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PRELUDE 1 Keyboard players will be inter ested to learn of a new 'electronic tutor' developed by a company in Preston. The Prelude looks like a pocket calculator, sitting in the hand and giving an instant liquid crystal guide to more than 600 chords, as well as major and minor scales. The advantage of the Prelude over more conventional printed tutors is its immediacy - you punch in the chord you need and the 'answer' is instantly displayed, and the device should interest all keyboard players who need a bit of heip in the chord construction department. A handy tool for the polyphonic amongst us, the Prelude sells for £19.95 (inc VAT). It can be bought mail order for an extra 40p from the makers, Speedy plain Ltd, Freepost, Longton, Lanes PR4 5YL.
device designed for acoustic and electric guitars and electric basses. The Micro Six is based on a quartz resetting of Dolby level ro non crystal oscillator, and is claimed to be DOLBYDolby Laboratories have an standard-level tapes, LED level dis accurate to within 0.025 of a semi nounced a new professional multi play tor each channel enabling ca i tone. The tuner's range will now track noise reduction unit, their SP bration to ±0.ldB, and ·urthe, comtorta bly encompass open bass series, which is now in production. It tor checking clipping and assi ·ng string tuning, which has posed prob provides up to 24 channels of Dolby-A alignment with peak reference leve lems in other devices. You even get a with a separate power supply unit (DIN) tapes. All record/play func colour option - black, blue or white housing two tans. Each channel tions have discrete FET ·,chi . KORG MICRO SIX - and the Micro Six will cost you consists of a standard Dolby 22 The established Dolby MH series ·11 new addition to the successful £27.50p (inc VAT). orgrange of instrument tuners is the module plugged into a new interface continue to be produced. For more information contact card designed tor high headroom and For further details contact Dolby, icro Six, which we will be reviewing Rose-Morris, 32-4 Gordon House low distortion. Controls allow rapid 346 Clapham Road, SW9. , in he near future. It is a compact Road, London NW5. Tel: 01-267 5151.
JAPANESE GUITARS Tokai Tokai Vantage Matsumo u Debate continues as to which Westbury Matsumo u Japanese guitars are made at which Yamaha Nippon Ga faetories - some people have even 1 Aria Musical Instru argued that all oriental guitars come Aria (Nagoya) ment Manufacturing ( agoya) from one huge factory' This is far from Ltd, Nagoya, Aichi Pref. the truth, and to dispel these rumours 2 Aria Musical and give a guide to what comes from Aria (Tatsuno) Instrument Manufacturing (Ta - where, here is a tab le of the major suno) Ltd, Kamiina, Nagano Pref. brands and the factories at which 3 Chusin Chusin Musical Instru they are made, followed by a map with ment Manufacturing Inc, the factories marked on it and a key Minami, Nagano Pref. with their addresses. Corrections and 4 Daion Daion Co Ltd, Osaka. additions are welcomed. 5 £SP Electronic Sound Products, Tokyo. FACTORY/ 6 Fuso Musical lnstrumen BRAND FACTORIES Fuso Manufacturing Co Ltd, Niwa, Aria Aria (Nagoya); Aichi Pref. Aria (Tatsuno); 7 Fuji Gen-Gakki Fuji Gen-Gakki Fuso Manufacturing Co Ltd, Matsu Aria Pro II Matsumoku moto, Nagano Pref. Cimar Chusin 8 Fuji Roland Fuji Roland Co Ltd, Daion Daion Matsumoto, Nagano Pref. El Maya Chusin 9 Hoshino Hoshino Musical Instru Epiphone (acoustic) Terada ment Manufacturing Co Ltd, ESP ESP Owariasahi, Aichi Pref. GR (Roland gtr synth) Fuji Roland 10 Kasuga Kasuga Musical Instru Greco Fuji Gen-Gakki ment Manufacturing Co Ltd, Hohner Terada Niwa, Aichi Pref. Hondo Pro II Matsumoku 11 Matsumoku Matsumoku Indus Ibanez Chusin; Fuji trial Co Ltd, Matsumoto, Nagano Gen-Gakki Pref. Hoshino Ibanez (acoustic) 12 Nippon Gakki Nippon Gakki Co Kasuga Kasuga Ltd, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Pref. Kawai Kawai 13 Terada Terada Gakki Co Ltd, Maya Chusin Nagoya, Aichi Pref. ESP Navigator 14 Tokai Tokai Gakki Co Ltd, Hama Terada Terada matsu, Shizuoka Pref. E&MM FEBRUARY 1982 57