Canadian Musician - January / February 2020 | Page 68

HOT GEAR Dixon Classic Maple Hybrid Snare with Wood Hoops Dixon Drums has expanded its Classic Series of wood hoop snare drums with a new hybrid snare with natural maple hoops. The Classic Series snare drums offer drummers traditional performance and sound options accented by a stylish look. The new Classic Maple Hybrid is a 5.5 x 14-in. snare with a finish combination of satin black shell with natural maple hoops. The wood hoops are meant to increase a drum’s overall tone and tuning depth along with rich rim shots and cross sticking. For more information, contact St. Louis Music: 800-727- 4512, [email protected], www.stlouismusic.com. MIA Laboratories Super Thin, Super Fat & Super Muscle Plug-Ins MIA Laboratories has released the Super Thin, Super Fat, Su- per Muscle, and the collective Super Bundle plug-ins in AAX / AU/ VST2 formats for Windows and macOS. Super Thin, as all in this series collection, is a one-knob- style plug-in that results from a combination of MIA Labs’ Musiqual Red, Musiqual Blue, and Musiqual Green plug-ins, as well as the Pi & Phi. Super Thin is designed to add “brilliance without harshness” and is recommended for dull sounds, making them louder on smaller systems such as laptops, phones, etc. The Super Fat plug-in maximizes low frequencies for the new generation of sound systems. It is recommended for club mixes and genres such as techno, dub, reggae, and R&B. The Super Muscle plug-in gives more presence to the sound while increasing perceived loudness and presence without compression. It is recommended for low-loudness files such as MP3s. For more information, contact Plugivery: 646-401-0296, [email protected], www.plugivery.com. Epiphone Joe Bonamassa 1960 Les Paul Standard “Norm Burst” Outfit Epiphone has released the Joe Bonamassa 1960 Les Paul Standard “Norm Burst” Outfit, which is Bonamassa’s seventh signature model and based on the rare 1960 LP Standard that he discovered at Norm’s Rare Guitars in Tarzana, CA. The limited-edition Norm Burst is directly modeled after the rare vintage 1960 Les Paul made during the final year of the LP Standard’s original production run, featuring ProBucker humbuckers, AA maple cap with flame veneer top, and Mal- lory tone caps. The guitar features a classic Les Paul mahog- any body with a Norm Burst finish, ProBucker humbuckers with '50s-style wiring, and a “Lifton” style case. For more information, contact Yorkville Sound: 905-837- 8777, [email protected], www.yorkville.com. 68 CANADIAN MUSICIAN