Cort has two new models for guitarists, the 7-string Cort KX707 EverTune and the 6-string X700 Triality with three Fishman Fluence pickups and CFA-III Tremolo System.

Cort X700 Triality

The new X700 Triality was designed for modern guitarists. The contoured body ensures a striking appearance and increases playing comfort.

It has a swamp ash body, a roasted maple and walnut bolt-on neck, and 24 stainless steel frets.

CFA-III Tremolo

The hardware includes Cort Staggered Locking Tuners set and a CFA-III Tremolo. The base plate, the block and the string saddles are made of stainless steel and contribute to a better sound and more sustain.

Fishman Fluence

The Fishman Fluence Single Width single-coil pickups deliver classic, clear-sounding single-coil sounds without humming. The Fluence Open Core Classic Humbucker offers three different settings for exceptional versatility: Voicing one replicates the classic PAF tone, Voicing two offers a hot-blooded humbucker sound and Voicing three produces a muscular, overwound single-coil sound.

Available in the Open Pore Vintage Burst and Open Pore Black Burst.

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Cort KX707 EverTune

This Cort KX707 EverTune follows on from the previous six-string KX700 model. It offers a newly redesigned body contour, powerful, passive Seymour Duncan Sentient, and Nazgul 7-string humbucker with high output. In addition, the EverTune bridge system is used for maximum voice stability.

Mahogany body

The mahogany body meets an ash top, which results in a good balance between warm, rich basses and clear, transparent highs. A 5-piece roasted maple and walnut neck complements this with an ebony fretboard with stainless steel frets.

This model also features Luminlay side dots, Cort Staggered Locking Tuners, and the aforementioned EverTune 7F bridge system.

• Price: 1149 Euro*
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Verdict

Cort is making some very affordable, high-quality guitars, and these two new models offer much value. Seeing the high-quality hardware and pickups used on these guitars is excellent. They are, no doubt, going to be popular with guitarists in 2024.

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This week on Guitar Gear Gems, we check out the special-edition Gibson Noel Gallagher 1978 Les Paul Custom being sold to raise money for charity. Then, we look at the Alex Lifeson Lerxst By-Tor Drive pedal. Finally, we check out the Manson MB GEO Mask Edition Guitar limited run.

Gibson Noel Gallagher

The announcement of these Gibson Noel Gallagher special-edition models will excite many Oasis fans. The guitar is a limited run of only 20, each a recreation of the 1978 Les Paul Custom that Johnny Marr gifted him. They are being sold to raise money for the Teenage Cancer Trust at the UK Gibson Garage. Gibson and Gallagher will donate 100% of the profits to this worthwhile charity.

As Noel is signing each one, this will also make this extra collectable for fans of his music. The fact that you can only buy them in-store is also significant, as it should deter internet scalpers.

Famous Custom

This famous guitar was used on classic albums including “The Queen is Dead” and “(What’s the Story) Morning Glory?”. Therefore, it will also appeal to fans of The Smiths and Johnny Marr. I’m impressed that Noel has worked with the Teenage Cancer Trust to help them raise money, which is a grand gesture and a fantastic-looking Les Paul Custom.

The guitars will only be available in person to attendees on the official opening day of the new flagship store, the Gibson Garage London, on Saturday, February 24, 2024.

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By-Tor Drive

The LERXST By-Tor Drive pedal was announced in December 2023 as a limited edition for Alex Lifeson of Rush. They have announced that it will now be available to everyone as it has been so popular. It is based on the custom-built OMEGA tube amp head for Rush’s “Clockwork Angels” recording and touring cycle.

Mojotone

Mojotone is building the pedal, which falls under the Alex Lifeson LERXST brand name. It seeks to replicate that custom amp he is known for using then. It has an onboard boost section, which recreates the response of a tube amp’s gain stage and offers a JFET-based +6dB gain level.

Each By-Tor is handmade in the USA from high-quality components. They sound great and, thankfully, are no longer a limited run. Great for any Rush fans who missed out on the initial batch last year, as that sold out rapidly.

MSRP – USD 295

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Manson MB GEO Mask Edition Guitar

These Manson MB GEO Mask Edition Guitars are a minimal run of only 20, with two versions, aptly named V1 and V2. These aren’t cheap guitars, starting at £7,999 for the V1 model and £13,999 for the V2. These guitars are exact copies of Muse’s Matt Bellamy guitar, which he used during their 2023 Will Of The People tour.

