Donner Music New Acoustic Guitar & Overdrive Pedal The new Donner RISING-G1 38” Acoustic guitar delivers a lot of playing fun in a compact, lightweight and affordable package. The standout feature is that the RISING G-1 38” has a carbon fiber top while the back and sides are made of Sapele wood and the neck is crafted from Okoume. The acoustic guitar, no electronics installed, has an upper oval sound hole, 20 frets, magnet secured truss rod cover and enclosed tuners. The RISING-G1 38” acoustic guitar is available in black or brown( as tested) and only costs $ 159.99 with a gig bag! For a first guitar, travel instrument or a go anywhere camp or songwriter guitar it is a great value. This guitar is way better than my first acoustic which was a JCPenney special that made my fingers hurt, this guitar plays smooth with an HPL fingerboard.
Next up are the Donner EMBARK line of guitar effects pedals. For review WM received the EMBARK 05 Overdrive priced at just $ 26.99. The pedal has a small footprint and is 9V external power only with Drive, Level and Tone adjustments. The creative part is that the pedal comes plain white with five packs of stickers so your holiday musician can design it the way they like it. Donner also offers Distortion, Echo Delay, Phaser and Chorus in the EMBARK line. The pedal delivered authentic Overdrive tones at an inexpensive price. And they would fit in stockings very nicely over the fireplace! www. amazon. com
D’ Addario Custom Strings I had no idea how much fun this would be until I started doing it! D’ Addario has opened up a custom shop for guitar strings. Yes, you heard that right. A musician can now go into the D’ Addario Players Circle and create their ideal set of acoustic or electric guitar strings. Then after you complete your submission D’ Addario ships you the strings that you custom selected in a box with your name on them like your own signature model strings like a rock star.
For testing purposes, I created three different packs of strings. I built out a Hi-strung set, to achieve 12-string sound with only a 6-string guitar, A 12-string set for my Veillette Gryphon and a 6-string acoustic set the Goldtone Mandoguitar. D’ Addario makes it simple and there is something exciting about creating your own custom strings specifically for the instruments you play. To accomplish this as gift D’ Addario offers gift cards which musicians can use to purchase and build their dream set of strings. Prices vary and for electrics they offer 6,7,8, 9 and 12 string options. Acoustic strings can be customized in 6,7,8 and 12. Prices start at $ 11.70 and go up depending on the type and number of strings. www. daddario. com
Spark LINK XLR by Positive Grid Positive Grid has done it again, releasing a wireless XLR audio system designed for dynamic microphones and more, featuring low latency down to 3ms, studio quality sound reproduction 24. bit / 48kHz and up to 70 feet of range. Once fully charged the Link XLR delivers 7 hours or wireless goodness. And you can have up to four Spark Link XLR systems functioning on one stage with no interference. Once charged it is simple to link the transmitter and receiver by holding down the button above the light on both devices. Priced at $ 169 the Spark LINK XLR is much more reasonably priced than most wireless microphone systems and these are so much more portable and pristine sound reproduction. A great gift for the vocalist or band member this season! This reliable system works for church requirements, content creators, presenters and of course presenters and musicians. www. positivegrid. com
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