daniel Danger had been digging through all of the EHX’s history when they came upon an old schematic at the home of original Big Muff Pi designer, Bob Myer. Initially passed over by EHX Founder, Mike Matthews, for what would become the Op-Amp Big Muff Pi back in the late 70’s, this schematic serves as a window into that untold story of forgotten pedals, so Josh went to work to bring this circuit to life in collaboration with Electro-Harmonix. The result, a Dual Op-Amp fuzz that’s very much Big Muff with its own character dubbed the Big Muff Pi 2.
The Big Muff Pi 2 is a slight detour from the usual Big Muff tone. Slightly lower gain, slightly less refined edges with a unique feel, but with the signature sustain and full-bodied BMP tone known and loved by countless players. Housed in EHX’s Nano-sized chassis in a vibrant refinish with graphics by Daniel Danger, the pedal features the familiar SUSTAIN, TONE, and VOL controls. SUSTAIN controls the amount of distortion from heavy crunch to full speaker pounding saturation. The TONE knob is a classic BMP-style tone control, boosting treble and cutting bass as it’s turned up, from wooly to searing. VOL adjusts the overall output of the effects.
This lost piece of the pi ships a 9 Volt battery (power supply optional), is available now and has a U.S. Street Price of $122.00.
J Rockett Audio Designs announces the release of the Aqueous Chorus, a versatile chorus pedal that can live in both the vintage and modern era thanks to its Tilt EQ and Preamp.
“The Aqueous Chorus is our take on creating a chorus that truly can recreate vintage bucket brigade and modern watery tones in one unit” says Chris Van Tassel. Chris adds, “We wanted a chorus that didn’t just sound good, but felt good to play. With the added EQ and preamp controls, it gives players a huge palette of sounds from subtle vibe textures to full-on rotating speaker effects, vintage and modern chorus sounds as well as 80’s chorus lushness and 70 chorus thickness”. The additional built in preamp allows players to not only balance their volume, but can also be used to tame the input to create more subtle effects and add overall character to the pedal.
Aqueous Chorus Features:
Tilt EQ that adds treble and reduces bass when turned to the right and adds bass but reduces treble when turned to the left.
Preamp section for output control and adds character and feel not typically found in a modulation device.
Mix control blends chorus and vibe modes, with vibe-only in the last 1/4 rotation
Depth and Speed controls for subtle movement to extreme modulation
Rotary-style sounds and lush modulation effects are available with creative settings
Built with rugged construction and vintage-inspired looks
Specifications:
9VDC Negative Tip Power (no internal battery option)
28mA Current Draw
The Aqueous Chorus will be available December 15th, 2025 via select dealers for $249.99
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