The new Memory Boy carries the performance heritage for warm analog delays and modulations that made its ancestors the go to legends that remain today. With two years in design using new and refined, analog IC's the focus was making the legend affordable to every musician while maintaining the character and artistic sounds that let you stand apart.

All analog delay with Feedback
Up to 550 ms delay time
Selectable Chorus or Vibrato modulations rates
Choose between triangle or square modulation waveforms
Expression pedal control of delay time or modulation rate
True Bypass

The Ring Thing presents state of the art modulation control allowing the user to explore a new sonic world that is both familiar and inventive. Complex modulations with interactive parameters create any sound your mind can imagine. From metallic sweeps to subtle color changes to unique and limitless modulations, the Ring Thing will become your sonic dream machine.

Articulate pitch shifting, preset tuning, selectable waveforms and external control delivers sound designer mystery, with a Rock and Roll edge.

Go to www.ehx.com/products/ring-thing

Electro Harmonix for a long time has been guitarist's tools of choice for the effect afficiondo. Recently the y have released a new vocal oriented pedal that is a vocoder. Essentially a smaller version of their V256 band vocoder pedal. It also features gender bender knob to go from male to female and somewhere in between. To my ears this is a rock solid unit when you are going for this type of effect. Vist and learn more about the Iron Lung here.

The Paul Reed Smith Guitars Booth was in full jammin swing at Winter NAMM 2010. This video features legendary guitarist Al Dimeola.

Korg Wi-Tune Wireless Tuners

Announcing the world's first wireless tuners: The Korg Wi-Tune

Korg created the world's first hand-held tuner back in 1975. Since then, tuners have become a widely used item among musicians. Korg has continued to lead the way, creating a succession of revolutionary tuners featuring new technology and new ideas. Now, KORG announces the world's first wireless tuning system; the Wi-Tune. Using Korg's Wireless Tuning System, the Wi-Tune allows you to tune any instrument in any situation, unobtrusively, accurately, and easily. Our Wi-Tune systems are ideal for instruments such as sax, clarinet, flute, horn, or tuba; instruments where using a traditional tuner could be problematic. Wi-Tune eliminates these obstacles, allowing new avenues for practicing. Wi-Tune wireless tuning is also discreet, and can be used in nearly any musical environment.
Major features

* Wireless tuning - no cable required! The transmitter clips to your instrument and sends the signal wirelessly to the tuner!

* The large backlit LCD offers excellent visibility, even at a distance. The newly designed meter follows even slight changes in the sound, and provides a large note name display.

* The integrated cover/stand allows the tuner to be placed on a music stand, table, or on the floor to accommodate any situation.

* Three Wi-Tune packages are available:
WR-01: Regular clip - guitar, string instruments, etc.

WR-01BW: Smaller clip for Brass & Woodwinds

WR-01S: Includes strap for use with Saxophone, clarinet, etc.

* Internal mic allows tuning using the main unit alone

* Sound Out mode produces a reference tone from the internal speaker for tuning by ear

* Markings indicate pure major third and minor third intervals for exceptional ensemble harmonies.

* Designed to provide environmentally-friendly extended battery life.

Again the iPhone/iTouch is in my New Year crosshairs. Can't put this one aside. New from the folks that make the cool software company known as Way Out Ware is iSample. Available now at the App Store.

Sample The World

iSample 2.0 is a very powerful sample based music production tool. New with the 2.0 update are an array of features that make iSample a leader among the beat making / pocket studio apps. iSample ships with over 50 MBs of samples created by Mutato Muzika (founded and run by Devo's Mark Mothersbaugh) that provide a great starting place to create your own jams, and also to get started with iSample.

Visit  www.wayoutware.com/isample/

DEMO OF THE NEW MIDI MOBILIZER AND PLANET WAVES RIG REMOTE APPLICATION AT WWDC

Demo of the new MIDI Mobilizer and Planet Waves Rig Remote Application featured at Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference 2009

WATCH DEMO!

