Schecter Guitars On Sale
We found the lowest price we could find on the internet
for every Schecter in stock, and then took 10% off of that! In
addition to that every Schecter guitar will come with our new
"Woodsy's Advantage Plan". The Woodsy's Advantage Plan
includes:
- A free set-up every year for as long as you own the
instrument
- A free 90 restring/tune-up- After you've had a few months to
break your guitar in we'll polish the frets, treat the fingerboard,
restring it, adjust the truss rod, and set the intonation
- 10% Off guitar strings for an entire year!
Of course you'll get the same friendly service you've come to
expect from us!
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Yamaha Electric
Pianos
We
have talked to a lot of customers who are either learning piano
themselves or have a child who is learning and are looking for a
real piano feel without the high price. Our Yamaha electric pianos
certainly fit the bill! There are several things about them that
make them more desireable or practical than a real
piano.
- The
hammer action feels EXACTLY like a real piano
- They
have the full 88 keyboard
- They
never need to be tuned like a real piano
- You
can use headphones with them for practicing later at
night
- They
barely take up any space (we've heard about some of the
students keeping one in their college dorm!)
- No
moving expenses
- The
Arius series comes in an elegant wood cabinet that is very pleasing
to the eye
We
have several models to choose from depending on your needs,
and since we are a yamaha authorized repair location you'll never
have to worry about what you'll do if anything goes
wrong.
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Repair Corner: Humidity and Wood
Instruments 
With
the cold weather coming on many of us have already started kicking
on those heaters for the first time, and that means lower humidity
levels. Some of you may already know the adverse effects that low
humidity can have on wooden instruments, but those of you who don't
here's a few things to remember. The relative humidity in the
environment that you're storing the instrument in should be about
50%. Once you get down in the mid to low 30's you're really
tempting fate. Low humidity can cause:
- cracks
in the body and particularly the fingerboard when it is made of
unfinished rosewood or ebony
- sharp
fret edges on guitars ad basses
- low action
(string height) due to the soundboard drying out and sinking. This
can casue string "buzz" or "fretting out"
You
can avoid many of these problems by:
- Using
a soundhole humidifier for your instrument (pictured
above)
- installing
a hygrometer in the room you store the instrument in or in the case
to measure the relavtive humidity
- using
a room humidifier
- keeping
humidifiers full
Using
a soundhole humidifier is an inexpensive and simple way to give you
some real peace of mind during the dry days of winter. Heed these
warnings and you might just avoid a trip to our repair bench this
winter!
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Teacher Spotlight: Tim Norris-
Guitar 
We
will be dedicating a section of the newsletter each month to a
short interview with a member of our teaching staff. This month we
are featuring one of the guitar teachers, Tim Norris.
How Long Have You Been Playing?
My Mom had
me start piano lessons at age 5. Soon after that I began strumming
partial chords on her old acoustic guitar.
How
many guitars do you have? Which is your
favorite?
9 if you include my bass guitars. My Mexican Strat
with a custom Warmoth neck and Texas Special pick-ups is my
favorite.
Do you play in a band? What
kind of music do you
play?
A
couple of friends and I started a project. What kind of music is
it?I can tell you it's not country or
metal.
What is your teaching
philosophy?
It
changes a little depending on the student, but I believe that a
fundamental understanding of music theory and attention to rhythmic
details can lead to quick progress. A student who quickly realizes
the creative potential of the instrument will play
forever.
What's your favorite part about
teaching?
Seeing
the excitement in the students when they begin to invest themselves
and realize how quickly they can progress without practicing for
hours every day.
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