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www.hkaudio.com Portable Sound Concert Sound Install Sound Gear Salem House, Parkinson Approach, Garforth, Leeds LS25 2HR, U.K. Tel: 0113 2865 381 Fax: 0113 2868 515 E-mail: gear@jhs.co.uk Publisher: Simon Turnbull Editor: Gibson Keddie Contributors: Kevin Aston, Brian Barnes, Alan Burridge, Gav Coulson, Mick Morris, Dave Press, Tim Panting, Tony Simmons Art Editor: Simon Turnbull Art Team: Richard Dennison, Gary Barlow Staff Photographers/Illustrator: Gary Barlow, Richard Dennison Subscriptions (Free): Susan Lindley Chairman: John H. Skewes Managing Director: Dennis J. Drumm Printed by: Warners (Midlands) PLC. 01778 39 1000 All material is copyright and must not be copied or reprinted in any format without the express permission of the publishers. The views expressed by contributors are not necessarily those of the editor or publisher. Unsolicited contributions are welcome, but we regret we have no budget to pay for any such material that we choose to print. We do our best to ensure accuracy but we cannot be held responsible for any omissions or errors, though any complaints will be fairly investigated. All recommended retail and guide prices mentioned in this magazine were correct at time of going to press. Please note prices/specifications may be subject to change without notice. HERE THEY ARE FOR ALL THOSE WHO COULDN’T FIND ‘EM? COMPETITION ANSWERS WORDSEARCH Gear 22 GOOD LUCK WITH THIS ISSUE! 60
Whether you’re perplexed by PA, fired up by Fret-Kings or resurrecting a rusty Rodriguez classical, you can tell us about it on this page. Write to Gear at Salem House, Parkinson Approach, Garforth, Leeds LS25 2HR, or email gear@jhs.co.uk Dear Gear I have been self taught to play a guitar for the past twelve years and am a big fan of Spanish classical and Spanish flamenco guitar music. I have only just come across a full-sized acoustic nylon string Manuel Rodriguez Caballeros model. I found it in a second hand shop, and it had hardly been used. I purchased it despite the strings looking rather worn so I bought some new normal tension strings for it. I must admit that I am going to enjoy many years of proud ownership of my Rodriguez guitar, just as much as I am having great pleasure in playing it. It’s an excellent quality classical guitar with a fantastic sound and is a great addition to my small collection of classical guitars. Mr Julian P. Priestly Bridlington Dear Gear I've just purchased a Fret-King Super 60 SP and it knocks the pants off my American Standard Stratocaster. I played it solid for 2 hours last night with some whammy bar nonsense going on and it stayed in tune. Class! I love the sound and setup of the guitar and was wondering what make and gauge of strings they ship from the factory. I am assuming they are 9's of some description but want to replace them like for like. Good work by you guys for making a good guitar (the Strat®) into a great guitar. Look forward to your response and keep up the good work! Fraser Coull via email Fitting a set of Dunlop 9-46 (Light/Heavy Bottom) strings will keep your Super 60 feeling as good to play as it does now, Fraser. It’s a nice guitar to look at and play, thanks to high quality finishing and performance Wilkinson hardware (designed by Trev Wilkinson)– that vibrato system’s a beauty, and in conjunction with the staggeredheight Gotoh tuners providing an even string break angle over the nut, plus no friction causing headstock string tree, keeps it all sounding sweet and in tune, as you’ve discovered! Dear Gear I recently visited an old friend who told me he had taken up playing the guitar. After he gave me a spare copy of Gear magazine, he then 64 produced a high quality flight case which he opened revealing a beautiful cherry red semi-acoustic electric 335®-style guitar. It had the gold ‘Vintage’ logo on the headstock. I thought this guitar was unique as it was fitted with three black Wilkinson pickups and also featured one of the control knobs having push/pull facility to enable coil-splitting the pickups from humbucking to single coil. After looking through your mag, I’m guessing that this guitar may be from your Vintage AV3 range? I. G. Purdie Hawick Indeed it is from the Vintage range, and the guitar is in fact a Trev Wilkinson designed Vintage AV3PFCR. Fitted with Wilkinson three black, stacked P90 humbuckers, these can be taken to single coil mode via an innovative rotary ‘Roll Control’ making this guitar a particularly versatile tone machine, which retails at £479.00. An attractive carved flame maple top (not a veneer) on a semiacoustic body also makes it comfortable to hold and easy to play. Dear Gear Regarding your Vintage left handed LEST96, I have recently purchased one and would like to say I am very impressed with the high quality workmanship. The bass is beautiful and made to a high standard. It’s now becoming the most played bass I own. It's everything I wanted in a bass and now I have found it, I can stop looking. Trying to find a nice left-handed bass is very difficult – so thanks for considering us left handers out there. Please thank the people on the factory floor from me. Neon River via email AV3PFCR k Thanks for letting us know you’ve found a bass which you really love! Information on more brand new left-handed additions to the Vintage guitar and bass range can be found on page 45. Dear Gear Alongside playing in a duo and a four piece folk-rock band I also do functions like birthday parties and wedding receptions as a DJ, which all keeps me pretty busy most weekends. As a result I seem to have accumulated lots of bits of amps and PA gear which is a nightmare to - (a) keep at home, (b) transport in my car and (c) connect up at gigs with wires absolutely all over the place. Got to admit, it looks ‘unprofessional’ and, if I’m being honest’ slightly dangerous. Health & Safety would not be happy. Is there one system you can recommend that can do these gigs and let me get some space back at home? Kenny Mitchell Warminster Wow, that’s a busy schedule, Kenny – we’re impressed! But it’s easy to keep adding and adding stuff as you’ve done to keep up with what’s needed, but there will always come a point where you want to start afresh! We reckon the best option for you is probably the HK Audio L.U.C.A.S IMPACT. A subwoofer + 2 x satellites system (get the stands to go with it to make life easier) it’s rated at 1,200 watts and has a seriously professional high quality sound with loads of thumping bottom end power for your DJ work, and will easily cope with your other gigs. It’ll take up hardly any space at home, fits in your car and if you also get the covers set it will keep it as good as new for years to come! You’ll also need a front end mixer of course, Allen & Heath’s ZED or PA series will do the trick. 61
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