effects and apps, these high-quality next generation musical instruments feature an Apple iPhone and iPod dock with 24- bit / 96kHz audio interface, full-scale high quality maple neck with the option of rosewood or maple fingerboard, built-in 20 Watt Class-D amplifier module, 2 full range speakers plus a higher frequency tweeter, a patented floating speaker box that reduces the amount of vibration transmission between the guitar body and speaker to avoid audio feedback and improve volume, neck-thru-body, rechargeable battery with 4-6 hour battery life, dual Humbucker pickups and hot-rail bridge Humbucker with parallel / series options via push / pull switch alongside a traditional neck Humbucker pickup |
Fusion Guitar
“ My life has been about music and my quest to create the ultimate electric guitar,” said Dave McAuld, Fusion Guitars.“ We designed the Fusion Guitar to be the 21st century guitarists’ gateway to enjoyable musical expression anywhere and anytime."
Fusion Guitars recommends IK Multimedia’ s Amplitube, an essential app that lets you use your iPhone or iPod Touch to process, loop and record your guitar. AmpliTube is an all-inclusive tone and recording studio that gives you an expandable collection of ultra-realistic virtual vertones.
The new Fusion Guitar is now available online at www. fusionguitars. com for $ 1,399.00 US.
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IE: What gives you peace on a daily basis? Do you have any rituals, hobbies? KM: Well, coming home, you want to be with your family and friends, and have a nice dinner. I used to play tennis, but I gave it up a couple of years ago – I had to make a decision. Do I want to run around onstage, or do I want to run around on a tennis court? So what can I say? After surgery on my knee, fortunately everything was good again, but I decided to stop tennis. It’ s a wonderful sport, but at the same time, it’ s the most brutal on your bones. Plus, Rudolf was onstage and passing me by, zoom, zoom, running back and forth. So I had the surgery, and everything was good again.
IE: Was it strange, digging into old Scorpions archives for Return to Forever? KM: There was a lot there, a lot of good songs. And some needed a strong chorus, or a better chorus and better lyrics. And at the same time, everybody came up with new material, new songs, so it’ s a great mix. And in the end, you couldn’ t say this one is from the‘ 80s, and this one we just wrote a month ago. And some of the material found its way into the live set – we kick off the show with“ Going Out With a Bang,” and“ Rock‘ N’ Roll Band” is in the set, and a few others. And at the same time, we go back to the‘ 70s and play songs like“ Steam Rock Fever,”“ Catch a Train,”“ Speedy’ s Coming” and all those. And all those – with all the classics – really makes a great set.
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IE: One“ Return” anthem is“ Rock My Car.” Are you into automobiles? KM: I’ m into driving fast. When you’ re in Germany, you can hit the Autobahn and really drive fast. It’ s one of the few countries where you can go as fast as you want. Not everywhere, of course. But when we come back from tour, we take our Mercedes cars out of the garage and really hit the road, really push the pedal to the metal. It’ s a lot of fun, especially when you come back from America, where you’ re all the time in the tour bus, and you drive sooo slow. When you come back to Germany after touring the US, it’ s like a shock. Everybody’ s driving so fast.
IE: What credo do you live by? KM: Well, believe in yourself. And follow your dreams, follow your heart.
IE: Mine is Everybody has an agenda, and it rarely includes you. Get used to it. KM: That’ s absolutely true. At the end of the day, you’ re on your own. And you ride into the sunset on your own. But you’ re very lucky when you’ re surrounded by family and friends. And playing in a rock band is also very much like a family kind of thing, because with the band and the crew, you spend so much time together. So being a musician and having a chance to travel all over the world – and really see the world, from Sao Paulo to Los Angeles to Tokyo – you feel really blessed. When you write a song, it’ s unbelievable how much positive energy you get back. And that’ s your life, at the end of the day. It’ s what you’ re all about.
Appearing 9 / 23 at Allstate Arena, Rosemont.
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