Tascam PT-7 Tuner, Metronome, and Recorder

The Tascam PT-7 is a unique tool enabling musicians to comfortably practice singing or playing variable-pitch instruments in order to improve their intonation. It combines a high-speed chromatic tuner with metronome and a digital audio recorder to capture a training session and review the results. The detected pitch is displayed on a large LC display during recording or playback. Or the unit can be used without the recording feature as a metronome or as a simple but fast tuner.

With the PT-7, you can instantly record about 20 minutes of your training session in high quality. Watch your intonation directly on the display while recording your performance or while playing back what you just recorded. You can even play back your performance with corrected pitch according to the selected scale! Use the internal loudspeaker for playback or use your own amplifier or headphones and activate the Loop and VSA functions to further examine your performance.

The tuner section offers nine musical scales with calibration while the metronome is able to play from 30 to 300 bpm in one of six time signatures. Tempo can also be set by a tap function and all the settings and readings are clearly visible on the large backlit diplay.

If you want to hone your musical skills to perfection – the Tascam PT7 might be the right tool for you.

Free Guitar Restring

Andy's Music, Mobile, Alabama, hosted a free guitar and bass restringing session on Saturday, July 11. With the donation of a canned good to benefit the Penelope House, customers received a free restring and setup of their guitar. Both acoustic and electric guitars, as well as basses were restrung during this event.

The event was very successful, with more than 36 guitars restrung and two large boxes filled with food. Penelope House is a non-profit organization established in 1979 by the Daughters of Penelope to help victims of domestic violence regain social and economic independence. The Family Violence Center is the only shelter for battered women and children in Mobile, Alabama, although services currently span across Mobile and Washington counties in Alabama.

This free guitar restring was sponsored by MusiCorp and Dean Markley strings. We are grateful for their donations and participation, especially to Mike Summers who setup and participated in this event.

Promethean Amplifiers by Ibanez

The new Ibanez Promethean amplifiers deliver power, portability and high fidelity, and are boldly creative and defiantly original. The Promethean head, with its standout fire-red finish and intuitive control design, features a built-in graphic EQ and the unique footswitch-accessible VIBE control for rapid changes between modern and vintage tones.

The Promethean head can be mounted into a combo cabinet or used with any high-quality bass speaker cabinet with the appropriate handling requirements. The full line of Promethean cabinets will be released summer 2009.

The Promethean amplifier is considered a Class D amp. During the operation of a Class D amp, the circuitry is switched either on or off, rather than operated in linear mode. This technology allows for its light weight and compact nature, without sacrificing power. The P5110 Combo weighs only 27.6 lbs (12.8"W x 13.1"H x 14.2"D). The P500H head (11"W x 10.4"D x 2.2"H) alone is only 6.4 lbs.

Feature Overview
PROMETHEAN P500H HEAD
•6-band graphic EQ/bass and treble shelving tone controls
•Peak limiting circuit
•Vibe (color) control knob allows both large and incremental changes of tone from vintage to modern bass tones
•2-way Clip Indicator
•Auxiliary input (1/8")
•Balance line out (XLR)
•Phones out, tuner out (1/8")
•Footswitch jack (Mute/Vibe)
•11"W x 10.4"D x 2.2"H
•Weight: 6.4 lbs

For more information on the new Ibanez Promethean amplifiers and other Ibanez products visit www.AndysMusicOnline.com, or call Andy's Music at 251-633-8944.

Peavey Rebate on MAX Series Bass Amplifiers

Peavey is offering up to $30 cash back to U.S. customers who purchase select MAX Series bass amplifiers through a special rebate program.

Customers who purchase a new Peavey MAX 115, MAX 112 or MAX 110 bass combo amplifier from an authorized Peavey retailer between June 1 and July 31, 2009, can qualify to receive $30, $20 or $10 cash back, respectively, for their purchase.

Some restrictions apply, so please visit www.peavey.com/maxamprebate for complete rules and to download the official rebate form.

New Yamaha NX Nylon String Guitars

Yamaha guitars has announced a new series of acoustic electric nylon string guitars - the NX Series. With the NX range, Yamaha has created something new from the oldest and most traditional guitars, to show that nylon string guitars are no longer just for nylon string players.

The NX Series has six models and includes a choice of NT contemporary thinline or NC traditional body styles, traditional classical or crossover neck profiles, body wood options and spec levels, from the workhorse NTX700 to the handcrafted NCX2000, complete with Yamaha's Acoustic Resonance Enhancement (ARE) technology. This technology gives guitars a more matured sound (as in aged), right out of the box!