Each guitar is built by the Manson Guitar Works in the UK and is fitted with a Sustainiac Stealth Pro sustainer pickup and a Manson PF-1 MB pickup.

V1 vs V2

The V1 has an alder body, a high-flame maple neck, and an ebony fretboard. This model comes in a Manson-branded Hiscox case and a certificate signed by Matt Bellamy. In contrast, the V2 has a 5A flame, figured, roasted maple neck and ships in a UK-crafted Protechnic flight case.

The V2 package includes exclusive accessories, including a Manson Heistercamp premium strap with the GEO logo, limited edition GEO picks, a laser-etched certificate with a unique number for each guitar, and a rare colour print signed by Bellamy.

If your budget doesn’t stretch quite this far, you could always consider the Cort/Manson MBM- 2H, as it also has a Sustainer pickup, so it will get you close to that Muse/ Matt Bellamy guitar.

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If you’re recording vocals or any other acoustic instruments that go out of tune quickly, you’ll run into Melodyne sooner or later. The plug-in is almost unrivaled in terms of pitch correction quality. But what if you’re on a tight budget or you don’t like the workflow of the ARA plugin? Take a look at the best Melodyne alternatives.

What is Melodyne?

When Celemony CEO Peter Neubäcker presented DNA – Direct Note Access – at the 2008 Musikmesse in Frankfurt, visitors and engineers were blown away. This technology was introduced as a new feature of Melodyne, and it made it possible to change polyphonic audio recordings. With DNA, you can change an audio recording of a major chord on the guitar to a minor chord, or even transpose entire songs.

The plug-in is also central to the workflow of most vocal producers; this type of editing is known as “Graphical Mode,” as each analyzed note can be moved, stretched, and selected separately in the Melodyne editor. Melodyne has set the bar regarding audio quality and in-depth editing options for adjusting individual notes in audio recordings. And few other plug-ins have even come close.

In addition to vocal recordings, Melodyne is frequently used to correct recordings of acoustic instruments. If a piano is slightly out of tune or a string on a guitar is not quite there, Melodyne allows you to make barely audible adjustments. So, when you’re looking for the best Melodyne alternatives, these features are a must!

What do the best Melodyne alternatives need to bring to the table?

Correcting individual notes in a recording with a high quality that you can barely hear it working its magic is the basis for Melodyne’s success. The plug-in can also be used in ARA format in DAWs that support it. This means that you don’t always have to play back the track’s contents on which you load Melodyne to edit them in Melodyne.

As mentioned, the plug-in also offers the option (with the most extensive version, Melodyne 5 Studio*) of correcting notes in polyphonic audio material. The notes the plug-in recognizes can also be exported to your DAW as a MIDI clip. Since version 4, it has also been possible to edit notes from several instances of Melodyne in one. New features in the latest update, Melodyne 5, include editing sibilants separately for de-essing.

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Synchro Arts Revoice 5 – Most versatile of the best Melodyne alternatives

Freshly released with new features and improved pitch correction quality, Revoice 5 from Synchro Arts* is one of the most versatile Melodyne alternatives. It also includes ARA support, extensive options for correcting each note, and more.

Revoice offers several options for automatically adjusting vocal stacks for duets and creating natural-sounding harmonies with a vocal track. Compared to the biggest version of Melodyne, what is missing is the option to fix polyphonic audio material.

If you want something simpler, there are two versions of RePitch from the same manufacturer, RePitch Elements* and RePitch Standard*. These lack the option of aligning recordings of multiple vocals, and some of the correction tools are not quite as detailed.

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Antares Auto-Tune Pro – Graphic Editor and ARA

This list of the best Melodyne alternatives is explicitly NOT about real-time correction à la Auto-Tune, which can be heard in almost every Pop song these days. Nevertheless, the original Auto-Tune plug-in manufacturer also offers one of the best Melodyne alternatives with the most extensive version, Auto-Tune Pro*.

As with Melodyne 5, Auto-Tune Pro X allows you to compare the recordings of several tracks using the multi-view function. You can also change and correct each note of the recording in detail in the graphic editor. And, of course, the legendary real-time tuning effect is also included, whether as a creative tool or gently for live performances.

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Waves Tune and Plugin Alliance Bx_Crispytuner: The cheaper VSTs of our best Melodyne alternatives

Waves Tune* and Plugin Alliance Bx_Crispytuner are not nearly as powerful as Melodyne. But both are more than sufficient for straightening out out-of-tune notes of vocal recordings or gently adjusting a guitar melody. And the manufacturers of both plug-ins have sales so often that you can buy them for a very reasonable price.

