Ibanez Guitars - Acoustic Exotic Wood Guitars

What makes a true work of art? The beauty of the craftsmanship? The detail of the lines and curves? The subtlety of the color and hue? Probably all of the above, but the most important aspect is that connection with an audience, the spark that speeds up the heartbeat and ignites the imagination. You won’t find anything quite like the Ibanez Exotic Wood acoustic guitars, even among guitars that are much more expensive.

The Exotic wood Ibanez acoustic guitars look beautiful enough for gallery display and yet are ready for any type of gig. Now, that’s an artistic accomplishment. The junior member of the Exotic Wood family, the EWC features a body that's smaller and shallower than the original EWs. The new EWC30ASE features a quilted ash top and the EWC30PDE’s padauk top is finished in resonant low gloss.

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Yamaha GuitarsNew CPX500 and APX500FM Models

Excellent craftsmanship, handsome appointments, sonic quality, and easy action are the hallmarks of the new Yamaha APX500FM, CPX500 and CPX500FM acoustic-electric guitars, which will be introduced at Winter NAMM 2008. These three new guitar entries, a perfect fit for beginners through professionals, are ideal choices for rock, blues, roots or country styles alike.

The new models feature standout sound quality and craftsmanship that is virtually untouchable at these price points—largely due to the fact that they are manufactured in Yamaha owned and operated facilities that adhere to many of the same standards and practices as the company's high end handcrafted line.

"These are rich-sounding guitars for a variety of players, from the intermediate to experienced musicians, regardless of the musical style," said Dennis Webster, marketing manager, Yamaha Guitars.

The APX500FM, a thin-line acoustic-electric, is a flamed maple top version of the successful Yamaha APX500. It also features eastern mahogany back and sides, die-cast tuners, and the proprietary System55T preamp which includes Yamaha's workhorse 1-way piezo pickup, 3-band EQ, adjustable midrange control and onboard tuner.

The CPX500 is a Yamaha Compass (medium jumbo) model with a Spruce top, eastern mahogany back and sides, die-cast tuners and System55T preamp, and is the full bodied "big brother" to the APX500 model. The CPX500FM features a flamed maple top.

"The APX thin-line acoustic electric series has always been a successful line for Yamaha Guitars and now, due to popular demand, we are offering new APX and Compass 500 models featuring beautiful flame maple tops, exceptional craftsmanship, and super-comfortable neck profiles at unbelievable prices," said Armando Vega, product manager, Yamaha Guitars.

The CPX500, CPX500FM and APX500FM performance electric acoustic guitars are expected to ship in spring 2008.

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Yamaha Tyros 2 Digital Keyboard

The Yamaha TYROS2 is a 61-key digital keyboard bursting with innovation, and obliterates the limits faced by traditional electronic keyboards. The Tyros2 has a host of new features which will satisfy both the home player and the most demanding professional. The Tyros2 has to be one of the most powerful digital keyboards ever.

The Yamaha Tyros 2 is a never-ending source of inspiration for playing, recording, learning, creating and performing. The richly expressive, authentic sounds and the powerful, dynamic rhythm of the Tyros2 set your creative juices flowing like no other instrument. With the intelligent, easy-to-use performance features and the new audio recording functions, Tyros2 is a treasure chest of inspiration for all your musical applications–from songwriting and demo recording to arranging and live performance. Yamaha Tyros 2: inspired by nature, perfected by technology, created for your personal inspiration.

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Fender Guitars

Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC) is the world’s foremost manufacturer of guitars, amplifiers and related equipment since 1946. The Fender name has become synonymous with all things rock ‘n’ roll. Iconic Fender® instruments such as the Telecaster®, Stratocaster®, Precision Bass® and Jazz Bass® guitars are known worldwide as the instruments that started the rock revolution, and they continue to be highly prized by today’s guitarists and collectors.

Fender has touched and transformed music worldwide and in nearly every genre: rock ‘n’ roll, country and western, jazz, rhythm and blues and many others. Everyone from beginners and hobbyists to the world’s most acclaimed artists and performers have used Fender guitars and amps. Legendary Fender guitars like the Telecaster® and Stratocaster® guitars and Precision® and Jazz® bass guitars are universally acclaimed as design classics.

