Not content with their huge success in building premium electrics, PRS have now entered the acoustic guitar market with the Angelus Cutaway and Tonare Grand. Both instruments apparently feature German spruce tops, dark rosewood or curly mahogany backs and sides, rare Peruvian mahogany necks, red spruce and mahogany bracing, exotic inlays and rosettes, and thin shatter-hard all nitro finishes. Expect prices to start at stratospheric levels. More
Shure's new PG27USB ($199) and PG42USB ($249) condenser mics are squarely aimed at notebook/PC home recordists and feature "plug and play" USB connectivity and built-in headphone monitoring. Also new from Shure is the X2U ($154) XLR-to-USB adapter which offers 48-volt phantom power and a headphone jack. More
Korg's new 8-voice microKORG XL vocoder synth packs quite a punch with their RADIAS engine and KAOSS series effects, plus their new Natural Touch keyboard action. MSRP: $750. More
Line 6's POD Studio KB37 is an USB audio interface that combines a 37-key MIDI controller and multiple inputs and outputs with a complete collection of pro audio software that includes their POD Farm premium tone plug-in pack. MSRP: $419.99. More
Telefunken's RFT AK47 studio condenser microphone, which is apparently modelled after such legendary mics as the U47 and M49, boasts a dual-sided, 6-micron gold-sputtered capsule, a custom 10-meter Gotham Audio cable, a remote 9-polar pattern external power supply, and a New Old Stock Telefunken EF732 sub miniature tube. More
The Fender Road Worn '50s Telecaster's distressed nitrocellulose lacquer-finished body and worn chrome hardware apparently mimic the "aged look, feel and mojo" of 1950s Teles with modern features like Tex-Mex pickups and 6105 frets. More
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