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The Year in Gear 2019

The 60+ guitars, amps, pedals, basses, and accessories that stood out from the crowd and earned our coveted Premier Gear Award this year.

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By Premier GuitarNov 21, 2019
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Rocket Surgeon StarLifter


With its effortless tone shaping and robust DI, the StarLifter qualifies as an almost indispensable device in a bassist’s signal chain. Its 3-way contour switch lays a timbral foundation with optional scooped or punchy, mid-forward settings, and its 3-band EQ is expanded with a flexible mid-frequency control. An impedance switch adjusts the input to 1M- or 10M-ohm operation—crucial for optimizing the pickups of different instruments. A definite best-in-class contender.

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$349 street, nordstrandaudio.com

Plus! December Premier Gear Award Winners!
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1. Peavey Invective.MH — $699 street, peavey.com
2. Chase Bliss Dark World — $349 street, chaseblissaudio.com
3. Comins CGS-16 — $2,399 street, cominsguitars.com
4. Ernie Ball Music Man Short-Scale StingRay — $1,999 street, music-man.com
5. EBS MicroBass 3 — $349 street, ebssweden.com

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