Like Melodyne, Waves Tune (unlike Waves Tune Real-Time) is designed to correct individual notes of a vocal recording in a graphical editor. You can do this manually and move individual notes to the correct pitch using the mouse. Or you can set a key and let the plugin move the wrong notes to the right place automatically.

Bx_Crispy Tuner from Plugin Alliance / BrainWorx / Native Instruments includes pitch correction in the graphical mode and in real-time, key recognition, and additional tools for editing formants, vibrato, and the timing of vocal recordings. So, you’ve got quite a few features to fix your vocals!

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Free Melodyne alternatives: Samplab and in your DAW!

If you’re looking for a way to recognize the chords in an audio recording, which Melodyne does as well, then there is the free alternative, Samplab. There is also a paid version of the VST. With this version, you can change the chords of a recording, almost like in Melodyne Studio. They have also included an AI audio generator to create free text input samples.

Many of you will have read this so far and, at some point, thought: “My DAW can do that!” Reaper (ReaTune), Logic Pro (Flex Pitch), Cubase Pro (Vari-Audio), FL Studio Signature Edition (Netwone), and Reason (Pitch Edit) each come with their own, perhaps not quite as robust “Graphic Mode” vocal tuning plug-in which might be enough for what you need. Users of Ableton Live and Bitwig Studio still have to resort to third-party plug-ins and check out this list of the best Melodyne alternatives.

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We take a look back at the Tascam 388 Studio 8 with Youtube creator Rhett Shull, to find out why it has such an iconic reputation.

The 338 Studio 8 was introduced in 1985 as a complete recording solution for musicians. It combined an 8-channel mixer with an 8-track quarter-inch tape machine in one relatively compact unit.

Over the years, a combination of its simplicity, recording quality and overall aesthetic gave the 338 legendary status among musicians. From The Black Keys and Alex Turner of The Arctic Monkeys to Madlib and Mac DeMarco, many popular artists have produced wonderful recordings with the 338.

Tascam 388 Studio 8

The 338 is the ultimate symbol of home recording, sitting squarely between the high-end studio multitrack tape machines and the lo-fi cassette-loading 4-track machines which are still popular to this day.

According to Rhett Shull, the preamps and 3-band EQs sound great, and there is a pleasing kind of glue effect in the way it sums the channels into stereo. It’s no wonder the 338 caught on in recording circles and still fetches a considerable price on the second-hand market.

With the Tascam 388 Studio 8, Tascam took a bold step, they managed to create a user-friendly unit that follows the Portastudio tradition but employs more sophisticated technology. The device makes it much easier to use, especially for those with less technical knowledge, without restricting the creative possibilities for experienced users

Dave Lockwood’s 1986 review

I must say that the 338 certainly intrigues me enough to “try this at home” when it comes to tape. Besides the appeal of its sound, the mid-80s recording mixer workflow looks inspiring to say the least.

However, if you’re not quite ready to take the plunge and pick up an old reel-to-reel recorder like the 338, there are some great modern options that can recreate both the sound and the feel of using a similar recording system.

Tascam DP-008 EX

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The Gretsch John Gourley Broadkaster follows on from the recent boygenius release at the end of last month. This limited edition model for ‘Portugal. The Man‘ guitarist is another affordable, yet unique signature guitar.

John Gourley Broadkaster

This latest limited edition Gretsch release, they state, was inspired by Gourley’s exploration across different styles of music. The John Gourley Electromatic Broadkaster has been created as it can produce a sound that can adapt to any genre, from indie to country, to rock.  Gourley is the vocalist and guitarist with the Grammy-winning band, Portugal. The Man, and is known for covering a lot of styles within the band. He is also a long-time fan of Gretsch which he talks about in the accompanying product video.

“The first time I heard a Gretsch was when I walked into a guitar shop in Memphis and I knew instantly that that was the sound I’ve been looking for this whole time. It was such a cool experience when I finally got to design my own,” explains John Gourley

Bigsby

This new signature semi-hollow model has all the classic Gretsch appointments. These include a Bigby B70 vibrato system fitted to the double-cutaway maple body that features a chambered spruce centre block. It is also a thinner body design, so should feel comfortable to play.