Yamaha Guitar - Special Price RGX520FZ $299.99!

The Yamaha RGX520FZ electric guitar has hard-edge design and ultimate playability. It's a true double-cutaway set neck guitar with features and appointments typically found only on custom guitars. The Yamaha RGX520FZ electric guitar has a gorgeous figured maple top on a solid mahogany body, a custom inlay at the 12th fret, and a beautiful translucent finish.

Ever since Yamaha started making electric guitars back in the 1960s, the company has invested heavily in continuous research and development to translate guitarists’ needs into instruments of uncompromising quality, at whatever price point. Yamaha spends a tremendous amount of time working with guitarists of all musical persuasions, and by refining the features and performance characteristics that inspire these artists, they ensure that Yamaha guitars - which cover a wide spectrum of designs and applications - satisfy the needs of contemporary players everywhere.

BOSS Cube Street Amp For Traveling Musicians

CUBE Street - The Ultimate Amp for Traveling Musicians

If you’re a musician who’s on the move, the new CUBE Street is for you. Whether you’re running to a rehearsal, lesson, street gig, or any situation that requires portability and versatility, the CUBE Street is a battery-powered marvel that’s ready to travel fast. The CUBE Street sounds amazing and is capable of high-volume output thanks to dual (or two) digital power amps and a pair of high-performance neodymium speakers. And just wait until you hear the built-in effects and amp models!

Features:
Compact, lightweight stereo amplifier with slanted cabinet design
Two high-performance 6.5” neodymium speakers
Battery driven (6 x AA, maximum 15-hour continuous use)
Dual-channel architecture with Guitar/Inst and Mic/Line inputs
8 COSM® AMPs, 6 digital effects, and chromatic tuner built in
2-band EQ, Delay/Reverb for the Mic/Line-channel
AC Adaptor included

Fender Squier Guitar Packages

Fender Squier guitars introduce four new Stop Dreaming, Start Playing guitar packs that give aspiring guitarists and bassists everything they need to get started in one cool and convenient guitar package.

First up are two guitar sets: the Stop Dreaming, Start Playing Affinity Strat® HSS with Bullet® 150 DSP Amp and the Stop Dreaming, Start Playing Affinity Strat HSS with G-DEC® Junior Amp. Both sets feature a great sounding, sweet-looking and easy-playing Fender Squier Affinity Strat guitar with a humbucking bridge pickup. The former includes our two-channel Bullet 150 DSP 15-watt amp with digital effects, auxiliary input and headphone jack; the latter includes the 15-watt Fender G-DEC Junior guitar amp with loads of amp types, effects, backing loops, auxiliary input, headphone jack and many other cool features.

Next up are two bass packs: the Stop Dreaming, Start Playing Affinity P Bass® with Rumble™ 15 Amp and the Stop Dreaming, Start Playing Affinity J Bass® with Rumble 15 Amp. Both feature the compact but punchy 15-watt Rumble 15 bass amp. The former includes the tough Squire Affinity Precision Bass® guitar; the latter features the Squier Affinity Jazz Bass® guitar. These Fender bass packs offer a lot of boom for your buck!

Also check out Squier’s two other new guitar packs, the Affinity Strat® Special/Fender Frontman Amp® 15G and the SE Special/Squier SP-10 Amp, both of which include a guitar, amp, stereo headphones, instructional DVD, guitar cable, tuner, gig bag, strap and picks.

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Fender G-DEC Guitar Amp Wins Award

The Music Trades magazine has awarded Fender its coveted “Product of the Year” for the company’s G-DEC amplifier, as announced in the April 2006 issue.

The Fender G-DEC (Guitar Digital Entertainment Center) is Fender’s wildly successful new guitar amplifier that features digital reproductions of various amps and effects, plus onboard drum loops, bass lines and many other features that represent a quantum leap forward in the technology of learning and practicing the guitar.

According to Music Trades, selecting the Product of the Year “has often been a difficult task, given the number of creative minds at work within our business.”

“This year however, you made it relatively simple. In terms of impact, Fender’s creation of the G-DEC is momentous and a logical choice for Product of the Year. We feel that one of our roles as a trade paper is to honor those who have enriched the industry. So it is a pleasure to be able to accord a small tribute to a product that has fostered the creative process and provided a source of profit to retailers.”

The G-DEC joins an impressive list of Music Trades Product of the Year winners. Last year, for example, the award went to the popular GarageBand™ home recording software system by Apple Computers Inc.

“When we consider the company we are in and the other fine products that have previously won this award, we can only say that we are honored to be held in such high esteem,” said Shane Nicholas, marketing manager for Fender amplifiers. “We owe thanks to everyone involved, including our design team, our dealers and, of course, the huge number of guitarists around the world who have made the G-DEC the success that it is.”

For more information on Fender Guitars and Fender Amps, visit www.AndysMusicOnline.com.

Fender Guitars

In 1951 Leo Fender introduced a prototype solid-body guitar that would eventually be called the Fender Telecaster guitar. The Fender Tele, as it was often called then and still is today, was the first solid-body Spanish-style electric guitar to be commercially mass-produced. As a result of this humble beginning, Fender guitars are one of the most popular brands in the world today.

The Fender Stratocaster first appeared in 1954, and incorporated many design innovations based on feedback from professional musicians, Fender staff and Leo Fender himself. The Strat's third single-coil pickup offered more tonal possibilities than the two on the Tele, and its sleekly contoured body made it more comfortable. The double cutaway design of the Stratocaster made access to upper registers much easier.

Nobody could have foreseen then how the Fender Stratocaster would go on to revolutionize popular music. Essentially unchanged since its 1954 debut, the Strat is the most popular and influential Fender electric guitar ever, and players at all levels and in all genres continue to rely on its sound, playability and versatility to this day.

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BOSS FBM-1 Fender Bassman Pedal

Fender amps of the ’50s and ’60s are beloved and coveted by guitarists around the world. Thanks to BOSS’ technology and tone know-how, the new BOSS FBM-1 guitar effects pedal brings the natural, fat, rich, bright tone of the Fender Bassman to a BOSS pedal.

In conjunction with Fender, the new BOSS FBM-1 guitar effects pedal recreates the legendary tone of the 1959 Fender Bassman amplifier. Features include the same controls on the original Bassman: Presence, Treble, Mid, and Bass EQ controls. The FBM-1 also functions perfectly as a “pre-gain pedal” placed before an already overdriven amp to add the tone character of the Bassman.

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BOSS DS 1 - Boss DS 1 Distortion

The BOSS DS 1 guitar effects pedal provides a harder distortion effect for guitar and keyboard sounds. Instead of toneless, fuzzy distortion, the DS 1 distortion faithfully reproduces all the subtle nuances of your playing dynamics, from whisper-quiet to screaming loud. The onboard Tone control allows you to tailor the overall sound to your liking.

Beyond standard effects, BOSS is famous for its unique and unusual stomp boxes, such as the SG-1 Slow Gear, VB-2 Vibrato, and, most recently, the SYB-5 analog modeling bass synthesizer pedal. It’s no accident that BOSS has become the world’s leading effects manufacturer. With over eight million pedals sold, BOSS has built its reputation by connecting with the community. They listen and react to what players demand, while also pushing the envelope into new, unexplored realms.

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Edirol R09 WAV/MP3 Digital Recorder

The Edirol R09 is perfect for capturing live music events, recitals, and rehearsals. It’s also handy as a songwriter’s sketchpad, ensuring that no moment of inspiration is lost. But the R09 has many valuable uses outside of the music world as well. Students can use it to record lectures. Broadcasters and journalists can throw away their antiquated cassette recorders and use the R09 for in-the-field interviews. Wherever, whenever there’s a need to capture audio, the R09 can do it hassle-free thanks to its built-in microphone and long battery operation.

The R09 is perfect for capturing live music events, recitals, and rehearsals. It’s also handy as a songwriter’s sketchpad, ensuring that no moment of inspiration is lost. But the R09 has many valuable uses outside of the music world as well. Students can use it to record lectures. Broadcasters and journalists can throw away their antiquated cassette recorders and use the R09 for in-the-field interviews. Wherever, whenever there’s a need to capture audio, the R09 can do it hassle-free thanks to its built-in microphone and long battery operation.

Guitar Trainer, MP3 Player - New Tascam MP-GT1

The new Tascam MP-GT1 guitar trainer is the first MP3 player designed for musicians. Based on the award-winning CD-GT1mkII, this fun mobile guitar trainer includes enough memory to store up to 240 songs. Guitar parts can be slowed down, looped and even eliminated to help you learn new riffs. Play back MP3s using Variable Speed Audition, which slows down the speed without changing the pitch, and sections can be seamlessly looped while practicing tricky passages. Songs can even be pitched up or down to match the tuning of your guitar, so you don't have to re-tune for every song.


Tascam MP-GT1 Guitar Trainer Features:
240-song memory capacity (based on average 4-minute MP3 encoded at 128kbps)
Variable Speed Audition changes the speed of the MP3 playback without changing the pitch
Pitch control in 1% steps so you don't have to re-tune
Seamless looping for practicing tricky passages
High-impedance 1/4" guitar input
Guitar multi-effects include overdrive, distortion, delay, flange, reverb and more
Guitar Cancel effect eliminates the guitar part from the recorded song so you can play along
Built-in tuner, oscillator and metronome
1/8" Headphone output
Built-in rechargeable battery with 9-hour reserve
128x64 graphic LCD display
USB jack
Auto Power Off and Hold function

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Ibanez Guitar - New RG370DXGP2 Ibanez Electric

The new RG370DXGP2 Ibanez electric features a flawless double-locking trem system so you can create radical effects and sonic chaos with total tuning stability. The Edge III tremolo design provides strength and tuning stability even under the most demanding playing conditions. The Ibanez Infinity III and IV pickups give you more bite and chunk with balanced string output. To complete the package, you get the 24-fret, thin Wizard II neck with jumbo frets, and a basswood body for great tone. This Ibanez guitar screams "play me"!

The new Ibanez RG370DXGP2 guitar is part of the Ibanez RG series, and for two decades the RG electric guitar has reigned as the unquestioned monarch of metal guitars. The Ibanez RG370DXGP2 has the perfect combination of fast, flat neck, the right pickups and pickup placement, and precision tremolo system to dole out creative destruction.

BOSS Effect Pedals - New FBM-1 And FDR-1

Winter NAMM 2007 - Fender amps of the ’50s and ’60s are beloved and coveted by guitarists around the world. Thanks to BOSS’ technology and tone know-how, the new FBM-1 brings the natural, fat, rich, bright tone of the Fender Bassman to a BOSS pedal. In conjunction with Fender, the new BOSS FBM-1 recreates the legendary tone of the 1959 Fender Bassman. Features include the same controls on the original Bassman: Presence, Treble, Mid, and Bass EQ controls. The FBM-1 also functions perfectly as a “pre-gain pedal” placed before an already overdriven amp to add the tone character of the Bassman.

Recreates the legendary tone of the 1959 Fender Bassman amp
Additional BRIGHT IN provides a brighter sound, similar to the original Bassman
Presence, Treble, Mid and Bass EQ controls
Road-tough BOSS metal construction
Perfect pre-gain pedal for adding or retaining Fender tone color

The second new BOSS effect pedal in the Legend Series is the FDR-1, based on the Fender 1965-era Deluxe Reverb — a coveted tube amp known for its natural touch-responsive and distinctive snappy overdriven sound. In conjunction with Fender, BOSS designed this stompbox to recreate the legendary tone of the 1965 Fender Deluxe Reverb amp. Features include the same controls on the original Deluxe Reverb: Level, Gain, Treble, Bass, Vibrato and Reverb. The FDR-1 also functions perfectly as a “pre-gain pedal” placed before an already overdriven amp to add the tone character of the Deluxe Reverb.

Recreates the legendary tone of the 1965 Fender Deluxe Reverb guitar amp
Level, Gain, Treble, Bass, Vibrato and Reverb controls
Road-tough BOSS metal construction
Perfect pre-gain pedal for adding or retaining Fender tone color

Samson C01U USB Mic

The Samson C01U USB Studio Condenser Mic is the first affordable studio condenser mic with a direct USB output.

With the C01U USB mic, musicians who record music on computers have a simple, affordable way to capture high-quality vocal and acoustic instrument performances. Seamless integration was the idea, and it was obtained by creating a studio condenser microphone that can be plugged into any computer with no in/out boxes, no expensive computer pre-amps, just a USB cable. If you need a hand held mic, check out the new Samson Q1U here.

The C01U condenser microphone is based on the successful C01. It features a 19mm internal shock mounted diaphragm with a cardioid pick up pattern ensuring pristine studio quality recordings. The Samson C01U works perfectly on any computer, Mac or PC, and with any DAW software program. It immediately solves a huge problem for users of many laptops, many of which have no other input method for audio devices. The new Samson C01U USB mic is well within the price range of DAW hobbyists and beginners.

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Pro Audio

The new Yamaha BR series of Pro Audio Speakers are the direct descendants of the legendary Yamaha Concert Club Series of affordable and dependable speakers.

While maintaining the great sound of the Concert Club series, the BR series provides cost-effective speakers in three configurations to match a wide range of applications. Inheriting the excellent portability and placement flexibility that characterized previous models in the series, and featuring the same tasteful design and powerful sound, the BR series is a great choice for bands, clubs, halls, rehearsal studios, retail or school events … anywhere you need great sound in a medium-scale application.

Features Include:

* Outstanding audio quality with titanium diaphragm HF drivers.
* An ideal match for the EMX series powered mixers and P series power amps.
* Design that carries on the simple sophistication of the Concert Club series.
* Speaker stand pole sockets on all models.

Ibanez Guitar Pack - IJV50

The Ibanez Jam Pack Quick Start has all the components you need to get off to a Quick Start: acoustic guitar, gig bag, electronic tuner, strap, and accessory pouch.

The Ibanez Jam Pack acoustic guitar pack takes me back to the mid 1970's when good guitars were more affordable, and the living was easy (easier). Cokes and burgers were 50 cents; a gallon of gas was also 50 cents. And now Ibanez takes us back with a guitar for $100! How do they do it? It's got to be magic.

The Ibanez Jam Pack is a great way to start playing the guitar, then you can entertain friends, relatives, and who knows, you may be the star of your own band someday! But it won't happen unless you do it - today!

Yamaha Silent Guitars - Silent Guitar

The Silent Guitar series from Yamaha are unique guitars that bring together Yamaha’s knowledge and experience in the making of quality guitars together with its innovative design and quality electronics. As a member of the “Silent” family, the SLG100S is a great instrument for those times when you’d like to practice privately. But more than that, this steel string Silent Guitar offers great versatility, being just as at home in the studio or on stage as it is in your living room or dorm room. It also makes a great travel companion as its detachable frame lets the entire instrument fit into a compact carrying case that’s easy to transport.

Classic or Latin style guitarists will prefer the nylon string version, the SLG100N. This instrument is designed with a slightly wider neck to accommodate the difference in playing style, and like the steel string SLG100S can be used to perform with or for practice.

Both Yamaha Silent Guitars feature modern designs with mahogany necks and rosewood fingerboards on lightweight maple bodies. Proprietary Yamaha electronics are matched with advanced pickup systems that have been chosen to deliver the utmost in realistic tone from each of these instruments. While headphones allow for private practice, both instruments can be plugged into an amplifier or a sound system for live performance. A built-in DSP effects processor lets you add the warmth of reverb to the guitar’s sound without having to plug into any outboard processing gear or effects.

The solid body design of the Silent Guitar lets you turn up the volume without the worry of annoying feedback when performing live. And when it’s time to move on, the composite body quickly breaks down and fits into a compact case for easy transport.

Guitar Package - Yamaha Gigmaker Electric

This Gigmaker EG guitar pack from Yamaha includes a PAC012 Pacifica solid body electric guitar, known for its excellent tone and playability. The solid body, comfortable neck, fast action and versatile single humbucker/dual single-coil pickup configuration have made this one of Yamaha’s best values for more than a decade.

This Yamaha guitar package also includes an impressive 20-watt, 2-channel Drive amplifier, Qwik Tune digital chromatic tuner, guitar strap and protective gig bag, plus an instructional DVD, cable, extra strings and picks.

Backed by Yamaha’s limited lifetime warranty, the Pacifica PAC012 guitar looks as great as it sounds, with Chrome tuners, a white pickguard, a vintage style Chrome tremolo and classic cutaway styling. Available finishes include Black, Metallic Dark Blue and Metallic Red.