PUBLICATIONS MAIL AGREEMENT NUMBER 40026865 INSIDE 3 A NOTE FROM THE PRESIDENT 4 Gear: Guitars 8 THE GLORIOUS SONS: WAGING WAR ON EVERYTHING By Steve Das 14 HUMIDITY AND YOUR GUITAR 17 Gear: Print 18 Gear: Pro Audio 22 HAVIAH MIGHTY: THE NEW NORTH STAR By Andrew King 24 Gear: Recording 28 THE MIDDLE EIGHT By Stephen Klein 30 Gear: Keyboards 32 Gear: Drums 37 MUSICAL GIFTS FOR ALL AGES By Tony Bouma 40 Gear: Band Editor and Publisher: Sheri Katz Design and Layout: Cristine Giampaolo Article Solicitation and Collection: Chris Russell Writers: Tony Bouma, Steve Das, Andrew King, Stephen Klein ESSENTIAL INFORMATION: The Long & McQuade Magazine is published by Long & McQuade Musical Instruments Limited. CIRCULATION 300,000 copies per issue. All rights reserved. Contents may not be reprinted without the permission of the publisher. Please do not send unsolicited manuscripts, artwork or photos. The Long & McQuade Magazine takes no responsibility for return of any unsolicited materials. Printed in Canada. PUBLICATIONS MAIL AGREEMENT #40026865 Circulation inquiries, address changes and updates should be directed to [email protected]. CORPORATE HEAD OFFICE: Long & McQuade Limited, 722 Rosebank Road, Pickering ON L1W 4B2 PUBLISHING OFFICE & ADVERTISER INQUIRIES: Long & McQuade Limited • Attention: The Long & McQuade Magazine, 722 Rosebank Road, Pickering ON L1W 4B2 Contact Sheri Katz: [email protected]. Product inquiries or support questions: [email protected]. Spread Joy, Give Music. One of my most prized possessions is a 1978 Rogue bass, which is a copy of a Fender Precision bass, back when that was allowed. As a young bass player and singer, out on the road with my band, I sometimes had problems with broken strings. As many of you will appreciate, a string never breaks at the best of times and now and then, you just need to be able to play through until the end of the set. So, I decided that I needed a backup, just for those emergencies, until I had a chance to replace the string on my main instrument, a Musicman bass. I remember getting the Rogue and thinking, this is an okay looking bass for a reasonable price. It SOD\VRND\$QGLWZLOOGH´QLWHO\GRZKHQ,QHHGDTXLFNVXEVWLWXWHWR´QLVKRXWWKHVHW$QG then I started using it. And it was way better than I thought. And it quickly became my favourite bass. So much so, that 41 years later, it’s still one of the basses that I play regularly. That’s one of the best things about musical instruments as gifts. They keep on giving for a long time. When you give an instrument, you open up the door to a whole new world – whether it’s just a new version of your current instrument or something you’ve never tried before, the gift of music endures and excites both the newest, and the most experienced, musician. 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