J&R is Quietly Making Noise with Musical Instruments

For the budding guitar soloist, try the Eterna ET112 by Yamaha (pictured above) or the classic-style electro-acoustic by Oscar Schmidt. And for the budget-conscious, Lola, Delia, and Sheena guitars by First-Act are now available at special prices. A step up in quality is the Oscar Schmidt OG6S dreadnought.

Your kid might begin a long career with a 37-key Casio mini keyboard, then graduate to a Yamaha DGX220 (pictured above) full-size 76-key Portable Grand. The polished musician can go on the road with a portable microX Korg synthesizer. Choose from electronic keyboards from Casio, Yamaha, Korg, Roland, or M-Audio. And here’s the real deal: order a Korg TR61 Music Workstation and get a coupon for either a free PadKONTROL MIDI studio controller, an EXB-SMPL sampling upgrade, or a mini-KP dynamic effects processor (good thru 6/1/08).

The area of greatest growth at JR.com is inexpensive USB and FireWire equipment. Check out the Roland M-10DX 10-channel mixing box, or the Tascam US-144 (pictured above) portable audio/MIDI interface.

Make your own recordings with the Alesis Fusion 6HD 61-key USB sequencer (pictured above) and pro recording workstation. Record guitar and vocals on your computer with the M-Audio Fast Track USB, complete with effects. The Zoom H4 by Samson is a mobile field stereo recorder, which fits in your hand and can record on a 2GB SD card. There’s even an iPod mixer, the Alesis iMultiMix 8, with an integrated iPod dock for direct-to-iPod 8-channel recording.

J&R also has microphones by Samson and Behringer, and amps by Roland and Marshall. Gadgets include expression and sustain pedals by M-Audio and Yamaha.

And if you need keyboard or guitar stands, interface cables, D’Addario guitar strings, drum machines, drumsticks, drum sets, clarinets, flutes, or violins, you know where to go.

And lastly, consider First-Act’s Band In A Bucket. It includes a wood kazoo, tambourine, spirit bell, egg shaker, jingle tap, castanet, and harmonica. For brave parents only.

This entry was posted by Uncle Bill on Monday, February 18th, 2008 at 5:23 pm