It's Father's Day this Sunday, 16th June - and we might just have the perfect gift idea...
Since the first electric guitars in the mid-20th Century, the humble guitar cable has been a necessary evil, tying you to the guitar amp and often seemingly-intent on tripping you up. It's time to help your dad unplug.
Line 6's compact and affordable Relay G10 Wireless Guitar system requires virtually no setup and immediately sets you free to play wherever you want within a generous range - whether that's walking amongst the crowd at a gig or sitting in your favourite chair at home.
Most dads have, at some point, insisted on demonstrating their ability to play a short, possibly random, tune when walking past a piano. Rarely ranging beyond the opening few bars of Beethoven's Fur Elise or the intro to Ed Sheeran's Shape of You, few dads have a repertoire to match their enthusiasm.
Why not introduce your dad to a new hobby and harness that energy? Also compatible with headphones.
Today's synthesizers and keyboards work easily with iPads and iPhones - but that hasn't always been the case. If your dad has a classic keyboard or synth, chances are it has a 'MIDI' connection rather than a USB port - and won't connect to your dad's iPad without extra interface boxes.
Our MD-BT01 is the perfect solution. Just plug it into the keyboard's MIDI sockets and fire up a synthesizer or studio app on the iPad - and the MD-BT01 will relay the notes you play to the app, wirelessly. And with so many music apps on iPad (including Steinberg's brilliant Cubasis), your dad might just get round to completing the album he started 20 years ago.
It seems to be a universal law that guitarists need to be playing guitar at every available opportunity - and suffer withdrawal symptoms when they can't. Yet, whilst our electric and acoustic guitars look and sound amazing, they're a little bulky to always have at arm's length.
The GL1 is the perfect solution. It's strung like a normal guitar with 6 strings (so your guitarist dad already knows how to play it) yet it's barely larger than a tenor ukulele - ideal for leaning against the side of the sofa whilst your dad watches TV - ready for the next ad-break.
Our synthesizers, electric pianos and organs defined the sounds of the 70s, 80s and 90s - and with our reface keyboards and synths, your dad can experience those sounds in a modern, compact format.
Recreate the sounds of Faithless' Insomnia with the reface CS, bring back the entire 1980s with the reface DX, emulate The Animals or Procol Harem with the reface YC or go full Stevie Wonder with the reface CP - the reface models sound amazing.
Music, TV, podcasts, audiobooks; our phones and tablets can be a door to so much. And sometimes, nothing beats, donning a pair of headphones, closing your eyes and sitting back, letting the audio take you on a journey.
Our HPH-150 Headphones offer an incredible open, natural sound with a balanced response - perfect for whatever you're listening to.
Finding time - or space - to properly mix and produce music isn't easy in a family home.
That's why our HPH-MT Series Studio Headphones offer incredible sound quality and a monitor-like response - these might just be the headphones which break the age-old mantra 'don't mix with headphones'.
Has your guitarist dad ever told stories of his gigging days? Chances are he doesn't get many opportunities to play his prize guitar amp - most are simply too big and too loud to play at home (without upsetting everyone in earshot).
Our THR5 could be just what your dad needs. Featuring our state-of-the-art valve amp modelling technology, it sounds authentic at living room-friendly volumes - and it has built-in effects and a recording connection for Macs and Windows PCs. And built into its cool retro styling are a headphone connection and simulated valve glow.
Few things are cooler than playing guitar - and whose dad doesn't want to be/believe he's cool?
Our ERG121 Electric Guitar Pack includes everything he needs to get started - including guitar, amp and cable. And, just in case your dad doesn't immediately master the instrument, the amp includes a headphone socket for silent practise.
Whether its cars, fishing, local history or sport, chances are your dad has a specialist subject - and is only too happy to talk about it to anyone willing to listen. Why not help him share it with the world?
Our AG03 console works with iPads and iPhones - just connect a microphone to get going!
If your dad's a brass player, there's a high likelihood that he either doesn't have opportunity to practise at home because it would disturb the family, or he does practise at home and disturbs the family. Traditional mutes are available - but in muffling the sound, they also take away the tone and response - making practise far less effective and not very enjoyable.
Our Silent Brass systems are the perfect solution. Fitting into the instrument's bell as a traditional mute would, they dramatically reduce the audible volume to anyone nearby - but then provide a natural sound at normal volumes through headphones or earphones. Everyone wins!