The guitar comes with a thin U-shaped maple neck with a 12”-radius laurel fretboard fitted with 22 medium jumbo frets and pearloid “cloud” inlays.

This model comes with an Anchored Adjusto-Matic bridge to complement the Bigsby, plus a Graph Tech NuBone nut, and locking tuners to help aid tuning stability. Along with a set of strap locks.

Full’Tron

It comes fitted with a set of USA Full’Tron humbucking pickups. These are controlled by a master volume with a treble bleed circuit, master tone, individual pickup volume controls, and a three-position pickup selector switch.

Cleon Peterson

This guitar comes in an Iridescent Black finish with silver sparkle binding, and nickel hardware throughout. It looks very nice and has a subtle sparkle that works nicely for this guitar shape.

Then there is some nice subtle exclusive artwork by Cleon Peterson including those “cloud” fretboard inlays, the bespoke truss rod cover and metal head badge, plus the graphic on the pickguard,

Overall, a very nice-looking instrument and it could be a great buy for anyone on the market for a new Gretsch.

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The Super Bowl LVIII halftime show was Usher’s time to share his work. However, for many guitarists, the star of the show was the Fender H.E.R. Stratocaster in a deep luxurious Custom Chrome Red finish.

Fender H.E.R. Custom Chrome Red Stratocaster

Based on Gabriella Sarmiento Wilson’s (aka H.E.R.) signature Fender Stratocaster, this spectacular ‘one-off’ was built by the Fender Custom Shop. Fender has just shared an Instagram video where the artist gets to talk about this very special instrument. Plus, Fender Custom Shop builder, Brian Thrasher shared some great close-up photos of the guitar being built.

U Got It Bad

Allegiant Stadium was the venue for the Super Bowl LVIII halftime show and as Usher led out of U Got It Bad, H.E.R. came striding on wielding this impressive guitar and worked into the next track, Bad Girl. Yes, these shows are all mimed, as the timing has to be perfect. However, they were playing along to live tracks that had been performed and recorded by the musicians in advance.

Last Minute

The guitar was a last-minute order, and the Custom Shop created this unique Custom Chrome Red finish, by using the Chrome Glow from the production model as a base for a clear red top coat. This was applied to the alder body and the guitar headstock.

It was then complemented with a black anodized pickguard and fitted with a set of Fender Vintage Noiseless pickups. Other key specifications include a modern D-shaped neck with a satin finish, a rosewood fretboard, and a set of modern vintage tuners.

New Colour?

This is not the first time the H.E.R. has played the Super Bowl and so she wanted something special. Fender certainly delivered with this guitar. The R&B artist has put this guitar in front of a huge audience, and so people are now asking about it.

As you can read in the Instagram post comments, many people are now asking about this finish and could make it into the production model in the future. Which, I would guess is very possible, as they have already made a limited run in Blue Marlin back in the beginning of 2023.

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This Love Hultén MIDI Guitar with a built-in NESpoly synth looks very square and industrial. It also features an onboard cat. As it was custom-built for musician Catbeats.

Love Hultén MIDI Guitar

Any fans of Swedish creator Love Hultén’s work will know to expect something unique and beautiful in design terms. This MIDI Guitar is very square and industrial-looking, contains YouRock MIDI technology, and a NESpoly synth, and a MOOD MKII. Resulting in an expressive chiptune, a retro, futuristic musical tool, shaped like a guitar created especially for Catbeats.

Expressive

In the demo video, it sounds great and appears to have plenty of expressive control. However, I could not make out exactly what all those buttons and switches are for. The MIDI guitar has a headless design and appears to have real strings, therefore you could potentially attack it like a standard guitar. However, it will go far beyond most ordinary guitars in terms of synth sounds, textures, and beyond.

Detachable Neck

The design also features a detachable neck, so perfect for when you are on the move. As the strings aren’t real, this isn’t an issue.

The Cat

I’m loving the cat in it’s little plastic dome on the bottom corner. Apparently, according to the Instagram post, this is a ‘detachable dome for avatar replacement’. There is also a custom strap made from extraterrestrial skin, whatever that is.

Is it a guitar?

Looks great and sounds very synthy, and chiptune in nature. Possibly, an upgrade from a strapped-on Roland SH-101 but not quite as ’80s in style, and certainly not as ridiculous as a keytar. It has strings (well, fake ones), frets, and a neck so it certainly qualifies as a guitar on some levels.

