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Lisätiedot: F-Musiikki
Yamaha THR-10C & THR-10X @ NAMM 2013
Puoliakustinen uutuusmalli: Godin Montreal Premiere
Uusi Godin Montreal Premiere on yhdellä soololovella varustettu puoliakustinen sähkökitara.
Koppa on rakennettu kirsikka/kuusi-vaneriyhdistelmästä. Palisanteriotelaudalla varustettu kaula taas on veistetty mahongista.
Tune-o-Matic-tyylinen talla on Graph Techin uusi ResoMax-malli, jonka valmistetaan uudesta sustainea lisättävästä metalliseoksesta.
Montreal Premieren mikrofonit ovat Godinin omia humbuckereita. Malli on saatavilla myös aidolla Bigsbyllä varustettuna.
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Lisätiedot: F-Musiikki
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Video by Alexei Severinets.
Review: EBS Classic Session 30
EBS Sweden’s latest product – the Session 30 – is the company’s smallest bass combo to date, and meant for practicing, recording and home use.
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The diminutive and lightweight EBS Classic Session 30 (current price in Finland approx. 169 €) is part of EBS’ Made-in-China Classic-series.
As its name suggests, the Session 30 offers 30 Watts of rms-power.
Its eight-inch speaker sits in a front-ported baffle. The stylish grille cloth is attached in a traditional way using velcro.
The combo’s back is fully closed. EBS have added a separate grounding point next to the power connector, which may come in handy in the studio for combatting mains hum.
The Session 30 weighs just under nine kilos, so it is very easy to carry around by its top handle.
The control panel comprises of four control knobs – with a peak indicator next to the gain control.
For practicing, EBS have added a mini-jack, so you can connect an mp3-player, as well as a full-sized headphones output.
A very rare feature in this price range is the combo’s balanced XLR-output, which makes the Session 30 handy as a studio DI-box with its own monitor. Using the Ground Lift -switch enables you to break possible earth loops safely.
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It would be completely unrealistic to expect a mighty roar from such a tiny bass combo.
But I must stress that the EBS Classic Session 30 really delivers the good in terms of its sound quality. This isn’t a murky-sounding piece of junk, but a great little tool – regardless of its very fair price.
This little ’un delivers genuine EBS Classic Series -tone at levels fit for tuition and home use. The bass register is warm, the mid-range tone clear, and the top end has a nice, soft silkiness to it.
The eight-inch speaker and small cabinet will show you the white flag, if the combo is taken to its limits, by vibrating and buzzing, but used sensibly, the EBS Session 30 holds its own nicely.
The combo’s XLR-output works great, and sends a healthy, pristine signal to your console or sound-card.
In my opinion, the EBS Classic Session 30 is a fine little practice amp and a handy tool in the small project studio.
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The sound bites were recorded by mixing the combo’s DI-signal with the sound picked up by a condenser mic placed in front of the speaker:
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EBS Classic Session 30
169 €
Finnish distributor: F-Musiikki
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Pros:
+ value-for-money
+ size
+ weight
+ sound
+ DI-output
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Testipenkissä: EBS Classic Session 30
EBS Swedenin uutuus – Session 30 – on firman pienin kombo tähän mennessä, joka on tarkoitettu koti-, äänitys- ja harjoituskäyttöön.
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Pieni ja kevyt EBS Classic Session 30 (169 €) kuuluu valmistajan vintage-tyyliseen, Kiinassa valmistettuun Classic-sarjaan.
Session 30 tarjoaa nimensä mukaisesti 30 wattia lähtötehoa.
Kahdeksantuumainen kaiutin istuu refleksikotelossa, jolla on auko edessä. Tyylikäs etukangas on kiinnitetty perinteiseen tapaan tarranauhoilla.
Harjoituskombon takapuoli on täysin suljettu. Virtajohdon liittimen ja virtakytkimen viereen EBS on lisännyt vielä maadoituspisteen, josta voi olla hyötyä hurinan minimoimisessa, silloin kun vahvistinta käytetään studioympäristössä.
Session 30:n paino jää alle yhdeksän kiloa, joten kombo on todella helppo kuljettaa kantokahvallaan.
Kombon paneeli tarjoaa säätimiä gainille (jolla on oma Peak-ledi), bassolle, diskantille sekä volumelle.
Harjoituskäyttöä varten EBS on lisännyt Session-vahvariin minijakin mp3-soittimelle ja kuulokelähdön.
Harvinaisuus tässä hintaluokassa on pikkukombon balansoitu XLR-lähtö, joka tekee Session 30:stä myös kätevän DI-boksin omalla monitoroinnilla studiokäyttöä varten. Ground Lift -kytkimellä saa katkaistua tehokkaasti mahdollisista maalenkeistä aiheuttavan brummin.
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Pikkuisesta, kahdeksantuumaisella kaiuttimella varustetusta harjoituskombosta ei voi odottaa seiniä vavisuttavaa bassotoistoa ja äänenpainetta – se olisi täysin epärealistinen.
Toisaalta täyttyy korostaa, että EBS Classic Session 30:stä lähtee kunnon bassosoundi. Tämä kombo ei missään nimessä ole kumiseva leluvahvistin, erittäin reilusta hinnastaan huolimatta.
