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SonoTone SonoCore Electric Guitar Strings
SonoTone has unveiled its SonoCore series of electric guitar strings.
The company says the SonoCore premium strings are formulated to bring the full
power out of any electric guitar, using custom-gauge sets designed to balance string
tension across the neck, improving the strings’ overall feel and playability as well as
intonation. The SonoCore series strings are available in three gauge sets: 10-48 (10, 13,
17, 28, 38, 48); 12-54 (12, 15, 25, 34, 44, 54); and 13-53 (13, 17, 21, 30, 38, 53).
Manufactured by hand in the U.S. using pure nickel and custom round cores, Sono-
Core series strings are similar to other SonoTone premium strings in that they provide
bell-like tones, but SonoCore is unique in bringing out bigger and bolder sine waves
from solid-body, semi-hollow, or hollow-body electric guitars.
For more information, contact SonoTone: 508-341-3499, [email protected],
www.sono-tone.com.
Charvel USA Select DK24 HSS 2PT
CM Guitar
Charvel has released the USA Select DK24
HSS 2PT CM
guitars.
Hearkening back to Charvel’s roots and built
at its custom shop in Corona, CA, the USA
DK24 HSS 2PT CM models feature an alder
Dinky body with a scalloped lower back bout
that works in tandem with a sculpted “shred-
der’s cut” heel
to allow for easy upper fretboard
access. The bolt-on caramelized maple “speed”
neck has graphite reinforcement and a smooth
hand-rubbed urethane back finish for comfort-
able playability.
Built for highly technical playing, a 12-
16-in. compound radius caramelized maple
fingerboard features comfortable rolled edges,
24 stainless steel jumbo frets, pearl dot inlays,
Luminlay side
dots, Graph Tech TUSQ XL nut,
and heel-mount truss rod adjustment wheel. The
HSS pickup configuration routing
consists of a custom Seymour
Duncan Full Shred SH-10B
bridge pickup, custom Seymour
Duncan Flat Strat SSL-6 single-coil
middle pickup, and custom
Seymour Duncan Flat Strat SSL-6
RWRP single-coil neck pickup.
These pickups combine for a
versatile tone with beefed up mids
and articulated, crispy highs.
Other modern features include
a five-way blade switch, Stratocaster-style
skirt knobs for
the volume (with 500K EVH
Bourns low friction potentiometer)
and no-load tone controls,
Gotoh Custom 510 recessed tremolo bridge with titanium saddles,
and thick brass block, U.S.-made Sperzel locking tuners.
For more information, contact Fender Musical Instruments Corp.:
323-210-1800, www.fender.com.
PEARL ELIMINATOR SOLO: BLACK
Pearl Eliminator Solo Bass Drum Pedals
Pearl has released the Eliminator Solo: Black and Eliminator Solo:
Red bass drum pedals, which feature the patented Interchangeable
Cam System. These 2020 models deliver the speed and performance
of the original Eliminator in a single cam option.
The Eliminator Solo: Black features the focused feel of the
circular Linear Action (Black) Cam. Its slightly-weighted feel
and resistance-free footboard deliver traditional feel, power, and
speed with less muscle fatigue. The contrasting Eliminator Solo:
Red delivers a lighter, fluid feel thanks to the Radical Progressive
Action (Red) Cam. Best suited for high-speed play, its sharp
Cam angle increases rebound for a fast and accurate stroke.
Other Eliminator features include the Roller Hoop Clamp,
multi-surface beater, and customizable Powershifter function.
For more information, contact Erikson Music: 514-457-
2555, [email protected], www.eriksonmusic.com.
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