That square body gives it a hint of Bo Diddley I guess. I would love to play one, though these creations tend to be bespoke one-offs.

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The Mooer GTRS Modern 800 is the very latest model in their Intelligent Guitar Series. It comes with twin humbuckers and incorporates a slew of features to make it super versatile.

Mooer GTRS Modern 800

The Mooer GTRS Modern 800 is constructed using an alder body with a bolt-on standard C profile neck made from roasted maple and has a rosewood fretboard. It has  24 nickel silver jumbo frets and comes with a GTRS HMT-1B humbucker in the bridge position and a GTRS HMT-1N humbucker in the neck.

All the hardware is black for both the colours currently available;  Pearl Black* and Pearl White*. They both look pretty sleek, and more colours are coming soon, according to Mooer.

Intelligent

As with the other series, the Mooer GTRS Modern 800 also has Mooer’s well-known modeling technology integrated into the guitar, in this case, the G100 Intelligent Processing System. This gives you 16 guitar simulations, 128 guitar effects, a drum machine with 40 different grooves, 10 different metronome sounds, and an 80-second looper directly in the guitar.

Plus, users can connect headphones directly to the 6.3-millimeter jack output. You can create your own presets, i.e. combinations of guitar simulations and effects, using the in-house app for iOS and Android. This connects to the M800 via Bluetooth 5.0.

Mooer M800

Superknob

Plus, users can activate the modeling using the Superknob to switch between up to four presets. There is also the GWF4 Wireless Footswitch from Mooer GTRS, available separately, which gives you additional wireless control functions for modeling. The integrated battery lasts up to ten hours before you have to recharge it using the included USB-C to USB-A cable.

How much does the new Mooer GTRS Modern 800 cost?

The two finishes Pearl Black* and Pearl White* each cost 699 euros at Thomann. They are available immediately. As mentioned earlier, six additional finishes are planned: Metallic Red, Dark Silver, Dark Red, Dark Purple, Dark Night, and Blue Chameleon.

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This week on Guitar Gear Gems we look at the latest effect from Spurr Audio, which is due out any day now. Then we take a peek at the new Silktone Overdrive+ dual drive/boost pedal.

Spurr Audio Echo Mini

The Spurr Audio Echo Mini has a serious ’80s vibe to it aesthetically, and this echo/delay pedal has a sound to match that look. You may remember Spurr Audio’s Time Traveller delay and this latest effect is just as much fun, just a little more retro.

LFO

It comes with a simple four-knob user interface comprising Mix, Time, Echo, and Rate controls. Rate controls the modulation of the effect, and there is an internal LFO as well. The latter is used to emulate the wear-and-tear effect reminiscent of old 1980s analog delays.

If you want something unique, then they are making some nice gear lately.

MSRP – USD 159 available on February 16th

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Silktone Overdrive+

Silktone already has a solid reputation for building great amps and occasionally they announce effects. This new Overdrive+ is a dual drive/boost effect in on compact pedal. It also features the prominent Strangle/Raw switch which offers two distinct boosts.

Plus, controls for Volume, Tone, and Gain, and mini-toggle switches for bass cut and clipping mode. The latter offers symmetric or asymmetric clipping.

Dual

The pedal enclosure has dual footswitches for activating the overdrive and the boost side individually. Both sides have amber LEDs to let you know they are engaged.

Strangle/Raw

The Strangle/Raw boost is the standout feature here. It’s like the “+” in overdrive+, offering a vividly colored dirty boost with added gain and rich 2nd harmonic distortion. Strangle employs a resonant filter for a hint of cocked wah effect, while Raw bypasses this filter for a full-range boost.

The video demos I have heard all sound very organic, so this could be one to check out for any overdrive/boost lovers.

MSRP – USD 269

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Dreadbox Psyclop

The new Dreadbox Cyclop combines an effects loop with an attenuator and a booster. As it is Dreadbox, they also through in some expression to CV control as well. Essentially, it is a neat way to access a loop of external effects in your chain, as required.

Dreadbox Psyclop

Analog

It is an analog circuit and is also a true relay bypass design, as you would hopefully expect for an effects loop. They haven’t yet revealed much more on their main site about the pedal other than it is mono, has a Blend knob for adding in as much of the affected loop as you require, and has input attenuation controls and output gain controls.

I’d expect the CV expression control input to be where this loop could shine, but we will have to wait until they release some videos of it in action to know for sure.

MSRP – EUR 80

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