Over the last year we have had the pleasure of trying hundreds of exciting products that make playing guitar more enjoyable. While some products were good, others where just amazing. Every month Local Music Gear selects one of these amazing product to be showcased as the product of the month. For a product to become the product of the month it must exceed our expectations on three levels of standards.
- The product must do what it is designed to do 100% of the time without failure and be the best example of its type of product we have seen to date.
- The Product must be built well without any imperfections that would affect it’s functionally from day one throughout the life of the product.
- The Product must be a good value for its price tag.
These are the eight best guitar accessory products we had the opportunity to review in 2012. While all products that were reviewed in Local Music Gear were excellent, these products truly stood out.
Tusq by Graphtech Guitar Labs
Tusq by Graphtech Guitar Labs is a synthetic alternative to
animal bone used on stringed instruments at the points where the strings touch
the instrument.
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FU - Tone Strat Big Block Upgrade
FU-Tone, formerly known as Floyd Upgrades, is the Manufacturer of aftermarket high-performance guitar parts designed to optimize a guitar's voice, sustain, playability, and tone. This review is for the FU-Tone Fender Stratocaster Big Block upgrade.
Mojotone® Fatback Strat Pickups
Mojotone® is a manufacturer of vintage amplifier & guitar parts offering a complete line of guitar and amplifier products -- specializing in vintage (pre-1980) reproduction cabinets and exact replacement components. Built with the goal of straddling the divide between a Fender and Gibson, these pickups give your single notes a full bloom yet still retain some of the Fender sparkle and chime.
FU - Tone Strat Big Block Upgrade
FU-Tone, formerly known as Floyd Upgrades, is the Manufacturer of aftermarket high-performance guitar parts designed to optimize a guitar's voice, sustain, playability, and tone. This review is for the FU-Tone Fender Stratocaster Big Block upgrade.
Mojotone® Fatback Strat Pickups
Mojotone® is a manufacturer of vintage amplifier & guitar parts offering a complete line of guitar and amplifier products -- specializing in vintage (pre-1980) reproduction cabinets and exact replacement components. Built with the goal of straddling the divide between a Fender and Gibson, these pickups give your single notes a full bloom yet still retain some of the Fender sparkle and chime.
Silverbox Effects Smooth Blaster Classic Overdrive
Silverbox Effects Pedals are hand crafted in Buenos
Aires Argentina. This boutique pedal has touch sensitive overdrive that
responds to your playing, internal trimmer,true bypass switching with
grounded input and is housed in a compact 16 gauge steel enclosure with
detachable rubber feet.
Zexcoil®, Hum Cancelling Single Coil Sized Humbucker Pickups
Dr. A. Scott Lawing is the inventor of Zexcoil® pickup
technology and the technical driving force behind LMP. Scott has been a guitar
player for over 30 years. He is also an engineer with a PhD from the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology and numerous technical papers, patents
and presentations to his credit. Recently, Scott has started applying his
technical and creative energies to the business of musical instrument.
The P3 Mod, The Battery-less Mod for Active Guitar Pickups & Pedals
The DC Voltage Company is the Manufacturer of an electronic
modification that allows active/battery powered musical equipment to utilize
the power from an amplifier via 1/4 inch instrument cable to power active
guitar and bass pickups and/or effects pedals without wall or battery
power.
SpiderCapo, Alternative Tunings Capo
SpiderCapo by Creative Tunings, Inc is
an Alternative Tuning Capo that allows an artist to alter the tuning
of a stringed instrument giving the artist 945 possible tunings without
touching a tuning peg.
Intex Cables Instrument Cables
INTEXcables are completely hand made from the finest
components here in the USA. All connector parts are made of solid metal, from
the brass M642/1-1 Military Spec connector & custom engineered shell to the
plated spring steel stress relief spring. All cables are made with Belden 8412,
an industry standard microphone cable for over 30 years. No compression or
crimping is used to attach cable to connector, INTEXcables are welded insuring
the strongest and most durable connection possible.
Posted 01/2013
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