Carr’s new Raleigh amp is a three-watt 1x10 compact tube combo designed for home and studio use.

The Raleigh features an Eminence ’Lil Buddy hemp-cone speaker and a complement of two 12AX7 tubes and one EL84 tube. The amp has controls for volume, tone and master volume and a gain/master toggle switch. Sounds range from glassy Sixties-era blackface tones to juicy sustained overdrive.

The Raleigh measures 16 x 12 1/8 x 8 1/4 inches (WxHxD) and weighs 21 pounds. It’s available in a black cabinet with black front panels ($1,250), in custom-color cabinets with custom-color front panels ($1,350), and in color cabinets with maple or cherry front panels ($1,500).

Coffin Case founder Jonny Coffin’s latest creation is the BatFuzz, a boutique pedal that's voiced like a vintage Sixties FuzzFace.

The pedal is built in a black-and-red bat-shaped metal case. The two LED “eyes” light up to indicate the pedal’s status.

The BatFuzz is available in a limited-edition collector’s series, made in the United States.

Reunion Blues has expanded its line of leather gig bags with a natural fabric Designer Series.

Designer Series bags are handcrafted with fine-weave canvas and feature full-grain chestnut-brown leather trim. The fabrics are offered in three colors: Royal Navy, Earth and Nutmeg.

Designer Series bags are available for guitar and bass instruments, as well as trumpet, alto sax, drum sticks and cymbals.

The Super-Vee is the first “drop-in” double-locking vibrato system of its kind. Designed exclusively for the Stratocaster, it requires no modifications to your guitar’s body or neck.

The Super-Vee uses patented Blade technology that, unlike the typical pivoting-fulcrum design, provides frictionless action. As a result, it won’t wear out and always returns to perfect tune.

The system has individual height-adjustable saddles, deep fine tuners for quick drop-D tuning, a low profile for ease of playing, heavy nickel plating and a side-locking nut to eliminate string pinch.

Prices for the Super-Vee range from $229 to $259, and component parts can be purchased separately. The system comes with do-it-yourself installation instructions, or Super-Vee will install the system and set-up your guitar for $85, shipping included, with a three-day turnaround.

The SuperVee system can also be adapted for other models. Check out the company’s web site for more information and options.

Allen & Heath has begun shipping the two latest additions to its ZED FX range of small-format USB mixers for live performance, recording and production.

The ZED-12FX and ZED-22FX retain the same professional feature set as other models in the range with the addition of a comprehensive section of in-house designed effects. The 12FX has six mono and three dual-stereo channels, while the 22FX features 16 mono and three dual-stereo channels.

The ZED mixers feature four types of effects: tap tempo delays, short reverbs, long reverbs and modulation. All effects are controlled by three buttons for easy navigation and editing, allowing the parameters of each effect to be quickly dialed in.

The effects are designed by the same team that writes the algorithms for A&H’s large digital pro-touring mixers. The quality of the effects makes the ZED range ideal for the amateur or semi-pro who wants high-quality effects without requiring an additional piece of gear.

Other features include a three-band swept-mid EQ on mono channels, a two-band EQ on stereo channels, 100mm long-throw faders, four aux sends (two pre- and two post-fade), a USB send and return for PC or Mac recording or playback, a unique dual-stereo input capability and advanced monitoring facilities.

Connections are placed on the top surface for easy plug-in and patching, and the construction is identical to Allen & Heath’s professional touring mixers, with individual circuit boards nutted to the top panel.

ZED FX mixers also feature A&H’s new high-performance DuoPre padless pre-amps, which use a two-stage design with carefully controlled amounts of gain in each stage, offering high headroom and a clean low-noise signal path.

ZED’s USB output can be configured to allow different signals to be sent to USB, from the LR master or the aux busses, with the USB return signal available as a stereo return. Cakewalk’s SONAR LE music production software is bundled with the mixers, to enable the user to perform many different tasks, for live performance, live recording, studio recording, or studio mixing.

More information is available from info@ah-usa.com

by CHRISTOPHER SCAPELLITI

Dunlop Strings has introduced its new Kerry King (KFK) Icon Series strings, designed to withstand punishing treatment without losing their tone.

The KFKs are made of high-grade nickel-plated steel and come in 010-.046 sets, with an added .052 for drop tunings.

