The Tone Control

NEWS:

• Fender Foldable Acoustics

• Two models available, both have a spruce top w/ quarter-sawn X bracing, mahogany back and sides, 20 fret rosewood fingerboard

• Folds at the neck joint, strings go slack, fits in a special backpack/gig bag

• Do you need a more portable guitar? I don’t

• http://is.gd/v2b2Xi

• A couple of new Gibson Les Pauls

• Les Paul Custom Lite

  • Tummy cut + thinner body (think Les Paul Axcess meets Les Paul Custom)

  • Three knob, mini toggle for coil tap

  • Ebony - $2,498 MSR

  • http://is.gd/XiHn01

• Les Paul Traditional Pro II

  • Guitar Center exclusive

  • Push/Push pots for coil tap on both pickups, and a 10db active boost (variable if you like)

  • 50’s or 60’s neck profiles available

  • http://is.gd/auC7mm

• Fender Vintage Modified Amps

• Silverface era reissues

  • 68 Custom Twin Reverb, 68 Custom Deluxe Reverb, 68 Custom Princeton Reverb,

  • Twin Reverb & Deluxe Reverb now have tremolo and reverb on BOTH channels

  • “Custom” channel has a “modified Bassman tone”

  • http://is.gd/5QnVCR

  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3AqUR3_Hm4

• Strymon releases Big Sky Reverberator

  • 3 switch, size of their TimeLine & Mobius pedals

  • 12 unique reverbs including some that trace chords and offer “background vocal” effect. Each bank has a number of presets to cycle through.

  • Cab Filter switch engages “sophisticated speaker response curve” for recording direct/PA

  • Infinite sustain, freeze, and spillover features

  • Basically a kick ass reverb pedal that does what you’d expect, plus a million other things. Big brother to the BlueSky

  • $479

  • http://is.gd/H679oF

• PGS has Effectrode Tube Drive’s back in stock as of 10/24

• $399

• Mission VM PRO Buffered Volume pedal

• Buffered, obviously 9-18V

  • Active/Passive pickup switch

  • Adjustable tension and heel position (not all the way at 0%)

  • “sparkle” switch, keeps highs at low volume

  • High Impedance switch lets you trick pedals like fuzz

  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8SBg9jx7SY&feature=em-uploademail

  • http://is.gd/tE4g1o