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'THE CORNER' HOTEL, RICHMOND PRESENTED

ALBERT LEE on Tuesday, 24th August

Andrew Pattison of www.wineandmusic.net is currently touring Albert Lee and Albert kindly offered to do a clinic in Richmond's, The Corner Hotel.

The clinic ran for about 45 minutes and was attended by a great crowd. Nick Brown from Mixdown magazine will be running an interview with him in October's issue of Mixdown magazine.

Some quotes made about Albert include:

"extraordinary gifts as a singer, song stylist and brilliant guitar player ... often emulated but never equalled" - Emmylou Harris

"I'd forgotten what a great singer you are!" - Eric Clapton

Check out some photos below ...

MUSIC MAN ARE THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE THEIR LATEST ADDITION TO 'THE FAMILY' ...

The order window for the MUSIC MAN Roasted Neck Package will close at the end of August

GET TO YOUR NEAREST MUSIC MAN DEALER AND PLACE YOUR ORDER

dealers/musicmandealers

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Chris Gibbs from XPress Magazine interviewed Steve before the Deep Purple show ...

Here's a little of what he had to say ...

STEVE, WHAT MAKES YOUR NEW Y2D SIGNATURE GUITAR SO UNIQUE?

Well, there's the Steve Morse model with 4 pickups, which we did almost 25 years ago. There's a reason for everything ... the short headstock means you don't need string trees, like on a Fender-style, so you reduce friction. Anytime you have extra friction between the tuning peg and where you're playing, the energy from a bent note can be stored between the nut and the tuning peg. Then when you hit it hard later, the string just goes flat. For tuning reasons, we have an equalised nut, with different fulcrums. Placement of the pickups has always been the big thing for me. They have to be exactly where they are to get to the fundamental. Part of my style is to switch pickups. I always want to get the fundamental of the note, so when I play low I use the bridge pickup and when I play high I use the neck pickup. So anyway, 20 years later, we went to a new design with a simpler switch, instead of 3 switches with multiple possibilities. I knew all along there were 5 sounds that I used live. The middle pickup I only ever use for recording. So why not take those 5 sounds and just use 3 pickups? ... Y2D is a little joke because around that time people were calling the computer bug Y2K! :)

STEVE MORSE @ The Rosemount, North Perth

On the day of the clinic, Harry Davies – a customer from Kosmic Sound - purchased a Steve Morse Model guitar -

Steve himself promised to play the guitar LIVE IN CONCERT for whoever purchased it plus – would give them 2x tickets to the show – get a photo and signature -

How cool is that!

Here's a pic from the show where Steve used the guitar
The customer was wrapped – BIGTIME!

CHECK OUT THE MAN HIMSELF .....

NEWS IN FROM NAMM 2010 ...

The Classic Series (Stingray 4, Stingray 5, Sterling 4): A fusion of old-school style and cutting-edge engineering! See the attached files for images, specifications and pricing!

The Big AL 5-String Bass (H and SSS Pickup configurations): 5-String bass players rejoice! The Big AL bass series was introduced at the 2009 winter NAMM show. The bass became an instant success, due to its unique style and myriad of tonal options.

New pickup option for the Big AL Series: All Big AL basses can now be ordered with either 3 Single-Coil pickups, or one bridge Humbucker pickup!

Albert Lee Signature Guitar now available with 2 DiMarzio Humbuckers! This new addition to the Albert Lee signature series boasts of two powerful humbuckers, vintage colors, and an ALL ROSEWOOD neck!

The JPX: 2010 marks the 10th Anniversary of John Petrucci being part of the Music Man family. To celebrate the last decade, John worked along side of the Music Man design and engineering departments to create the JPX. The new body shape has a slightly thinner upper-horn and a more symmetric bridge-end profile. The body is also chambered for added acoustic resonance. Elegant yet dangerous -- a Rock Machine!

High resolution images of these great, new models will be available very soon. Please see attached files for pricing, specifications, etc.

We are excited to work along side of you to make 2010 a successful year! Please let us know if you have any question regarding these new Music Man instruments!

Message from John Petrucci re JPX
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JOHN PETRUCCI ROCKS THE ANNANDALE HOTEL ...

A CAPACITY CROWD TURNED OUT TO HEAR JOHN PETRUCCI GO THROUGH SOME OF HIS TECHNIQUES ...

Thanks to the man himself, John Petrucci, and the guys at The Annandale Hotel for a great afternoon

NOT TO BE OUTDONE ... THE FLOREAT HOTEL IN PERTH WAS A HUGE SUCCESS TOO ...