By David Gedge
RESOUND SOUND
Wet/Dry choice for second output. Users enthusiasts, according to a press release.
can also select an Expression Pedal func-
“Ovation has always been predicated
tion as an option for the second output. All on innovation, advancement, sound quali-
controls (including chosen EP function) ty, ease of use and playability. Although
can save for each preset. It's Made in USA, the market segment has changed quite a
with a lifetime warranty
bit since Ovation launched in the '70s, that
Since
2002,
still holds true today. It’s
Michigan's Cusack
parallel to the DW Drums
Music has been a
philosophy and we need
US manufacturer
to make sure we are
of high quality
abiding by the legacy
musical electron-
that Charlie Kaman cre-
ics. From design
ated over 50 years ago.”
and engineering to
Ovation's new Brand
finish coat , print-
Coordinator, William
ing, and final
Robinson told IE.
assembly, Cusack
The company will
Music prides itself Richie Sambora's Ovation Guitar
launch a revised website
on
having
a
and pricing by September
"hands-on" approach to every aspect of and has plans to step-up specifications and
our manufacturing process.
features on import and U.S. made product
The Resound has an MSRP of $279. in the coming year.
Cusackmusic.com has more details. It's
Meanwhile, Ovation’s New Hartford,
available locally at Rock N Roll Vintage in CT facility will discontinue operations to
Chicago.
clear the way for the brand’s new direc-
tion. Existing U.S. inventory will continue
to be sold during the transition process.
Drum Workshop President and C.E.O.,
Ovation Guitars Pauses Operations
After "saving" the brand in 2015 and Chris Lombardi added, “We really want
reopening their American guitar factory, these guitars to be embraced by a new
Drum Workshop Inc., owner of the 50 audience, while in keeping with what
plus year, storied brand Ovation, recently Ovation means to so many people around
announced plans to update most of its cur- the world. We hear from guitarists that tell
rent models. Much of their strategy is said us Ovation was their first guitar and they
to focus on a "review of existing models still play it today. That means it made a
and price points with the long term goal substantial impact on the industry and we
of laying groundwork for a future that want to keep that feeling alive. It’s what
offers established Ovation guitar owners a makes Ovation so special.”
In an era of cookie-cutter acoustic gui-
value proposition consistent with past
models, while delivering stand-out instru- tars we hope there is room for this original
ments to a new generation of guitar American brand.
Pause In The Ovation
Turn Up The Reverb
Cusack Music Resound Guitar Pedal
Michigan-based Cusack Music has
released Resound, a digital reverb pedal
based around the popular Spin
Semiconductor FV-1 micro. It comes
loaded with eight different reverbs, the
ability to save up to eight presets, and an
"Extend" switch to help create complex
ambient landscapes.
Resound is loaded with features
including eight reverb programs and eight
user programmable presets, a 10mm four
color center LED bank. Dual presets allow
for no loss transitions between two vari-
ants of the same program. A live mode is
features controls that can also be adjusted
in the Preset mode. It also offers two
Parameter plus Decay controls specific for
each program, and controls for Program,
Mix, Level , Cascade, and Trails.
It includes Stereo outputs with
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