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Thursday, August 21, 2008

BOSS ME-20 Multiple Effects Guitar Pedal

Rock out live with amazing effects using the BOSS ME-20 Multiple Effects Guitar Pedal. The ME-20 is a powerful multi-effects unit optimized for live performance. Easy to use and road tough, the ME-20 provides world-class overdrive, distortion, delay, chorus, phaser, flanger, tremolo, rotary, and EQ effects.

Battery or AC powered - DC 9 V - Dry battery LR6/R6 (AA) type x 6 or Optional AC Adaptor (PSA series) AD Conversion - 24-bit + AF method (Adaptive Focus method - improves the signal-to-noise (S/N) ratio of the A/D and D/A converters) DA Conversion - 24-bit Sampling Frequency - 44.1 kHz Patches - 30 (user) Nominal Input Level - INPUT - -10 dBu, AUX IN - -18 dBu Input Impedance - INPUT - 1 M ohm, AUX IN - 22 k ohms Nominal Output Level - -10 dBu Display - 7 segments, 2 characters LED Controls - OD/DS/1 pedal, MOD/2 pedal, DELAY/3 pedal, Expression pedal INPUT jack (1/4 inch phone type), AUX IN jack (Stereo miniature phone type) OUTPUT jacks L/MONO, R (1/4 inch phone type), PHONES jack (Stereo 1/4 inch phone type), FOOT SW jack (1/4 inch TRS phone type), AC Adaptor jack Current Draw - 90 mA Expected battery life under continuous use - Alkaline - 13 hours, Carbon - 3.5 hours (Varies depending on the actual conditions of use) Included - Dry battery LR6 (AA) type (alkaline) x 6 Options - AC Adaptor - PSA series, Footswitch - FS-6, FS-5U, Connection Cable - Roland PCS-31 (Stereo 1/4 inch phone plug - 1/4 inch phone plug x 2) Width x Depth x Height - 11-5/8 (294 mm) x 7-1/16 (179 mm) x 2-1/8 (54 mm) Weight - 1.6 kg; 3 lbs. 9 oz.


But the question raised in everyone's mind is: can Kanye stay at the top, despite his recent critisms of the Bush administration?

Kanye West Golddigger Info

Kanye West Goldigger has found its share of criticism among the rap and hip-hop community. Fans seemed to have higher hopes of the Late Registration album. Still, his loyalist fans are keeping his music CD sales afloat.

One Kanye West Goldigger fan, Diarci Jones of Los Angeles, California said, "Kanye has brought a sense of hope to the black and hip-hop community. I bought this album just to support his cause."

Kanye West Goldigger is by far the biggest hit on his new album Late Registration. A duet with Jamie Foxx, Goldigger mixes Kanye West's patented beats with a delectable sound off with Jamie Foxx.

Whether you like him or not, Kanye is one hot dude.

One White House staffer, Karl Jones said, "Kanye's partisan rhetoric may play chill on the streets, but his reckless comments at a fundraiser no less, were completely out of line."



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2007 Metal Method Guitar Lessons Doug Marks DVD

2007 Metal Method Guitar Lessons. Complete revision of the 1992 Lessons.All 6 Stages are included on 6 DVDs.


Speaking of James Hetfield, an ESP guitar that he used when Metallica first started to become popular, got the ESP Company into some legal trouble. The guitar he used, known as the EXP, was a replica of the Gibson Explorer. Even though companies have been selling replicas of their guitars for years, Gibson decided to sue ESP. The quality of the EXP was so good that people were buying them up and this was allegedly cutting into the sales of Gibson's own guitars. ESP lost the lawsuit and changed their design.

In 2002, ESP sales started to grow at a rapid rate making them one of the fastest growing companies at that time. This increase in sales was directly connected to Fender buying out Jackson Guitars. Jackson was the company that ESP had competed with in the 80's and 90's.

More musicians began to take notice of ESP and started playing their guitars in the late 80's. Kirk Hammett and James Hetfield of Metallica were two of the bigger names.

The first ESP Guitar was made in Japan in 1976. The ESP Company (Electric Sound Products) actually started up a year earlier but only provided guitar replacement parts at that time. ESP guitars and replacement parts continued to be sold exclusively in Japan for nearly a decade before moving into the U.S. market. In 1983 their replacement parts were made available in the U.S and in 1984 their guitars made their American appearance.

With the buyout of Jackson, many of the high profile guitarists jumped ship and went over to ESP. Guitarists like Dave Mustaine (Megadeth), found it natural to move over to ESP products because of the high quality and similar designs.

History Of The ESP Guitar

The next big name to discover ESP guitars was George Lynch (Dokken) while shopping for guitar parts when he was touring in Japan. When George found out that ESP made custom guitars, the model "Kamikaze" was made for him. The Kamikaze was the first signature model to be made.

In 1984/85 ESP guitars were attracting some attention from great guitarists such as Ronnie Wood (The Rolling Stones), Vernon Reid (Living Colour) and Bruce Kulick (Kiss).

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