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Future Vintage: What instruments will be hot in the next decade?

March 11, 2010 by Mike O'Cull · Leave a Comment 

Future Vintage: What instrument will be hot in the next decade?We all love guitars and gear, right? That is why you are reading Gear-Vault and that is why I am writing this article. Those of us who have been doing this for more years than we might care to admit have seen the guitar market rise and fall and many different pieces of gear fall in and out of favor with the musos, collectors, and fetishists out there. Of course, the real vintage stuff, like 50’s and 60’s Strats, Teles, and Les Pauls, have risen to obscene levels of value that have put them into the realm of fantasy for most of us. Read more

Image Line Drumaxx drum machine

March 8, 2010 by G-v Rover · Leave a Comment 

Image Line Software, leading developer of audio production software, has released its newest VSTi/AU plug-in for percussion modelling, Drumaxx.

Drumaxx is a virtual instrument that gives total control of 16 physically modeled drums. Each drum can be routed to independent output for external effects processing. Drumaxx includes 130 drumkits, 900 drum patches, 200 drum patterns and not a single sample in sight. Read more

Peavey IPR 1600 Stereo Power Amp

February 23, 2010 by G-v Rover · 3 Comments 

Peavey IPR 1600 Stereo Power Amp

The Peavey IPR 1600 stereo power amp features 830 watts per channel at 2 ohms and weighs in at 7 pounds! The IPR1600 also has 2 channel independent fourth order Linkwitz-Riley crossovers, a variable-speed fan housed in a lightweight aluminum chassis, patented DDT speaker protection, and the revolutionary new IPR class D topology. Read more

Puddle of Mudd – Guitarist Paul Phillips

February 20, 2010 by Chaz · 3 Comments 

Puddle of Mudd - Guitarist Paul PhillipsGround Zero- Traverse City, Michigan — The meeting of Puddle of Mudd’s guitarist, Paul Phillips… and crew. Read more

Orange Amps – Artists to join Orange NAMM 2010

January 5, 2010 by G-v Rover · Leave a Comment 

Amir Derakh Orange amps NAMM 2010

Orange Amps Gear-Vault to announce the following press release about NAMM 2010–Orange Amps can now announce an exciting and eclectic list of artists joining them on the booth at NAMM 2010. Something for every guitarist, the list includes Amir Derakh and Ryan Shuck of Dead by Sunrise fame, Monte “Monster” Pittman from Madonna’s band, Prong and more recently playing with American Idol Runner-up Adam Lambert, and Sweethead guitarist Troy Van Leewen (also of Queens of the Stone Age) and bassist Eddie Nappi. Read more

Schecter Guitars And Dan Donegan Unite

December 23, 2009 by Chaz · Leave a Comment 

Schecter Guitar Research officially join forces with Disturbed’s guitarist, Dan Donegan. Dan is expected to debut the guitar at NAMM. I can’t wait! Read the presser below. . . Read more

Victoria Amplifiers Golden Melody 2X12 Combo

October 20, 2009 by Mike O'Cull · Leave a Comment 

Victoria Amplifiers Golden Melody

The Victoria Amp Company has made quite a name for itself in the guitar business since the 1990’s, when company prez Mark Baier launched the line with the 50’s Fender tweed reproductions that made him a household word and helped to invent the boutique amp business as we know it today along the way. Though he still makes the tweeds, Baier has moved into vintage inspired original amp designs in recent times, one example of these being the new Golden Melody 2×12 combo amp. Read more

WHY WON’T THE BLUES EVOLVE – THE REBUTTAL

October 15, 2009 by Mike O'Cull · 2 Comments 

Fender Stratocaster Playing Blues MusicI must admit, I was kind of happy to discover that fellow music scribe Sarssipius, who writes for muzicosphere.com, took enough gentlemanly issue with my “Why Won’t The Blues Evolve” piece that ran here on Gear-Vault to publish a rebuttal piece on his site, which you can read here: The Blues Has Evolved… But The Fans Didn’t! Read more

B.B. King Lets the Good Times Roll

September 21, 2009 by Chaz · Leave a Comment 

B.B. King There are moments in every B.B. King solo when the man hits a certain combination of notes, or bends the string in a way so uniquely his own, it’s almost as if he just leaned over and whispered his life’s secrets in your ear. B.B. King is that rare animal—a distinctive blues stylist. So unique is his talent that he’s taken possession of an entire position on the guitar neck, on that might as well be known as “the B spot.” Read more

Ace Frehley ‘Anomaly’ New Album Leak

September 9, 2009 by Chaz · Leave a Comment 

Ace Frehley Anomaly New Album Leak

XtremeMusic.net reports: Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley’s new album title “Anomaly”, is now available for streaming. Head on over to XtremeMusic.net to listen to the entirety of the album. It rocks! Read more

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