If you're addicted to the indispensable juice of a high gain amp or a string of stomp boxes, you need this pedal. Because along with your hot-wired tones, you're probably getting a generous helping of noise. Equipped with three selectable types of noise reduction, Hiss, Mid, and Full, the Smart Gate bites down on sizzle and hum but lets…

Fender once again scales new heights of cool with the Jaguar Bass guitar. After all, Fender did invent the bass guitar, and Fender did design the Jaguar guitar, and this baby combines both into one unbelievably cool instrument. Bassists too can now be blinded by the chrome and have more switches and dials than Mission Control at their disposal. So incredibly cool—we…