SPOTLIGHT: Fender 2013 Custom Shop Telecasters!

Fender recently released a plethera of new custom shop telecasters, hope you enjoy looking at the pictures as much as we did taking them!


Fender Custom Shop Double TV Jones Bigsby Telecaster Candy Apple Red

 Fender Custom Shop 1967 Telecaster Heavy Relic Faded Chocolate

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Hagstrom Super Swede Electric Guitar in Cherry Sunburst

 

Serious guitarists worldwide are jazzed about the reintroduction of the Hagstrom Super Swede, especially at such an amazingly low price. Brilliant craftsmanship is evident in every detail of the mahogany body with carved maple top, flamed maple veneer, set mahogany neck, and bound Resinator fretboard with pearl block inlays. The queen of the Hagstrom line, the Super Swede sports Custom '58 humbuckers with thick, rich bottom end and warm clarity on top plus coil splitting for single-coil sounds.

H-Expander Truss Rod
All Hagstrom guitars feature our revolutionary patented H-Expander truss rod. Providing tension at either end and running the entire length of the neck, the rigid yet lightweight alloy truss rod allows for very low action and a thin neck, earning us our reputation as the "Fastest Neck on the Planet."

Resinator™ Fretboard
Yet another Hagstrom exclusive, the Resinator™ Fretboard is an extraordinary, homogeneous wood composite that maintains a strong fundamental harmonic and eliminates wolf tones. Resinator™ Fretboards offer the articulate sound of high quality ebony but with more consistency and durability. Silky smooth, reliable, and fast, the Hagstrom neck is a guitarist's dream come true.

Key Features

• Mahogany back
• Carved maple top
• Flamed maple top veneer
• Set mahogany neck
• Resinator fretboard with pearl block inlays
• H-expander truss rod prevents twisting
• Hagstrom Custom '58 humbuckers
• 3-way selector
• 2 volume controls
• 2 tone controls
• Coil-tapping mini-toggle
• Tune-o-matic bridge
• Hagstrom 18:1 die cast tuners
• 25-1/2" scale 

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Electro-Harmonix Pedals

Electro-Harmonix is a New-York based company best known for their series of guitar effects pedals.  We recently received a shipment of their pedals.  Here are a few that we decided to feature.

 Electro-Harmonix XO Metal Muff with Top Boost Distortion Guitar Effects Pedal
The Electro-Harmonix Metal Muff with Top Boost features 3 powerful EQ bands that are ideal for sculpting mids and a total of 6 controls for shaping sound precisely your way. Top Boost adds serious bite with its own control knob and footswitch button.

 Electro-Harmonix Switchblade+ Channel Selector Footswitch

The Switchblade+ offers a convenient solution to a player’s switching needs. Route your signal to either output A or B, or send it to both at once. Connect a tuner or effects pedal to its dedicated Tuner output. With a fully passive audio path and active LED indication, the new Switchblade+ is your utilitarian sidekick.

Electro-Harmonix Classics Small Stone Phase Shifter Guitar Effects Pedal
This Electro-Harmonix USA Small Stone Phase Shifter Pedal produces super warm and rich phasing tones. That's why this stompbox is a classic around the world. Includes 9V battery.

We have tons more in stock! Here is a link to the catalog that we carry, click here.

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Roland Complete Guide: Dallape Model

On Tuesday, 14th September 2010  a historical decision was taken in the City of Stradella, Lombardia, Italy, between the multinational Japanese company Roland and one of the oldest accordion manufacturers in Italy, the company Dallapé.

 Dallape was founded by Mariano Dallape back in 1876 and has since remained a family business.  Over 134 years later, Dallape Accordions are known for their traditional style and for the precise and fine craftsmenship with which they are made. 

Although the Dallape Factory have closed in 2010, they have made a historical decision along with music-making giant Roland to continue the legacy of Dallape and spread the musical stylings of a truly enchanting instrument: the Accordion.

Together, Roland and Dallape have used the classic “Dallapé Sound”  and put into a new digital system, that can easily be adapted as an additional option to any ROLAND V-Accordion.

The agreement was signed in the office of Mariano Dallapé by Amleto and Bianca Dallapé and Alfredo Maroni  (President of Roland Europe). The signing was followed by a press conference in the Stradella City Hall in the presence of Luigi Bruti (Marketing Director of Roland Europe and a founder of the V-Accordion),  the Mayor Pierangelo Lombardi (City of Stradella), Carlo Aguzzi (Director of the Museum in Stradella), Giuseppe Zacchetti (Director of the Theatre), as well as journalists, TV and local media reporters.

The outstanding musical harmony between traditional and digital music moving "Towards the Future" was masterfully performed by  Maestro Ludovic Beier on his Roland FR-7X and the “Dallapé Centenario 1976” played by Maestro Gianluca Campi.

See below of images of the day.  

 

Original office of Mariano Dallape

Original Office of Mariano Dallape

Bianca Maria Dallapé, Alfredo Maroni (Roland Europe President) and Amleto Dallapé

 

Press conference at "Museo della Fisarmonica" (Accordion Museum) of Stradella.  From Left: Bianca Maria Dallapé, Alfredo Maroni, Amleto Dallapé and Luigi Bruti (Roland Europe Marketing Director). Speech by Amleto Dallapé.

 

Performance by Gianluca Campi playing a Dallape Accordion

Alfredo Maroni and Amleto Dallapé shaking hands to seal their agreement.

City of Stradella - Dallape Accordion Factory from the street.

Dallape Laboratory and Factory

 

 

 

Dallape Factory Area

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