Benefiting from Yamaha’s class-leading construction including premium tonewoods, ultra-thin finishes and professional setups, the NX range also features the latest version of the exclusive ART (Acoustic Resonance Transducer) pickup system, in a truly nylon-specific configuration.

Yamaha NX guitars were created to provide a range of performance instruments that not only prove nylon strings are a tone every guitarist should have in their palette, but makes those tones more accessible and usable than ever before.

For more information on Yamaha musical instruments, visit www.AndysMusicOnline.com, or call Andy's Music at 251-633-8944.

Peavey Vypyr Modeling Guitar Amplifiers

The Peavey VYPYR modeling guitar amplifiers - Vypyr 15, Vypyr 30, Vypyr 75 - are some of the most technologically advanced and affordable guitar modeling amplifiers available. The Vypyr guitar amps have double the processing power and effects of competitive modeling amplifiers. These new Peavey modeling guitar amps dramatically redefine the power and scope of modern guitar amplification. VYPYR amplifiers are based on a combination of powerful 32-bit, floating-point SHARC processors and patented TransTube analog circuitry. 

When used with the optional Peavey Sanpera™ II foot controller, the possibilities further expand from 12 in-amp presets to 400 programmable presets, with an on-board looper and more. 

Peavey VYPYR modeling guitar amps also act as their own computer audio interface, with a built-in studio-quality USB 2.0 output on most models. The entire six-model VYPYR Series features the easy-to-use Peavey WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) interface.

For additional information on Peavey Vypyr modeling guitar amps, visit www.AndysMusicOnline.com.

Fender Road Worn Guitars And Basses

Fender Road Worn Series guitars and basses come with a head start on history and bring the guitarist and bassist the best of both worlds—a killer aged design aesthetic that conjures up the ghosts of past music lives, paired perfectly with the modern functionality, playability and high quality that players know to expect from Fender.

Based on classic Fender instruments of the 1950s and ’60s, and production methods invented at the world-renowned Fender Custom Shop, Road Worn instruments reflect the mystic quality of life on the road. The series consists of a ’50s Tele®, ’50s Strat®, ’60s Strat, ’50s Precision Bass® and ’60s Jazz Bass® guitars.

All models feature notably distressed nitrocellulose lacquer-finished bodies and necks, as well as worn chrome hardware (nickel/chrome for basses), to create an aged appearance. Additionally, while the guitars have been designed with period-correct specifications, several modern upgrades have been built into each model, including Tex Mex™ single-coil pickups, larger 6105 frets, and five-way pickup switches (Strat models).

The ’50s Tele features an ash body, maple neck, vintage-style tuning machines and three-saddle strings-thru-body bridge, one-ply white pickguard, and is available in Two-Color Sunburst and Blonde. The ’50s Strat has an alder body, maple neck, vintage-style tuning machines and synchronized tremolo, one-ply pickguard, and is available in Two-Color Sunburst and Black. The ’60s Strat features an alder body, maple neck with a rosewood fingerboard, vintage-style tuning machines and synchronized tremolo, three-ply mint green pickguard, and is available in Three-Color Sunburst and Olympic White.

The ’50s Precision Bass has an alder body, maple neck, vintage-style reverse tuning machines and American Vintage bridge, gold anodized aluminum pickguard, and is available in Two-Color Sunburst and Fiesta Red. The ’60s Jazz Bass features an alder body, maple neck with rosewood fingerboard, vintage-style reverse tuning machines and American Vintage bridge, four-ply brown shell pickguard, and is available in Three-Color Sunburst and Fiesta Red.

“There’s something magical about a broken-in or worn instrument,” said Justin Norvell, director of marketing, Fender electric guitars. “Many of the musical icons we’ve looked up to for inspiration play road-hardened workhorse guitars, and there’s something very powerful and aspirational in that aesthetic. The new Fender Road Worn series guitars and basses allow players to experience not only the look, vibe and tone of those instruments, but—perhaps most importantly—they have smooth worn-in necks providing the same comfortable feel as vintage instruments.”

Fender Road Worn ’50s Tele, ’50s Strat and ’60s Strat guitars will be available from Andy's Music with a manufacturer’s suggested retail price of $1,200; ’50s Precision Bass guitars have a suggested manufacturer’s price of $1,500; ’60s Jazz Bass guitars have a suggested manufacturer’s price of $1,570.

For more information about Fender guitars, go to www.AndysMusicOnline.com.