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aria sinsonido guitars get small for travel

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aria sinsonido travel guitar

Are you and your guitar inseparable? Well even if you are addicted to playing when you’re on the road, there’s no denying it’s a pain in the a$$ to carry a full-size guitar on an airplane or train. Here’s a guitar that breaks down to fit into a compact “gig bag”, so you can take it anywhere…

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July 30th, 2008 2 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

bass blogger guitar pedal spawns guitaroblogosphere

filed under: gadgets | just plain fun

Bass Blogger Guitar Effect Pedal

What is it these days with everyone jumping onto the blogging bandwagon? This bass guitar effect pedal tries to co-opt the popularity of blogs by donning the unlikely and unusual name “Bass Blogger”.

Electro-harmonix Bass Blogger doesn’t just try to hitch its wagon to the online star with its name…

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June 19th, 2008 1 comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

lego guitar hero controller rocks

filed under: just plain fun | video games

Guitar Hero LEGO Bass

When I came across this Guitar Hero controller made out of LEGO blocks, I was impressed. But once I found out it was fully-functional, I was blown away.

Built by LEGO fanatic David McNeely (aka Blue Star LEGOs), this is the third in his series of working Guitar Hero controllers…

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December 21st, 2007 5 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

dodecasub: 12-sided woofer scores massive hit points

filed under: design | home entertainment

Elemental Designs Dodecasub Subwoofer

I can definitely say I’ve never seen a subwoofer that looks quite like this one. Elemental Designs $2500 Dodecasub offers up ten individual ten-inch subwoofers in a single, geometrically striking package.

The enormous multi-element subwoofer looks like a giant twelve-sided die to me. And yes, even though there are just ten speakers, it really is a dodecahedron…

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September 6th, 2007 2 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

x-mini capsule speaker: tiny package, big boom

filed under: gadgets | media players

XMI X-Mini Capsule Speaker

This pocket-sized speaker may look like nothing much, but it has some unique design properties that help it crank out some serious low-end.

The XMI X-Mini Capsule Speaker features a special vacuum chamber which opens up like an accordion…

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August 2nd, 2007 8 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

substage 200 subwoofer a literal rumpshaker

filed under: home entertainment

Soundmatters SUBstage200 Subwoofer

There’s nothing like that deep, low frequency rumble when watching a movie on the big screen. Now you can really shake your moneymaker with this new subwoofer from Soundmatters.

The SUBstage200 Stealth Subwoofer fits neatly underneath most couches thanks to its 4-inch height profile…

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May 11th, 2007 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob