The last release from AKG in their stage product line is the LC Mic that can be used at recording studios but it’s specially designed for live shows, the LC means light condenser for its type and for its weight and slim line, that makes the perfect device to be used on stage. This mic will make your voice the one with more gain with keeping the natural sound that the vocal tones need and the output sound is optimized for in-ear monitors.
The AKG LC Vocal Mic is a condenser mic that features cardioid pickup pattern, 60Hz to 20kHz frequency range, PB1000 presence boost, +48V phantom power, gold 3-pin XLR output, 24-carat gold plated transducer case, less than 200 ohms impedance, 69 dB SNR and 4 mV/Pa sensitivity. Besides that, the mic comes with a very elegant black piano finish that will suit any kind of stage show.
And for being a stage mic the wire-mesh grill is extremely resistant even withstand the elements, it also includes a shock mount and there are available a protective case and a stand adapter for the mic. The AKG LC Vocal Mic availability and price have not been announced yet.
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Diamond has released a new pedal that claims to be a true vibrato model, not to be confused with phase shifters, that is a univibe effect, or tremolos, called Diamond Vibrato Guitar Pedal Effect that is an all analog stompbox build from VIshay JFET (junction field-effect transistor) audiophile op-amps and polyprop caps, that means the pedal provides true pitch modulating vibrato effect (with a chorus effect as a bonus) that can be used connected directly to the guitar or by the effects loop.
Some features of the Diamond Vibrato Guitar Pedal Effect true bypass, all analog circuitry, high and jazz switches for more sound depth or a vintage tone, chorus blend control, smooth sinewave LFO filter (with ‘magic-eye’ LED that show vibrato waveform even if bypassed) and mono input and output. Finally it don’t include the auto-pan feature announced at the beginning of the year and has a compact size, smaller that the original design.
You can connect an expression pedal to control the vibrato depth and speed without changing anything else and the device comes with Hammond cast aluminum case, so it will last a lot of shows. The Diamond Vibrato Guitar Pedal Effect is now available and its price is $269.
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Even that we have not the name nor an image of the new release by Vigier only by knowing that it will be their first single-cut body shape model it is worth talk about it. The new Vigier Single Cut-away Electric Guitar will be a traditional model when talking about shape but really modern when talking about components, it includes the last developments by the French company including some that will be released with the guitar, and will produce a very improved tone (since older models) better sustain and will be very hard to find it out of the tune.
Some features of the Vigier Single Cut-away Electric Guitar are solid alder body with flamed maple top, wood/carbon fiber neck (in a 10/90 proportion), Teflon nut (that will be added to all its models from now and improves the overall tuning), Vigier custom bridge and tailpiece (that allow you to lock any part of the bridge system after setting it up), 2 humbucker pickups, 5-way pickup switch and volume and tone controls.
By now we must wait until having a real image, and not this kind of ultrasound image that shows us that the baby is on its way. We also don’t know the price nor the release date of the Vigier Single Cut-away Electric Guitar, we’ll keep you informed.
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Moog is one of the companies that always gets a lot of buzz in their upcoming releases, either it’s because they have a lot of fans or because they release a low number of products per year the truth is that their next release, the Moog Taurus Bass Synth Pedal, a reissue of a pedal manufactured by Moog until 1983 (the second version) has some people waiting for it. For those who don’t know this is an analog bass synth pedal keyboard where you control the synth sounds with the 13 keys (or 18 in the second version) using your foots, this reissue will be based on the original Taurus model specifications and sound.
The features of this new Moog Taurus Bass Synth Pedal are 13 keys (one and a half octaves), 100% analog sound engine, 2 VCO oscillators, ADS contour generator, 1 VCF filter, arpeggiator, 16 sound banks (with 4 presets per bank) of programmable bass tones, original Taurus I sounds in bank 0, MIDI (DIN and USB) connections, VCA output and volume, filter, pitch and gate controls.
Although this is only a preliminary list of features (and we even don’t know if the device will be produced) we already know that the shipping date will be towards the end of this month and that there will be an special offer for the first 250 orders (or the offer ends in February 15th if there haven’t been 250 orders yet) that will be able to buy the Moog Taurus Bass Synth Pedal for $1,695 (making a deposit of $500), all other orders will be at $1,995. By the way, there will be only 100 units produced of this device.
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- From Sonic State
- Official site
Line 6 lately has made available three new models in its LowDown bass amp series with similar features than other devices in this series, this three new models LD400 Pro, HD400 and HD750 are professional bass amps that provide huge power and better used in stage or studio.
All three amps share some features like 5 bass amp models (clean, r & b, rock, brit and grind), 5 built-in bass effects (compressor, envelope filter, octaver, chorus and adjustable bass synth), deep switch for more sound fatness, 4 programmable channel memories, balanced XLR direct with A.I.R. processing, 2 NL4M-series Speakon four-pole mono speaker outputs, 1/4″ preamp output, instrument input and built-in front-panel tuner.
The Line 6 LowDown LD400 Pro Bass Amp is a combo model that features 2 x 10″ speakers, 400 watts power output, headphones output and aux input. While the Line 6 LowDown HD400 and Line 6 LowDown HD750 bass amps feature extraordinary power in 3 rack spaces format, having 400 watts and 750 watts power output, each.
All amps are now available and their prices are $800 for the Line 6 LowDown LD400 Pro, $600 for the Line 6 LowDown HD400 and $800 for the Line 6 LowDown HD750.
- From Sonic State
- Official site
Mr. Big and X-Racer former member, Paul Gilbert, and Homebrew Electronics have joined forces to release the first signature pedal for Gilbert and the second artist series product for Homebrew. The Homebrew Paul Gilbert Detox EQ Pedal has been build under the personal requirements of Paul Gilbert to get a clean tone with its humbucker pickup guitar at low volumes without killing sound frequencies, and here it is the result in a compact stompbox way.
The Homebrew Paul Gilbert Detox EQ Pedal can clean or boost your tone with any kind of sound and it features true bypass, simple treble, mid, bass and level controls, noise-free operation and is powered by a 9V baterry or a DC adapter. Simple and effective pedal that could be a great addition to our gear.
The pedal is now finished, although Gilbert still uses a prototype, but there have been no news about a release date but we do know that it will come in yellow and signed by Gilbert. Probably the best thing about the Homebrew Paul Gilbert Detox EQ Pedal is that knowing how well it works the price is only $160.
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FuzzHugger is a compay that I must say that I never head of but their last release seems very interesting, the FuzzHugger Hugger Loop Effect Pedal is a compact-sized stompbox which can be very useful, it can be used as a boost pedal or as a loop pedal to activate an effects chain, but you can also add to the loop any kind of boosting, of course supported by the device. The boost stages are completely transparent so you can use it even without the loop function just to get a higher volume for you own custom tone.
The FuzzHugger Hugger Loop Effect Pedal features 3 operation modes (single-stage boost, dual-stage boost, pre & post boost and two independent boosts), true bypass switch, boost and master controls for the boost stages, 3 toggle switches to activate/deactivate operation modes and on/off bright white LED and footswitch.
Each pedal comes hand painted but don’t think that for that is a weak stompbox because it comes with rugged aluminum enclosure, switchcraft jacks and 5-year warranty, it’s powered by a 9V battery or a power adapter. The FuzzHugger Hugger Loop Effect Pedal is now available and its price, only as an introductory promotion, is from $110 to $120.
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Sontronics is a very new British company that is specialized in mics but lately they have released some other products like the Sontronics Sonora Preamplifier & Direct Input, their second effort in the preamp product line, that provides a high quality vintage sound made up with modern technology that will be a very good door for your recording system.
The Sontronics Sonora Preamplifier & Direct Input is a dual solid-state channel device that has the same features on each channel including gain control, 75Khz low-pass filter, 0 to -20dB attenuation pad and +48V phantom power, electronically balanced 1/4″ (instrument) and XLR (mic) inputs, and balanced/unbalanced 1/4″ and unbalanced XLR outputs. Besides that the preamp also features 20Hz to 40kHz frequency response, zero latency and distortion-free headroom figure.
And among all these this preamp is a very compact device weighting only 1 Kg and its measures are 24.5 x 14.5 and 6.5 cm; it’s powered by an external and included power supply. The Sontronics Sonora Preamplifier & Direct Input is now available and its price is $699.
- From Sonic State
- Official site
Rees Electric Guitars is one of those semi-unknown companies that we bring to you so you can choose from the highest number of possibilities and now they have released their first bass guitar model, the Rees Electric Guitars 5bass Electric Bass that is designed from the beginning to be a 5-string model and to provide long sustain and an optimum rich tone using high quality woods, but this model is also very configurable, lets see its features.
The Rees Electric Guitars 5bass Electric Bass features are korina hardwood body, figured hard maple top and neck, chosen fingerboard wood, 22 frets, 34″ scale length, 5 individual maple bridges, 2 Seymour Duncan Passive Phase II NYC Soapbars humbucker pickups, humbucker, 3-way pickup switch and volume, tone and pickup mode (dual-coil and single-coil voice modes) controls.
The configurable parts of the bass guitar are the wood colors and the fingerboard wood, but not many info about the possibilities has been released. The price of the Rees Electric Guitars 5bass Electric Bass is ??935 and is now available.
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The last effort from M-Audio is a mic that looks vintage-fashioned but will be very appreciated by studio’s, specially for those who need to mic intense signals like kick drums, guitar amp or brass instruments. The mic, called M-Audio Luna II Condenser Mic, allows to have the so-much-desired vintage sound but with modern components and technology
The features of the M-Audio Luna II Condenser Mic are Class A solid-state electronics, cardioid pickup pattern, 3 micron x 1.1″ evaporated-gold diaphragm, solid brass capsule, +48V phantom power, 10dB pad, 20Hz to 20kHz frequency response and roll-off filter (switchable).
The mic includes shock mount and wood box, and if you are interested this mic will be soon available. The M-Audio Luna II Condenser Mic price is $400.
- From Mix
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