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Winter NAMM 2005 Coverage Page 2
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Jim Dunlop has decided to release a new line of MXR Custom Shop products. Custom Shop products are purchased directly
from Dunlop's website. The first two products are the MXR SmartGate which is two SmartGates in a 1U rack. This was used
by EVH during the recent tour. The second is rack mount Cry Baby wah.
Kustom & Hiwatt Amps
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Kustom has released 2 new amps the '72 Coupe and '36 Coupe designed by James Brown (same person who
designed Peavey's 5150 and 5150 II).
The new Coupes utilize 12AX7 preamp and 6L6 power tube platforms and are rated at 36 and 72 watts respectively. Both amps
have two channels, each with a Volume control with pull-Bright function plus a Master Volume, allowing users to dial in
everything from sparkling clean runs to stinging blues licks and fat, roaring rock sounds.
More info a Kustom.com
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Hiwatt has released a series of hand wired amps under the Customer Series banner. he Custom Series features the
point-to-point, military specific design based on Dave Reeves' original amplifiers. HIWATT Custom amplifiers use only the
best quality components, including hand-wound Partridge transformers and marine birch hand-built cabinets. More
info a Hiwatt.com
Series includes: Custom 100, 50 and 20 watt heads along with 50 and 20 watt combos.
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For those of you into home recording Samson has released a condensor mic that plugs directly into your PC via USB.
The shocking news is the street price of $79.00.
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Here is the Egnater Amps display. The new modules have 2 channels each.
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