Year: 2017

Faultless Build, Tone, Looks and Playability – An Outstanding Bass Guitar. Design The Stenback Four has a familiar body shape that’s reminiscent of the Fender Jazz Bass design. Few bass builders these days succeed in combining such a much-loved classic with truly stunning workmanship and artistry, but we’re looking at a passive instrument that’s nigh-on perfect in terms of construction. To start with, all of the wood has been heat treated to offer more stability and a higher strength-to-weight ratio. The alder body has been made extra special with the addition of hand-polished, stainless steel hardware, an anodized aluminium...

Does boutique build-quality go hand-in-hand with great tone? The TurboTore promises that something extra. Design Onkart Gromt are a small company from Norway who base most of their pedals around simple, but effectively designed circuits. With a hand-made, high-end audio mentality that puts tone first, the TurboTore attempts a very natural and flexible approach to boosting your tone and fulfills its task as only a good-quality effect can. Boost pedals usually find their niche as the effect that turns a good sounding overdriven valve amp into something very special indeed. The effect simultaneously adds bite and definition, stops your...