Native Instruments announced GUITAR RIG MOBILE, a highly affordable all-in-one solution that turns any computer into a powerful and easy-to-use guitar recording and performance setup.

The Jackson Adrian Smith San Dimas Dinky guitar features an alder body, bolt-on quartersawn maple neck with a compound radius maple or ebony fingerboard, DiMarzio® Super Distortion bridge pickup with Fender® SCN middle and neck single-coil pickups, Floyd Rose® tremolo, black hardware, and is available in Snow White with a white (ebony fingerboard) or black one-ply pickguard (maple fingerboard).

Taylor Guitars is expanding its electric line with the company’s first purely electric semi-hollowbody guitar, the T3.

Melding the sleek lines and shape of the T5 into a semi-hollowbody, the T3 features an expertly crafted body of sapele, topped with quilted maple. A svelte neck of tropical American mahogany sports heftier fret wire for a truly electric feel, while brilliant chrome hardware adorns the T3 for a ready-to-rock look that screams electric, vintage and cool.

“The 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard represents the pinnacle of imaginative design and masterful craftsmanship. This guitar has become the Holy Grail of guitars in the minds of professionals and collectors the world over. Guitar legends such as Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, Eric Clapton, Mike Bloomfield and Billy Gibbons, to name only a few, have forged their musical pathways utilizing the incredible tonal characteristics and playability created by the artistry of the 1959 Les Paul Standard.

Pocket POD Pack is jam-packed which puts legendary POD tone in the palm of guitarist's hands with 32 fully adjustable classic and modern amp models, 16 cabinet models and 16 essential effects. It includes 300+ amp and effect presets, plus a 1/4-inch guitar cable, a 1/8-inch auxiliary cable, earbuds, and a DC-2 power adapter.

Going beyond delay pedals as they are known, the TimeBender allows the player to create custom repeat rhythms or patterns on the fly by simply strumming the guitar. Up to 6 taps can be set to quickly create delays that would normally take a rack of effects and hours of programming. If Strum Pattern were not enough, DigiTech has included intelligent harmonies that can be added to the delays.

Some things just get cooler with age. It’s especially true of electric guitars and basses—they develop an unmistakable mojo that makes them look cooler, sound better and feel even more comfortable than when they were brand new. Hence the winter 2009 arrival of Fender’s new Road Worn series—Stratocaster, Telecaster, Precision Bass and Jazz Bass guitars that, while new, are designed to look like they’ve borne the wear, tear, blood, sweat and beers of thousands of miles on the road.
 

The new Zakk Wylde ZV Custom combines two of the most distinguishable guitar shapes into one. With it's double-cutaway "SG" top-half allowing for complete fingerboard access and it's radical "Flying-V" bottom-half for extreme attitude, the ZV Custom has an aggressive look like no other. As with Zakk's signature Les Pauls, the body is carved from solid Mahogany and fitted with a glued-in hard Maple neck. The combination provides for deep, rich tone with added brightness and sustain that only comes with a set-neck guitar.

Reaktor Spark is based on a new and unique Reaktor ensemble, resulting from three years of design and development work by Native Instruments founder and conceptual mastermind Stephan Schmitt. This KORE SOUNDPACK breathes new life into the concept of the subtractive synthesizer, adding a dynamic and unpredictable element that causes sounds to ignite into living and sometimes chaotic entities.

The new SG Diablo in Metallic Silver — Guitar of the Month for December 2008 — captures the essence of a classic design, and takes it one step further. Like the SG Standard in 1961, the new SG Diablo in Metallic Silver sets a precedent for style, function and design.