LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, March 4, 2014 — The Record Plant Recording Studios is pleased to announce that Jeff Barnes has been named to the position of Studio Manager. The announcement was made by Rose Mann-Cherney, Record Plant Recording Studios President, and further emphasizes the company’s ongoing growth and expansion of its staff.  

Drumfire, one of the fastest growing percussion accessory lines in the industry, will soon ship its newest hardware bag, the DHB6500. The DHB6500 joins the CB4000 Backpack Cymbal Bag and the CBT4200D Deluxe Cymbal Bag as a transport solution for drummers. With the DHB6500, Drumfire rounds out a comprehensive lineup of drum kits, sticks, thrones, bags, percussion mounts, dust covers and practice pads for beginners and working drummers alike.

This heavily built DHB6500 hardware bag can handle all the hardware from a standard 5-piece kit with ease. Up to 8 stands or mounts fit into its large foam-lined main compartment, which features a collapsible divider to help organize and protect hardware. Tethered dual oversized zippers and a span of hook-and-loop closure secure the main compartment, yet provide a wide opening for easy packing/unpacking. A generous end compartment is sized to fit a standard round throne seat, while an additional external zippered side compartment holds drumsticks, keys, trap gear, etc.

Constructed primarily of tough padded Cordura nylon material, the DHB6500 bag also features a rigid polymer reinforced spine with wheels and an integrated handle for easy transport of up to 100lbs of gear. Other features include non-skid pads on the bottom of the bag, an ID pocket, a heavy polymer skid plate, and a double carry strap with hook-and-loop binder. External dimensions are 38”L x 14”W x 10”H.

Drumfire will ship the DHB6500 to dealers this March. The Drumfire DHB6500 offers drummers at all levels a tough, convenient hardware bag at an affordable price, $ 180.99 List, $ 109.95 MAP.

Furnished by On-Stage Stands. For more information regarding On-Stage Stands you can write us at On-Stage Stands, 154 Woodlawn Road, Suite C, Berlin, CT or call 1-800-289-8889.  Please visit our website at www.onstagestands.com.

Following on from the massive success of the reissue of the Vintage Fuzz Pedal, Rotosound are proud to announce the launch of a rainbow collection of six new and original retro guitar effects pedals. The green Wobbler tremolo, the yellow King Henry phaser, the red Pusher compressor, the blue Crusader chorus, plus the black Aftermath analogue delay and Leveller EQ pedals.

All have been designed in conjunction with the award winning technical guru, John Oram of VOX and Trident fame. John has spent nearly half a century developing innovative electronic musical equipment and has been responsible for a number landmark custom-designed products.

Using John’s considerable knowhow, and Rotosound’s attention to detail, all the pedals are built to deliver studio grade performances, are intuitive to use and have impressive capabilities. The pedals incorporate todays technology for consistency and sustainability combined with real 1960’s design for style and tone. They are hand wired in the UK by Rotosound using authentic components. Each pedal is finished in a durable pressed steel box in a distinctive range of eye-catching coloured hammer powder coatings.

The Wobbler tremolo pedal has a smooth range control of rate and depth, vintage optical attenuator and unique control of its silicon and germanium signal paths. This provides a variety of sounds that captures a vintage valve amp tremolo tone.

Making it easier to sweep through the entire audio range from shimmery to vibrant, twisting to resonant guitar is the new King Henry phaser pedal. This comes with PEAK, a control for the wider ranging of phase effects.

Next is the Pusher compressor pedal. Its audio dynamics controller provides noise reduction helping to get a more transparent tone and help increase sustain. It aids the preservation of that essential essence of the string being plucked.

Allowing chorus effect to be mixed from minimum to maximum with LEVEL control is the Crusader chorus pedal. This makes guitars sings with sparkly, lush sounds that have a rich smooth quality.

The hybrid Aftermath with its warm analogue delay and precision digital circuitry gives superb modern control and fine-tuning capabilities helping to emulate a retro delay tone.

Perfect for tone shaping is the Leveller, EQ pedal. With its silicon and germanium signal parts it provides constant bandwidths on either side of frequencies. With a choice of Boom, Fuzz and Honk options, there’s a wide range of tonal options available.

The new pedals are shipping March 2014, to find out more please visit http://www.rotosound.com

• 385 raw synth sounds (709MB total)
• 155 hybrid remixed sounds (586MB total)
• 1.26GB uncompressed size
• Individual sounds from 300ms to 1m25sec in duration
• 44.1kHz 24-bit stereo WAV throughout

Feb. 26, 2014 - LARAMIE, Wyo. -- Laramie, WY: Today, Hogjim, a Wyoming based music accessory company specializing in developing guitar accessories, announced that their products are officially for sale to the public.  After successfully running a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter and almost doubling their funding goal, Hogjim is excited to release their products to the market.   Hogjim’s featured product is called the Pik-Tik and is an invention that allows a guitarist to seamlessly transition between fingerpicking and strumming.

President and CEO Kyle Koster commented, “We have enjoyed numerous positive reviews from our early supporters and are confident we have quality products.  We are truly excited about the Pik-Tik’s potential to serve a wide audience of guitar players as an inexpensive tool to improve their playing.

Reviews:
o   “Great product – simple, inexpensive and very useful switching from flat to finger picking”
o   “The pik-tik works like a charm, I’m buying 3 more…”
o   “Works even better than I thought it would! Both the suction pick holder (Pik-Tik) and the strap are amazing!”

About Hogjim: We see ways to improve music accessories, so we re-invent. We see ways to impact the world, so we re-invest. Hogjim (хөгжим) is the Mongolian word for music, and through music Hogjim plans to transform Mongolia. Today, half of Hogjim’s profits go directly to the people of Mongolia.

http://www.hogjim.com

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