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 The 24-day Holiday Giveaway Continues
The Sweetwater 24-day Holiday Giveaway Continues! This holiday season Sweetwater is giving away a special gift every day through the 24th. That means you have 11 more chances to win some of the hottest gear available. We're talking about thousands of dollars worth of gear. We've already given away:
- Paul Reed Smith SE Singlecut
- Sony Vegas Pro 8
- Digidesign Mbox 2 Factory
- Alesis M1 Active 620 Speakers (pair)
- Mojave Audio MA-100 Microphone
Just fill out the form and you'll be eligible to win for each of the remaining days of the giveaway (but only one gift per person). There's a new winner every day, so check our site daily to see if your name has been drawn!
Updates and Upgrades
Yamaha Corporation of America has announced the release of new drivers and firmware updates for their GO46 Mobile FireWire Audio Interface, MOTIF XS Synthesizer Workstation, and n Series FireWire Digital Mixing Studios. These are available for download at: http://www.yamahasynth.com/download/index.html
The new drivers make the GO46 compatible with the new Windows Vista operating system while new IEEE1394 firmware for the MOTIF XS, n8 and n12 improve network capability over mLAN.
Guitar of the Day
Anyone who saw the movie Let It Be will immediately recognize the unique custom-made rosewood Telecaster, which was presented to George Harrison by Fender. It was all over The Beatles' movie and was prominently featured in the sequence where the group was playing their very last live concert ever on the roof of their London-based Apple Corp building on January 30th of 1970. A courier actually flew from Fender headquarters to London with the guitar strapped into the seat next to him (the company had to actually buy it a 1-way ticket!). Two guitars and necks were built and the best of these were combined to produce the best possible all-rosewood Tele. A similar all-rosewood Strat was planned for Jimi Hendrix, but for some reason, it was never completed. Fender hoped that the appearance of their rosewood Tele in The Beatles' movie would create a huge demand, but by 1972, the guitar vanished from the Fender catalog.
But a guitar this historically important was sure to resurface, and here it is: Our Guitar of the Day, the Fender Custom Shop Rosewood Telecaster Limited Release. It's a striking instruments with its vintage hardware and black 3-ply pickguard over the gorgeous rosewood body. Who knew Rosewood could look so spectacular? A set of '60s Custom Shop Tele pickups deliver the signature Tele sound. Fender chose to keep the electronics just the way they were in 1969 - a smart choice. Unlike almost any Fender ever built, this guitar has a rosewood neck, as well as its body. Fender is offering this spot-on recreation only until December 31st of this year. Beyond that date, the company has no plans to ever offer it again, making this Tele a sure-fire collector's item somewhere down the road.
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