Marshall protein powder and AI-powered gloves that play for you: These are the best guitar April Fools hoaxes we’ve seen this year
It’s that annoying day of the year again – when you feel you can’t trust anything you see online.
However, April Fools Day does spring up some funny content across the guitar community, and the team here at Guitar.com have tasked ourselves with finding the best and most creative hoaxes from across the internet.
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This year, we’ve seen AI-powered guitar gloves, shit-stained relic’d guitars and even Marshall-branded protein powder. Come to think of it, it’s probably best that the minds behind these wacky ideas are not left to their own devices more than one day a year…
We stress again that these are not real.
Marshall Gainz
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It takes muscle to lug around a Marshall combo, and so the legendary amp builder has come forward with its own protein powder, Marshall Gainz. It comes in a single “Vintage Vanilla Plexi” flavour, in a 2kg tub which “goes to 11 servings”. That’s a hefty serving size of over 181g… “I used to hate hauling amps around all day. Now, with Marshall Gainz, I can’t get enough,” says muscle-bound rockstar André Vaillant, who’s tasked with being the face of the launch…
AI-powered guitar gloves
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“AI plays. You take the credit.” That’s guitarguitar’s promise with its new AI-powered guitar gloves, which auto-pluck and auto-fret so you, the human guitarist, don’t have to do anything at all.
“Using cutting-edge AI technology as well as groundbreaking mechanical components, the AutoPluck & AutoFret allows you to program any song or style to play instantly,” guitarguitar says.
“Wanna sound like your favourite player? Don’t Fret, we’ve got it! With “artist packs” (sold separately) you can take the right hand of your favourite strummer, as well as the dexterity of your favourite fretter and mix and match the profiles of some of the greatest guitarists in history.”
Strandberg Arc REACH – a two-foot tremolo arm
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Headless guitar purveyor Strandberg has always been on the cutting edge of guitar design, and it continues that philosophy with the all-new Arc REACH Tremolo system, which consists of a two-foot-long tremolo arm, enabling use by “picking hand, fretting hand, teeth, toes, or any other performance-ready point of contact”. REACH, of course, stands for Range Extended Articulation Control Hardware.
“Arc REACH opens the door to a new level of ergonomic expression. From subtle vibrato to dramatic divebombs, it is designed to reduce the distance between player intention and tremolo response for faster, more intuitive control,” says Strandberg.
Victory MKXXL
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Celebrating the success of its MKX amp head, Victory has conjured up an XXL version – the MKXXL – with “double the features, double the power, double the tone, and double the X!” “Today only,” the brand reiterates…
Wampler Pedalcab
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On the heels of the Pedalhead – a pedalboard-friendly 240-watt stereo power amp and IR loader unveiled during this year’s NAMM Show – Wampler has concocted the Pedalcab, a compact speaker system with two 1.2” speakers and true bypass. You can also take advantage of a killer deal – buy one get one full price – because “mono is just stereo for quitters”.
“Warning: Excessive volume can cause your pants to flap in an excited manner. Wampler will not be held responsible for the consequences of any such incidents.”
A new relicing process by Danish Pete at Andertons
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In a bid to circumvent the often costly nature of relic’d guitars, the team at Andertons have devised a new method of wearing guitars in. The only thing is the camera crew haven’t been allowed to film Pete “Danish Pete” Honore’s somewhat questionable aging process. But we think we get the idea…
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