Pikkuvahvistin tarjoaa aitoa EBS Classic -sarjan soundia opetus- ja harjoituskäyttöön sopivalla volyymillä. Bassorekisteri on lämmin, keskialue siisti ja yläkerta silkkisen pehmeä.
Kun vääntää master volumen täysille – tai jo vähän aikaisemmin viisikielisellä bassolla – mukaan kuvaan astuu odotetusti myös kombon (ja kaiuttimen) pienestä koosta aiheuttuvaa resonointia ja surinaa, mutta järkevässä käytössä EBS:n pienokainen pärjää mainiosti.
Session 30:n XLR-lähtö toimii sekin moitteettomasti, välittämällä kombon laatusignaalia puhtaasti eteenpäin mikserille tai äänikortille.
Mielestäni EBS Classic Session 30 on mainio harjoitusvahvistin, sekä erittäin kätevä työkalu kotistudiossa.
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Seuraavat esimerkit on äänitetty käyttämällä samanaikaisesti sekä kondensaattorimikrofonia kaiuttimen edessä että kombon suoraa XLR-lähtöä:
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EBS Classic Session 30
169 €
Maahantuoja: F-Musiikki
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Plussat:
+ hinta-laatu-suhde
+ koko
+ paino
+ soundi
+ DI-lähtö
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Review: PRS SE Angelus Standard
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The SE Angelus Standard is a Grand Auditorium -sized steel-string acoustic from PRS Guitars’ brand-new SE Acoustic -range.
A special feature on all PRS SE steel-strings is their proprietary top bracing pattern which seamlessly combines the best bits of traditional x- and fan-bracing patterns. The end result should be a very dynamic and open-sounding acoustic tone.
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The PRS SE Angelus Standard (current street price in Finland approx. 730 €) is a beautiful and stylish piece of work.
A Grand Auditorium’s body has about the same cubic content as a Dreadnought. Its rounder shape with a more slender waist makes it more comfortable to play, and also produces a different basic voicing. Grand Auditoriums tend to sound more open with added clarity in the lower midrange (between 600 – 800 Hz) compared to a Dreadnought, making them easier to record.
The SE Angelus Standard is crafted from solid sitka spruce for the top and solid mahogany for the body’s back. The rims are pressed from mahogany plywood, adding a little sturdiness.
Mahogany is also the material of choice for the Angelus’ neck.
It’s surprising to see how well PRS’ traditional headstock looks on an acoustic guitar. In the SE Angelus’ case the headstock features a rosewood veneer, as well as white binding.
The top nut has been carved from genuine bovine bone.
The tuners are the same quality units PRS also uses for their SE electrics.
The SE Angelus’ neck is a three-piece affair, with a long piece making up the bulk of the neck, and two small added pieces for the headstock and the neck heel, respectively.
The bound rosewood fingerboard sports beautiful bird-inlays and well-finished narrow frets.
The mahogany used for body construction is gorgeous – the honey-hued wood looks good enough to eat underneath the thinly applied transparent lacquer.
By the way: A second strap button comes as standard on the SE Angelus.
Here’s a view of the Angelus’ rounded cutaway – a typical feature on many Grand Auditorium sized instruments.
The top’s black and white binding looks very crisp.
A rosewood rosette adds a tad of understated charm to proceedings.
The SE Angelus displays extremely clean workmanship throughout – even on the inside!
The compensated saddle in the guitar’s rosewood bridge is made from tone-enhancing genuine bone.
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But the PRS SE Angelus Standard isn’t just nice to look at, this guitar is also a sheer joy to play!
The instrument is lightweight, and just touching it already gives you a sense of this guitar’s eagerness to resonate.
PRS have made a wise decision in my opinion, when it came to choosing a neck profile for the Angelus: This neck is an unabashedly steel-string acoustic type of neck. No foul compromises to win over electric players – the Angelus’ neck profile is a chunky affair somewhere between a D- and a U-shaped cross-section.
If you’re new to steel-string acoustics – or just used to the feel of many electroacoustic guitars – the first impression might be a slight bit disconcerting, but fear not! In the long run a big neck will help your left-hand technique, and it’s the right choice for big tone as well.
And what a tone it is! I can only heap praise upon the Angelus’ tone, sustain and dynamics – what a beautiful open sound!
String-to-string balance is outstanding, regardless of playing style or chosen register. It’s not often that you find a brand-new guitar with such a mature voice from the get-go – especially in this price bracket!
I also recorded the SE Angelus with different recording set-ups, and can only report that it is almost impossible to get a bad (or muddy) sound out of this instrument.
This is what the Angelus sounds like when recorded with a Zoom Q2HD:
…and here are two clips, which I recorded using an AKG C3000 condenser mic close to the guitar, pointing at the 14. fret, paired with a Samson C02 at shoulder height facing towards the bridge (–> Focusrite Saffire 6 USB –> Apple Garageband):
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PRS SE Angelus Standard
current street price in Finland approx. 730 €
Distributor: EM Nordic
Thanks to DLX Music Helsinki for the loan of the review instrument!
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Pros:
+ solid top and back
+ chunky neck profile
+ playability
+ open and dynamic tone
+ workmanship
+ bang-for-the-Euro
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