| Larry Martus | Transcendence
Solo recordings have to overcome extra hurdles in order to maintain listener interest. Single-line instruments like the saxophone tend to have the most difficulty because of their limited timbral range and inability to maintain an independent accompanying line. The piano is naturally the most flexible, allowing independent hands to work, but it also has timbral limitations. The guitar is in betweenit can fake true contrapuntal lines, but it also can change its sound through electronics. With Transcendence, Larry Martus has assembled a beautiful collection of original compositions for solo guitar. For the gearheads out there (meaning most electric guitar players of any stripe), a lot of different equipment was used in this recording. Martus lists a 1967 Gibson ES-335, a 1968 Fender Pro Reverb, and an old Fender Stratocaster (with modified electronics, of course) coupled with a 1956 (!) Fender Tremolux and a Roland JC-120 amplifier.
GINI iTube
The good: The GINI iTube has excellent sound quality; adds warmth to compressed files; can be used with non-iPods. The bad: The GINI iTube is bulky and to some eyes, ugly; must add iConec (or equivalent) dock accessory for ultimate iPod integration. The bottom line: The vacuum tube-equipped GINI iTube speaker system may not not be beautiful nor is it a household name, but its sounds great. Reviewed by: James Kim Review date: 8/23/06 .
Luthier's Many Labors Of Love: Creator of SoloEtte travel guitars ...
The guitars designed and built by Rossco Wright were once truly unique: a single stick of solid wood, with tuning pegs on the bottom, and a removable framework so the instrument could be broken down for easy transport. The SoloEtte classical guitar was designed as a travel guitar, and travel it did: To space, where one was presented to Russian cosmonauts on the space station Mir in 1995. And to Seattle, where a SoloEtte is encased in the Guitar Gallery at the Experience Music Project next to other ground-breaking guitars. It was a tiny niche in the highly competitive guitar industry, but a profitable one for Wright. At its peak around 2000, Wright Guitar Technology employed about 10 workers who built 100 SoloEtte guitars a month at the company's workshop in a west Eugene industrial park.
Guytron Adds New GT20 Combo Guitar Amp to Its Family
Troy, MI, August 22, 2006 --(PR.COM)-- Guytron is pleased to announce the introduction of its new Guytron GT20 Amplifier System. This is not your grandfather's 20 watter, this is a totally new approach. The Guytron GT20 is a feature rich guitar amplifier, based upon the Guytron GT100’s proven, popular, and patented pre-amp technology. Along with some more ground breaking technology to boot. Designed to be a serious musician’s tool, it is perfectly at home anywhere from the Studio, to the big Stage, in the most stringent of stage environments. Naturally, just like its bigger brother, the Guytron GT 100 F/V, it delivers the true "Feel" and "Vibe", of a "cranked amp" so you can really have "Fun" with the GT20 in pretty much any setting, and at any volume from 0 to 20 watts. According to Guytron’s founder and Chief Designer, Guy Hedrick, "If you’re a person who ‘Plays the Amp’ like an instrument, and you're not just playing your guitar through an amp, then chances are you will love the new GT20 from Guytron! If that’s your thing, this amp will do wheelies!" The GT20 features: · Classic Vintage Styling with Versatile Modern Features · Includes "Highly Acclaimed" GT 100 F/V Channel Switching Pre-Amp with Gain, Tone, and Level Controls for Each Channel · Introducing Post Phase Master Volume "Cut" · Introducing all L.E.D.
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