6 Cool Guitar Gadgets That Are Must-Have Inventions

Most floorboards and floor pedals have a few effects that you can play with. The Neural DSP Quad Cortex, however, has a mind-blowing amount of over 50 amps, 70 stomps, and 1,000 cabs which you can use to bend your sound into whatever direction you want!

This isn’t your ordinary foot pedal. You can download preset effects from the cloud without even plugging into a computer and even plug multiple players in at one time. Backups and firmware updates are also done completely via Wi-Fi, so you’ll never need to plug this into your laptop.

The Quad Cortex is simply a phenomenal guitar gadget. It’s intuitive, easy to use, and sounds incredible.

It also has a full-color touchscreen that is a full 7-inches, so you’ll be able to see exactly what settings you have even in the dark, standing at your full height. Its 11 rotary footswitches can be completely navigated with your feet.

The Apogee Jam+ is a simple plug-in for your electric guitar, bass, or keyboard that will allow you to transmit your sound into your computer. If you need to practice silently but still want to hear how you sound through an amplifier, this neat tool can get you to play directly into your program.

It has a sturdy metal shell and a soft-touch base, so you won’t break it by tossing it in a purse or backpack. With 24-bit and 96kHz resolution and an Overdrive mode, you’ll have a detailed sound with realistic virtual effects.

This little gadget will work with a Mac, PC, or iOS device. It also has a headphone jack, so if you’re stuck with a laptop without a headphone output (which is becoming more and more common in iOS devices), you’ll still be able to practice silently.

Gigging guitarists know the frustration of breaking a string mid-gig and having to frantically restring and re-tune. The Band Industries Roadie 3 will make this process so much easier that you’ll wonder what you ever did without it.

With a 120 rpm motor, quick string changes are much less of a hassle. It uses vibration detection so that you get accurate tunings, and it has over 100 onboard tunings. Even if you’re in drop D, open C, or any other alternative tuning, you should be able to set all your strings to the right notes quickly.

If you’re worried that you’ll run out of charge at a critical moment, you’ll be happy to know that this tuner can tune a single string 150 times with one full charge. Simply plug it back in after every gig, and you’ll never run out of battery.

The Roadie 3 works on electric, acoustic, steel, and classical guitars, plus banjos, ukuleles, and mandolins. If you love staying on key, then this is one of the must-have guitar gadgets you should put on your Christmas list.

If quick string changes aren’t a concern for you, you might not need an automatic tuner. That doesn’t mean you want to keep using your old tuner with its fuzzy gray screen. Instead, try out the TC Electronic UniTune Clip-on tuner.

This handy little tuner gets you to precisely the right note with a bright, colorful display, so you’re always clear on what note you’re playing. It uses a lithium battery to charge and can support 18 hours of usage on a single battery.

With its stainless steel clip, this high-quality tuner will last and last.

If you want to practice your scales or a particularly complicated riff without annoying your roommates, the Fender Mustang Micro is a relatively inexpensive way to practice with some killer amp effects. This great little gadget has 12 amps and 13 effect models lifted straight from Fender’s Mustang GTX 100 amp.

It has a headphone jack that can work with any wired headphones. You can’t transmit your guitar audio to wireless headphones, but Bluetooth audio streaming from your laptop or tablet is supported, so you can play along to your favorite songs.

With its rechargeable lithium battery, you can play for up to six hours on each charge.

This isn’t your ordinary guitar cable: with the Gibson Memory Cable, you can record 13 whole hours of playing via its in-line MicroSD recorder. If you’ve ever had a great idea for a riff and lost it, you know the value of having a recorder handy.

This cable gives you CD-quality audio and lets you store it on a 4GB memory card, which is included. You can transfer files to your computer with a card reader.

It operates on only one AA battery, which will last for up to 8 hours. Plus, it only records when you’re playing, so you don’t have to worry about draining the battery life when you unplug.

You can use the memory cable on all electric guitars, synthesizers, drum machines, and electric basses.