Supro created the Airwave guitar amp that mixes old tube technology with modern digital features. The 25-watt combo amp works with Two Notes Engineering to offer direct recording abilities. Musicians can practice with headphones or send signals straight to recording equipment. The amp comes with 12 speaker cabinet sounds that recreate classic Supro tones from famous recordings.
The Airwave uses tube power like vintage amps from decades past. Two 6V6 power tubes and two 12AX7 preamp tubes drive a 12-inch Celestion speaker. Players can switch between different effects like reverb and tremolo with foot pedals. The control panel has simple knobs for volume and tone adjustments.
Musicians can edit the cabinet sounds through a phone app or...
Glastonbury starts next week and fans want to know about surprise performers. The festival lineup shows empty spots that hint at secret shows. A mystery act called Patchwork will play the Pyramid Stage on Saturday. One slot says TBA before Alanis Morissette performs Friday. The Park Stage has a gap between Gary Numan and Beth Gibbons on Saturday.
Betting shops favor Pulp as the most likely surprise act. The band released a new album and played Glastonbury many times before. They headlined twice and did a secret show back in 2011. Lorde might appear since her new album comes out during the festival weekend. She told Radio 2 that she wants to make it happen.
Haim could play a secret set after their Friday show at Margate Dreamland. The...
Kiss scored their biggest American hit with Beth back in 1976. The ballad came from drummer Peter Criss and marked a huge change for the hard rock band. Producer Bob Ezrin helped transform the song from its original form. The track had no heavy guitars or drums like typical Kiss music. Many fans hated the soft approach at first.
The song started as Beck when Criss played with his earlier band Chelsea. He wrote it with bandmate Stan Penridge about a guitarist's wife who kept calling during practice. The original version was faster and more upbeat as a joke song. Ezrin wanted Kiss to appeal to female fans beyond teenage boys. He slowed down the tempo and made the lyrics more vulnerable.
Peter Criss sang lead vocals on the finished...
Robert Keeley wondered what would happen if he swapped germanium diodes for germanium transistors in a Klon Centaur circuit. He found the answer with his new Manis drive pedal from Keeley Electronics. The pedal captures the original Klon sound but adds more saturation and compression. Guitar players who never liked Klon pedals might enjoy this version. The germanium transistors create different cut-off voltage that boosts gain and tube-like harmonics.
The Manis pedal offers two modes through a toggle switch. Players can choose between germanium transistor mode or classic germanium diode mode. Keeley tested his pedal against a reference Golden Horsie Klon unit to match the original sound. The pedal also features a bass boost switch that...
Zak Starkey brings together three Beatles sons for a new song called Rip Off. The drummer worked with Sean Ono Lennon and James McCartney on the track. Shaun Ryder and Andy Bell also appear on the recording. The song comes from Starkey's band Mantra Of The Cosmos. Their album should come out later this year.
Starkey talked about money differences between Beatles children during a recent interview. He mentioned that other Beatles kids have more cash because their fathers died and left them wealth. James McCartney received money when his mother Linda passed away. Starkey's mother Maureen died without much money in 1994. She had spent her cash helping friends and left unpaid bills behind.
Ringo Starkey supports his son's musical project...
Beyoncé finished her London shows and thanked Paul McCartney for writing Blackbird. She sang his song at all six performances at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. The singer wore clothes made from his daughter Stella McCartney during the concerts. She posted a message on Instagram praising the Beatles member.
McCartney had already praised her version of his classic song after her Cowboy Carter album came out. He said her version reinforced the civil rights message that inspired him to write Blackbird originally. The former Beatle called her work magnificent and urged people to listen to it. He expressed happiness about how she interpreted his music.
Around 275,000 fans attended her six London concerts during the residency. Beyoncé thanked...
Warp Records made some of the best electronic music albums from the 1990s. Artists like Aphex Twin made sounds that people called Intelligent Dance Music. Canadian musician Richie Hawtin worked differently from the British artists on the label. He grew up near Detroit where techno music began. His album Dimension Intrusion connected directly to American electronic music.
Hawtin made his studio at his parents house with Roland machines and keyboards. He linked everything together and recorded long sessions that lasted 40 minutes. He edited these recordings into shorter songs for the album. The musician used classic gear like the Roland 303 and a Korg Wavestation keyboard. He recorded everything live onto tape before editing.
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Teenage Engineering makes fancy music gear like the OP-1 and OP-XY synths. The Swedish company sometimes tries making other stuff beyond music equipment. Their past projects include a desk that cost $1,599 and work with IKEA on lights and speakers. They also helped design the Rabbit R1 gadget that got bad reviews.
The company just announced their strangest product ever. They teamed up with Stockholm bike maker Vässla to create EPA-1, an electric moped. The scooter looks clean and simple, just like their music products. Marketing materials sound similar to how they sell synthesizers.
EPA-1 comes in two versions with different battery sizes. The bigger battery version can travel up to 120 kilometers on one charge. Launch models come in...
Over 600,000 fans joined the Ticketmaster waiting line for NFL tickets at Croke Park during September. Pittsburgh Steelers face Minnesota Vikings at Dublin's famous stadium on Sunday September 28th. The online ticket sale started at 12pm Tuesday after the waiting room opened at 11am. Frustrated supporters watched the queue move slowly throughout the afternoon. Secondary websites began selling tickets at inflated prices immediately after the sale began.
Ireland hosts its first regular season NFL game at the historic GAA venue this autumn. Cheapest tickets cost €85 for Category 7 seats located at the upper Davin Stand level. Category 6 positions also sit at the upper Davin Stand and cost €100 each. Hill 16 and Nally Stand receive...
