Music Radar's Best Gear of 2012

AlanRatcliffe

Music Radar have published their "Gear of the Year" awards for 2012, which are always worth a looksee.

Here for the bandwidth limited is a summary (and links to reviews):

Solid body electric guitar
1. Gibson Les Paul Classic Plus
2. Jackson Adrian Smith SDX
3. Fender Johnny Marr Jaguar

Semi-acoustic
1. Hagstrom Viking Rex-Tone
2. Gibson Midtown Standard
3. PRS SE Custom Semi-Hollow with Bigsby

Small Amp
1. Orange Micro Terror
2. Vox AC4HW1
3. Blackstar HT-5R

Medium Amp
1. Marshall DSL40C
2. Egnater Tweaker 40
3. Hughes & Kettner Tubemeister 36

Large Amp
1. Carvin VL300 Legacy 3
2. Laney L50H
3. Kemper Profiling Amp

Acoustic Guitar
1. Faith Neptune
2. Washburn WD7S
3. Martin D-18

Acoustic-Electric
1. Ibanez AW250-ECE LG
2. Taylor 712CE
3. Vintage Paul Brett VE8000PB-12

Guitar FX
1. Blackstar HT-Metal
2. EC Custom The Mystical Sustainer
3. Dr Scientist The Elements

Accessories
1. Rock Slide Swamp Slides
2. IK Multimedia Amplitube Slash for iPad
3. TC Electronic Polytune Mini

Jack-Flash-Jr

The caption for their number one solid body electric... "The Les Paul body is brutally effective: a back-breaking mahogany and maple slab that plays a vital role in the model's warm sustain."
Sounds awesome :roflmao:

singemonkey

Lance will be pleased:

"A product that finally delivers on the promise of digital modelling. A truly revolutionary piece of kit for serious recording guitarists and producers."
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AlanRatcliffe

singemonkey wrote: "A product that finally delivers on the promise of digital modelling.

...aside from the fact that it is not a modeller. Whatever... ?