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With his most recent single, 'Broken Strings' already having been a longtime fixture in both the
national and international music and download charts, young singer/songwriter James Morrison has
also been enjoying a welcome reception to his songs whilst touring over in the USA.
After years spent playing cover songs in the earlier part of
the decade, Morrison decided to push ahead with his own
material, and in 2006 his distinctive soulful vocal style
broke through with his self-penned debut single, 'You Give
Me Something'. This was followed by a huge response to
the ensuing debut album, ironically titled 'Undiscovered',
which by the end of that year had sold over a million copies,
notching up three BRIT Award nominations along the way.
Continued single success with songs like 'The Pieces
Don't Fit Anymore' and 'You Make It Real' led up to
the release of his second album, 2008's 'Songs For
You, Truths For Me', with James also fitting in
some very popular high-profile concert and festival
appearances alongside his own tours in the interim
period, all helping to make James very much a
household name as a performing artist.
James Morrison (left) buddies up with Fishman's
Director Of Marketing & Artist Relations, Chris
DeMaria at James' recent sold-out acoustic show
in Boston, Mass. on his current USA tour.
RARE EARTH
Active Soundhole Pickup
FISHMAN RARE EARTH PICKUP
As an essentially acoustic performer, James' sound is very important to
his show – as such, he chooses to use Fishman's high performance Rare
Earth Humbucking active magnetic soundhole pickup as his primary
signal source. Recently re-voiced and fine tuned for even smoother
treble response, the Fishman Rare Earth HB unit features cutting-edge
neodymium magnets for a warmer and more natural full acoustic tone,
with excellent string-to-string balance characteristics; the perfect
complement to James' warm and soulful vocal style, in fact!
60’s-inspired diminutive Danelectro Hodad
Mini Amp just wants to rock – in style!
Sometimes, you just have to pick up an electric guitar,
plug it in and play, don’t you? Whether it’s to play
along with songs you’re listening to on your laptop,
for instance, or if you simply need to express the anarchy
in your soul during during the Monday morning corporate
conference call to the Manchester office... Whenever that
time is, the brand new amp from Danelectro, the Hodad Mini
Amp, will rock your world – no matter what the occasion!
• Model: DH1 • 340gms Weight
• 133mm (w), 120mm (h), 63mm (d)
Danelectro’s new Hodad is a real little looker, featuring a triangular-esque shaped exterior,
not seen since the introduction of those now highly-desirable combos that many British
guitarists cut their playing teeth on, way back in the dawn of very early 60’s beat groups!
The Hodad’s handsome traditionally-hued two-tone cabinet will enhance the decor of
any house or office, and it takes up hardly any space on your desk or table top!
So what’s this little beauty got to offer? Well, it’s a powerful mini amp for practice or
back stage tune-ups, and its novel twin speaker format angles the sound in a divergent
fashion, giving a big spread of sound – relatively speaking, of course.
Check out the Hodad’s control layout – jack in the top, and the larger rotaries offer
Tone, Gain and On/Off/Vol (with 'LED On' status), plus
(because it's Danelectro!) a cool Echo effect AND a
vintage-toned Tremolo – with adjustable speed!
The Danelectro Hodad Mini Amp costs £39.99 rrp.
Or, the ‘Dead On ‘58’ Longhorn,
as Danelectro have it, is coming this
summer. But it’s a classic either way,
with all the characteristic Dano
details – Copper Burst finish, ‘50s
‘pointer’ style top controls on the
two Volume/Tone dual concentrics,
twin warmed-up alnico Lipstick
pickups... so cool.
Anyone can wear and play this
bass because it’s a short
scale instrument, weighs
hardly anything an you’ve
got full access to all 23
frets! Always a favourite
with cool bass players,
the Longhorn retails
at £319.00.
Check out the Dano
range at www.jhs.co.uk
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