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Issue 10: August 2008
REVIEWS
Electrovoice ZX3 two-way passive loudspeaker
High-quality passive speakers suitable for bands playing small to medium-sized venues, or used in multiples with subs for installation and larger-scale PA work.
Fret-King Super 60 HB & Eclat electric guitars
Guitar designer and luthier Trevor Wilkinson brings years of expert knowledge to these two electrics from his Fret-King Blue Label series.
Klark Teknik Square One Dynamics processor
An eight-channel, analogue dynamics processor housed in a 3U rackmount case, providing compression and gate functions with a good deal of flexibility built in.
Carlsbro TC60 valve combo
Carlsbro have been building good-quality, affordable sound equipment for over 50 years, and the TC60 all-valve guitar combo is no exception.
Roland RD700GX stage piano
This sophisticated stage piano looks very cool in a way that makes you just want to be seen with it, but how does it perform?
Burns Apache electric guitar
Honouring the Shadows' 50th birthday, the new limited edition Apache continues Burns' official association with Britain's best-known instrumental band.
Alesis Performance Pad percussion pad
This electronic percussion controller falls neatly into the 'affordable' category, but is it up to all that the road has to throw at it, or more suited to the home studio?
Tanglewood TW55 HB electro-acoustic guitar
There's plenty of choice in the electro-acoustic guitar market, but not many models will be able to offer high-quality construction and value for money to compete with this!
Alto D4 power amplifier
Active speakers are wonderful things, but for some applications -- monitoring in particular -- you can't beat the simplicity of a speaker cable, a lightweight floor monitor and an amp.
Tonerider Stratocaster pickups
The Tonerider range of pickups appears to offer similar build quality and performance to some of the high-end, US-made boutique pickups, but at a very affordable price.
Rolls RM65b HexMix rackmount mixer
Looking for a compact and comprehensive mixer to sit in your rack? Although its size might suggest otherwise, this handy little mixer from Rolls boasts a sophisticated range of facilities.
Ampico FET pedal
A clean preamp pedal has any number of potential uses, from simple buffering to overdriving an amp input.
Olympus LS-10 hand-held stereo recorder
40 years ago, portable recording technology meant mono analogue tape at 3.75 inches per second. In contrast, the LS-10 offers 24-bit/96kHz digital in something the size of a mobile phone!
Damage Control Glass Nexus effects pedal
A tube-driven multi-effects unit where the tubes are used as an input and output buffer for the digital effects, while the clean, dry signal passes through entirely unscathed.
Books & DVDs
FEATURES
20 Stage Gear: Absentee
Festival PA -- Waterside
Sound for outdoor events may relieve you of the need to do battle with venue acoustics, but it brings with it its own set of unique problems, not least the weather, and the absolute necessity of choosing the right rig for the job.
Nigel Kennedy
Love him or loathe him, Nigel Kennedy is the eternal enigma -- a maverick musician who enthrals and excites as many as he appalls and annoys.
Getting gigs
So, you've got the band, you've got the music and you're raring to go. But just how do you go about booking a gig? Well, with a bit of promotional know-how and some good organisational skills, you could soon be filling up that calendar.
Dave Mattacks
When it comes to drums and live performance, there are few guys that could teach us more than Dave Mattacks, widely recognised as one of the most talented sticksmen the UK has ever produced. We talk to DM about how he developed his own performance awareness, getting the best out of your kit, tuning for the stage and beyond.
Guitar Tech: Lloyd Gilbert
For the last four years, Lloyd Gilbert has been rockin' all over the world with boogie rock maestros Status Quo. We chat to him about the Quo live rig, his troubleshooting prowess, and whether it pays to drill a great big hole through the middle of your vintage Tele.
On The Road Again
No tour bus. No big rig. Just one man and his guitar, in a rental car, making his way across America from motel to motel. Welcome to the realities of touring as a solo act.
Tech Notes
Continuing last month's column on the fundamental aspects of loudspeaker drivers, we introduce the notion of needing a crossover to separate the signal into different frequency bands.
A Sound Person's Guide To Lighting
Over the last few issues, we have discussed the various sizes of lighting consoles and their different features. But in this month's instalment we go back to basics and show how a small-scale lighting console doesn't have to cost a bomb.
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