King turned to the company to create a string set that could stand up to his aggressive full-throttle picking style. According to Dunlop, KFK’s sound clear and defined and stay crunchy, even in milk. (Okay, I added that last part.)

List price on these puppies is $10.99.

 

Fishman’s line of Aura pedals have made it possible for acoustic musicians to reproduce the sound of their instruments as miked in a professional recording studio—and to do so anywhere, most importantly onstage.

Now Fishman is expanding its lineup with the first Aura for players of resophonic guitars. The Jerry Douglas Artist Series Aura Imaging pedal was created in collaboration with Douglas, a multiple Grammy Award–winning artist who has been influential on bluegrass and related genres.

The Jerry Douglas Aura pedal uses 16 custom Fishman Aura images created and used by Douglas specifically for resophonic guitars. These one-of-a-kind "signature" sounds were recorded using premier vintage microphones and Class A discreet mic preamps.

The pedal’s main features include volume, blend, input trim and Image Select controls; a phase switch to fight feedback, and a bypass/mute foot switch. It employs 24-bit ADA and 32-bit internal processing for superior audio quality, runs on a nine-volt battery or power adapter and features a clip/low-battery indicator.

Fishman will give the pedal its official debut at Summer NAMM and begin shipping soon after. No word yet on pricing.

Stetbar has added a hard tail model to its line of no-mod, surface-mount floating-bridge tremolo systems.

The hard tail was primarily designed for non-trem Stratocaster-style guitars and certain Squier Telecaster models, but it will also fit other models with the same bridge specification. The base plate has the familiar five-hole pattern to allow users to add Stetsbar functionality to their guitar without drilling new holes.

The hard tail unit adds to the number of guitars that can take advantage of the Stetsbar's range, stability and feel.

Jay Turser Guitars now features Graph Tech NuBone nuts and saddles on its instruments to deliver improved tuning performance and tone, as well as precision string slotting.

Nuts and bridges made of NuBone contribute enhanced harmonic sustain and rich, uncolored tone, and they can be manufactured to exact specifications within .002 of an inch. Graph Tech will custom make each NuBone nut and saddle for Jay Turser to ensure a perfect fit.

"If you really care about the sound of your instruments, then you need to be very discerning about the about the materials you use,” says Dave Lee, head engineer/designer at Jay Turser Guitars. “NuBone saddles and nuts produce a beautiful clarity and tone, and we are passionate about tone."

Located in British Columbia, Graph Tech Guitar Labs is the world’s leading guitar nut and saddle maker, with products that include Tusq and Black Tusq manmade ivory, String Saver saddles, String Saver Classics steel saddles and Ghost modular pickup systems. The company’s products are currently in use by Taylor Guitars, Martin Guitars, Larrivee, Ovation, Carvin, Fender, Fernandes, Godin, Ibanez, Peavey, Samick, Schecter, Gibson, Tacoma and Yamaha Custom Shop.

Jay Turser Guitars was developed in the Nineties with the goal of designing and building great-sounding and –playing guitars that the average musician could afford. The company’s current product line includes acoustic, electric, bass, and jazz guitars, as well as a line of amplifiers. Jay Turser guitars are distributed world wide. In the United States they are distributed exclusively by American Music and Sound at americanmusicandsound.com and in Canada by Coast Music at coastmusic.com. Available at leading music stores in every city.

The RM100KH custom Kirk Hammett amp is the newest addition to Randall Amplifier’s Kirk Hammett Signature Series.

The custom head cranks out 100 watts of power and features three modular preamps that recreate Hammett’s tones from over his long career, ranging from classically clean to brutally crunchy. The KH1 module replicates Hammett’s classic clean tone, the KH2 his signature rhythm tone and the KH3 his legendary high-gain rhythm tone. The modules are interchangeable, allowing musicians to pair existing modules with Hammett’s tones to build the rig to their own specifications.

Hammett worked closely with Randall to ensure that all aspects of the amp are up to his exact standards. Even the volume, drive and level indications on the MTS modules are done in Kirk's own handwriting.

Additional amp features include 6L6 power tubes, MIDI In/Thru, a parallel loop with front panel mix control, a series loop and a tube bias section.

The RM100KH Custom Amp retails for $1,999.00 and is available at exclusive Randall dealers.