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Gretsch G6609TFM Players Edition
Broadkaster Center Block Guitar
Gretsch has released the G6609TFM Players Edition Broadkaster
Center Block double-cut guitar with Bigsby String-Thru hardware.
The guitar features a tiger flame maple body and matching
headstock. Its lightweight chambered body accommodates a
spruce centre block, delivering resonance and a more organic
tone. For added projection, the guitar is equipped with a duo of
new Full'Tron pickups that offer a full-spectrum sonic range, as
well as classic Gretsch tonal characteristics.
The G6609TFM also features an anchored Adjusto-Matic
bridge, Bigsby String-Thru vibrato tailpiece, aged "thumbnail"
inlays, a Graph Tech Tusq nut, and also comes complete with a
G6267 deluxe hardshell case.
For more information, contact Fender Musical Instruments:
480-596-9690, FAX 480-596-1384, www.fender.com.
Sonor Vintage Series Drums with
Black Slate Finish
Sonor has added the Black Slate finish to its Vintage Series drums.
Like the original Teardrop drums, Sonor’s Vintage Series,
introduced in 2015, feature hand-selected premium German beech
shells with rounded bearing edges. The manufacturer has recreated
the look and feel of the 1950s teardrop lug and updated it with
Sonor´s Tunesafe system. The company redesigned the Superprofil
triple-flanged hoops and brought back the Sonor badge and logo
used from 1952 to 1961. The hoop is an authentic remake of the
hoop used on all tom toms, floor toms, and snare drums built by
Sonor until the 1970s.
Vintage Series snare drums feature the Super 50 throw off, a
redesigned strainer that is inspired by the throw off used on the
Sonor D-411 and D-412 snares in the 1950s.
For more information, contact Coast Music: 514-457-2555, FAX
514-457-0055, [email protected], www.coastmusic.ca.
BOSS ACS Pro Acoustic Stage
Amplifier
BOSS has released the ACS Pro acoustic stage amp. With the 120-W
ACS Pro, independent channels are provided for acoustic guitar
and vocal, and each is equipped with discrete analog input circuits
and three-band EQ.
A dedicated guitar channel with Acoustic Resonance restores
natural tone to stage guitars with piezo pickups. Other features
include looping, automatic vocal harmonies, and effects. The
microphone channel has phantom power and a 1/4-in./XLR combo
input for connecting a vocal/guitar microphone or second instru-
ment source. There is also a chorus effect on the guitar channel,
delay/echo effect on the mic channel, and independent reverb on
both channels. The Harmony function automatically creates vocal
harmonies via real-time key/chord analysis of the guitar input.
For more information, contact Roland Canada: 604-270-6626,
FAX 877-270-6552, www.roland.ca.
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