When used with the upcoming Planet Waves Rig Remote application for iPhone and iPod touch the MIDI Mobilizer gives guitarists the freedom to control Line 6 Variax® digital modeling guitars and Vetta^TM II digital modeling amplifiers.

The Rig Remote app features an attractive graphical display that takes a nod from the Line 6 software commonly used to adjust Line 6 gear via personal computers. The innovative Multi-Touch user interface makes it simple for iPhone and iPod touch users to scroll, choose and adjust models of amps, guitars, pickups, pickup placement, alternate tuning and more. Guitarists can easily save their favorite settings and apply them to any Variax guitar or Vetta II amplifier.

MIDI Mobilizer and Rig Remote 1.0 are currently in final development, with pricing, availability, and more detail on the complete feature set to be announced at a future date.

For more information on Planet Waves please visit: http://www.planetwaves.com/

For more information on Line 6 please visit: http://www.line6.com/

The much anticpated DropTune pedal from new company Morpheus is now shipping World Wide. This new pedal is a new kind of it's type for the guitar slinger of the Twentyfirst Century. It allows the guitarist to drop their tuning a full octave or somewhere in between. Now you don't have to touch your tuning pegs to play that thunder clapping low C riff. With the Morpheus DropTune inserted in your effect chain right after your guitar your good to go with a step of a switch!

Visit Morpheus at http://www.morpheusefx.com/pages/droptune.html

Morpheus DropTune Guitar Polyphonic Pitch-dropping Pedal Features:

* Polyphonic pitch-dropping effects pedal
* Drop tune up to 3-1/2 steps in 1/2-step decrements
* Full octave drop and octaver
* Latching Effect On/Off switch
* Momentary Down and Toggle/Up switches
* Bright backlit Drop Tune, Octave, Octaver, Toggle, and Effect indicators
* Rear panel Input Level control with front panel LED level display
* In, Out, and power supply jacks (power supply comes included)
* Rugged cast-metal chassis

Kramer have announced their new Pacer Classic. Here's what they have to say about it in their own words...

Kramer Guitars have a long history of making guitars that are performance driven. Its reign in the 80's as one of the top guitar companies in the world is legendary. Kramer is proud to announce the upcoming release of the Pacer Classic. This new model's specs' are off of the famed 1983 USA Pacer and is a classic shredder's guitar!

The Pacer Classic's body, neck and electronics layout is spot on to the 1983 Kramer Pacer, which was famed for its versatility and playability. No wonder every guitar player from that era were Kramer endorsees!

A little modern history: The Pacer's beak headstock and classic 80's block logo top off this classic Kramer with a locking nut to keep you in tune. You vintage Kramer nuts will notice we moved the truss rod adjustment to the headstock, but that's the only difference in the Classic's neck from the original. Just so you know Kramer was the #1 selling guitar brand in the world in the mid 80's!

The playground: Classic dot inlays on a satin finished, thin tapered Maple neck with jumbo frets. No splice joint here folks, it's all one piece topped with a Maple board.

The guts! A Mahogany body loaded with classic Alnico magnet pups, with a volume, volume, tone control layout with a 3-way mini-toggle. The variety of tones are MANY! We've also added a treble bleed mod to the volume controls to keep that sparkle when you back down the decibels. It's topped off with a Floyd Rose TM tremolo system for all the dive bombs you can handle while staying in tune.

Features

* Body Material: Mahogany
* Neck Material: Hard Maple, Satin Finish
* Neck Shape: Thin Taper C-Shape
* Neck Joint: Bolt-on
* Truss Rod: 2-way adjustable
* Scale Length: 25.5"
* Fingerboard: Maple
* Neck Pickup: 900R
* Bridge Pickup: 910T
* Controls: Neck Volume, Bridge Volume, Tone and 3-way mini-toggle selection switch
* Fingerboard Radius: 12"
* Frets: 22; medium-jumbo
* Bridge: Floyd Rose Tremolo
* Nut Width: 43mm
* Hardware: Black
* Machine Heads: Die cast
* Colors: Pearl White, Candy Red
* Warranty: Kramer Limited Lifetime

Visit www.kramerguitars.com