Bill Finnegan, the original designer and builder of the now legendary and highly coveted Klon Centaur overdrive pedals is now building and selling them again on a limited basis on eBay under the username klondirectsales.

"I'm Bill Finnegan, designer of the original Klon overdrive circuit, designer of the Klon Centaur Professional Overdrive unit incorporating that original circuit, and also the hand-builder of every single Centaur unit from the beginning of Centaur production in late 1994 until the end of that initial production a few years ago. Now, on a small scale, I am again hand-building a few Centaur units for sale by my company Klon LLC. Given the many demands on my time these days, and also given the labor-intensive and time-consuming nature of building Centaurs, it's inevitable that I will be able to build only a small number of these units, but I hope and expect to continue to be able to do so on a regular basis for some years to come. In the intervening years, I have occasionally built Centaur units and given them to a very close friend of mine so that she could sell them on eBay (to help her get through various financial difficulties), and I intend to continue doing so; as they've always been, those listings will be hers and not mine, and whatever money she derives from those listings will also be hers and not mine. Again, as with the units I have built for my friend over those intervening years, these units from Klon LLC will be hand-built by me in the exact same way as before, with original parts as before, and with the exact same testing as I have done throughout."

Well this is certainly pretty unique!

Gamechanger Audio, the creators of Plus Pedal, present the PLASMA Pedal - a completely new take on audio signal distortion. The PLASMA Pedal transforms your instrument’s live signal into a series of continuous high-voltage discharges within a xenon-filled tube, and these electrical discharges are instantly converted back into an analogue audio signal, producing a quick, responsive, and extremely heavy distortion.

Check out the Indiegogo campaign for more information and to pre-order one!

Carvin Amps and Audio has introduced the brand new X1 all tube guitar preamp pedal, which will be released at the 2018 NAMM Show (Jan 23-28) in Anaheim, California. The X1 pedal is based on one of Carvin's most iconic guitar amps, the X100B. You can demo the X1 pedal at the Acacia Guitars booth #4249 and the Vola Guitars booth #4334 at NAMM 2018 and the pedal is scheduled to be available for sale in late spring 2018. Check out the video to learn more about the X1.

Beautiful and amazing music courtesy of John McLaughlin and Jimmy Herring on John's farewell tour. John McLaughlin & Jimmy Herring: A Meeting of the Spirits - The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, NY - Nov 4, 2017