Canadian Music Trade - February / March 2020 | Page 40

Prestige Guitars Devin Townsend Empath Signature Acoustic Product News Prestige Guitars has introduced the Devin Townsend Empath signature acoustic, designed in close collaboration with the revered Canadi- an guitarist. The Empath Acoustic is a hand-built dread- nought cutaway guitar, featuring a torrefied Adirondack spruce top, Indian rosewood back and sides, and 3A-grade flame maple bevels on the arm rest, back rest, and cutaway. Following an all-organic build, each Empath guitar comes complete with a hand-carved ma- hogany neck, ebony fingerboard and bridge, bone nut and saddle, and a natural satin finish. This combination results in a rich and detailed sound, with crisp overtones and loud sonic definition. A Fishman Matrix Infinity VT pickup system is loaded onboard for amplification. The complete production run is limited to 100 guitars worldwide, and each guitar includes an individu- alized, numbered, and hand-written autographed letter from Townsend himself, hidden inside the sound- hole. For more information, con- tact Prestige Guitars: 877-398- 8111, [email protected], www.prestigeguitars.com. 40 CANADIAN MUSIC TRADE Radial HDI DI Box Radial Engineering has introduced its latest flagship DI box, the HDI. It features three unique front panel knobs (Color, Level, and Presence) and additional tone-shaping switches designed to achieve an improved high-definition audio signal in less time and with less effort. The Color control integrates a custom-designed oversized Jensen transformer made specifically for the HDI, along with a unique distortion circuit. The result is a high-quality range of tones, from ultra-clean to “gutsy” harmonic distortion. A selectable three-position OPTO switch enables optimization of gain staging when the HDI is set to the Clean channel mode. The OPTO compressor allows for flexibility in gain stag- ing control during situations with overly dynamic players. An LED light gets brighter as more gain reduction is applied for reference. The HDI’s Level control drives the distortion qualities of the unit similar to the way an amplifier’s input stage is driven. Turning the knob clockwise from its nominal setting at 12-o’clock increases authentic distortion tonality, while turning counter-clockwise increases clean to ultra-clean tonal qualities. The Presence knob works in conjunction with the Color control, boosting the unit’s clean and distortion tonal qualities based on the Color knob’s setting. For more information, contact Radial Engineering: 604-942-1001, [email protected], www.radialeng.com.