We all know Joe Satriani as a learned and expert guitar player – but he’s also sage in the field of guitar tone.

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While much of Frankfurt Musikmesse 2009 was caught on video, sometimes it’s a single picture that can paint a thousand words. So here’s an entire book’s worth: a gallery of gear, rock stars and, er… pizza.

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DigiTech and UK distributor Sound Technology are pleased to announce shipping of the latest in its speciality range of creative pedals – the amazing TimeBender. Going beyond a traditional delay pedal, TimeBender combines a mind-blowing array of delay options together with the ability to easily create custom multi-tap delays and intelligent harmonies.

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Our Frankfurt-based reporters are back in Blighty, and they’ve brought back the highlights from the final day of Musikmesse 2009.

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Welcome to day three of Frankfurt Musikmesse 2009! After a sleepless night of video editing and over-peppered pizza (don’t ask) we’ve managed another glorious lap of the show floor.

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Despite new Fender products being somewhat thin on the ground at the show this year, the Custom Shop collection on display is as drool-worthy as ever. Earlier today, while I stood gazing in awe and wonder like the world’s poorest kid in an extremely voluminous confectionary emporium, Mike G got snappier than several crocodiles enjoying a rudimentary card game.

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As some of you will hopefully have seen from our constant barrage of Tweets, Team Radar spent most of Day Three of Frankfurt Musikmesse 2009 with our old friend, Mr Joe Satriani. The first part of the afternoon was alongside the rest of the baying press hoards, filming Joe’s extensive walkthrough of his new Vox signature pedal range.

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Orange always seem to have one of the coolest and certainly most distinctive stands at any show, and Frankfurt Musikmesse 2009 is no exception. Nestled amongst the iconic valve stacks, we noticed brand new updates on the popular entry level Crush series of guitar and bass combos.

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As we reported earlier, Yamaha’s new NX range of nylon string acoustics is confounding more than a few people expecting a traditional approach. We hooked up with Guitar Product Manager Julian Ward to get a preview of the series, concentrating on the NTX900 and the NCX900 and came away massively impressed.

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This year marks the 30th year since the Trace Elliot amplifier brand was first launched in Essex, UK. To commemorate this great occasion, a special promotional video has been commissioned.

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