Gadget of the Day – PRS GuitarBud

Wandering minstrels take note. you can now record a riff or new song idea with nothing more than a cunning cable and an iPhone.

The GuitarBud accessory from Paul Reed Guitars plugs into the headphone jack of your iPhone or 2nd gen iPod touch, then the other two ends go to a set of headphones and the slammin’ axe of your choice.

You can record your furious fingerpicking via PRS’s own Jam Amp app (£5.99) which acts as an amp, tuner and training tool.

But you’re not tied to Jam Amp as GuitarBud also works with a host of other guitar apps including StompVox, Riff Raters, GigDaddy, iStrobosoft, Rectools Pro and Guitar FX Deluxe. Or if you just want to record with none of the funny stuff, plain old Voice Memos will do the job too.

Available now for £19.95 from DV247

Dan Grabham Editor-in-Chief

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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Computing, mobile, audio, smart home