NEWS
FENDER FRIDAY - NOV 13, 2009
Friday the 13th was the date set for our Fender promotion and the day was looking good with plenty of Fender Guitars, Amplifiers and goodies in store. The weather was a little doubtful but we were hoping it would play ball to allow things to flow without any hassles. First things first... the giant 12 foot long Fender Stratocaster hanging outside the shop needed the strings tightened so ben took care of that with a little help from a Lucas, our neighbour, with a forklift. Then, we needed the staging from our drum display to create an outside stage for the Live Band, "Stevie Ray Vaughan/Cream/Hendrix Experience" who were to play at 4pm weather permitting and so we had to remove the majority our drum stock from the staging platforms in our showroom. Next, to accomodate all the Strat's and Tele's we had to totally clear out our entire Acoustic guitar wall and carefully put them in a safe place to make room for all the extra Fender stock that had arrived for the promotion. Once the wall was done, it was time to arrange the entry way with two large Fender Banners, about a dozen fender Squire guitar/amp packages and Fender collectable bar stools. The shop was looking great and was ready for the masses.
During the day we took entries to win a Fender DG4 Acoutsic guitar, with some smaller prizes being drawn prior to the main prize. From 3pm Stuart Edwards played some of his own music to a good sized audience with Derek Shaw joining him on the bass for some of the tracks. The Main band kicked off at 4pm so at around 3.30pm we started getting the band, stage and sound system checked and ready for action. When the band kicked off we had a good sized crowd in attendance and the band were truly awesome, playing Stevie ray and Hendrix covers. Neighbouring buildings had crowds gathered in there windows to see and hear the boys play.
At approximately 4.45pm we did the draw for the DG4 Acoustic guitar with the winner being David Nutsford of Hamilton.
All in all a succesful day and it was great to be able to put on this kind of event for our customers. If you were here then thanks for you support and we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did puting it on. A huge thanks also to Richard Liley from Direct imports, Stuart Edwards, Derek Shaw, Simon Koretz and Alan Grady for their generous contributions.
ALL NEW PEAVEY VYPYR GUITAR AMPLIFIER
Featuring 24 amp channel models -- both the clean and distorted channels of 12 popular amps for the first time anywhere -- plus 11 editable preamp "stomp box" effects and 11 editable post-amp "rack" effects with dual-parameter control. Players can use up to five effects simultaneously. When used with the optional Peavey Sanpera? foot controller, the possibilities further expand from 12 in-amp presets to 400 programmable presets, with an on-board looper and more. The VypyrŽ also acts as its own computer audio interface, with a built-in studio-quality USB 2.0 output on most models that is recognized by computers as an audio device. 32-bit floating point Sharc processor. Studio quality headphone out. MIDI in/out. MP3/CD/Aux input. The entire six-model VypyrŽ Series features the easy-to-use Peavey WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) interface.
FENDER ROADWORN STRATOCASTER
Some things just get cooler with age. It's especially true of electric guitars and basses - they develop an unmistakable mojo over time that makes them look cooler and feel even more comfortable than they were when they were brand new.
Fender RoadWorn guitars and basses come with a head start on history and bring the player the best of both worlds - a killer aged design aesthetic that conjures up the ghosts of past music lives, paired perfectly with the modern funtionality, playability and high quality that players expect from Fender.
The Stratocaster really came into its own in the 1960s, with players coaxing unbelievable sounds from it amid punishing stage shows and grueling tours. Beaten, bruised and even burned, they only got better as the years wore on?looking even cooler and feeling even more comfortable. Fender's new rosewood-fretboard Road Worn '60s Strat delivers that aged look and feel?built to look, sound and feel like it's got more than just a few miles on it, designed with 1960s specs, including a nitrocellulose-lacquer finish, and supercharged with Tex-Mex? pickups and 6105 frets.
Weirs Music is now the Exclusive Waikato Dealer for HK Audio products
If you haven't heard an HK Audio system then it's time you did, you simply won't believe your ears.
These high quality German made audio system sound incredible and will make your band, DJ or live music group sound as good as humanly possibly. With a variety of systems available to suit many live applications you'll improve your sound immensley without any fuss.
Come in and see (or hear) for yourself what all the fuss is about.
MS500 1958 50th Anniversary Mastersound
Throughout our history, Mastersounds have found their way into the hands of players like George Harrison & the Easybeats. The Mastersound was also the first electric guitar that Tommy & Phil Emmanuel owned.
| Body: | Silver Silkwood white Double Bound with Black/White Inner Binding on Face | |
| Neck: | Queensland Maple 12' Radius with Bone Nut | |
| Fingerboard: | White Bound Rosewood MOP Dot Inlays 12th Fret MOP Block Engraved 1958 | |
| Frets: | 22 inch Jumbo Fret Wire | |
| Scale: | 25.5 inch | |
| Bridge: | Chrome Stop Tailpiece & Bridige | |
Finish: | High Gloss Vintage Honey Burst | |
| Machines: | Chrome Grover Rotomatic with Pearl Buttons | |
| Scratchplate: | Black with White Bevel Edge | |
Bridge Pickup: | Maton MVHB Humbucker (coil tap) | |
Neck Pickup: | Maton MVSC Single Coil | |
| Controls: | Two Volume Controls One Master Tone Control 3-Way Chrome Rotary Selector Switch Coiltap Switch | |
This guitar has gone a proud new owner, Seth...
NEW MATON MINI EML12
Imagine rocking up to your next gig with this tiny dynamite and blowing everyone away with the amazing full body tone !!!
These little beauties come in a couple of different models and finishes in 6 or 12 string versions.
EML6/12 - 'A' Grade Solid Sitka Spruce top, Maple back/sides, Maton AP4 pickup (EML/12 shown)
EMS6/12 - 'A select' Solid Sitka Spruce top, Solid Blackwood back/sides, Maton AP5 pickup
EMD6/12 - 'AA select' Solid Sitka Spruce top, Solid Blackwood Back/Sides, Maton AP5 Pickup, Vintage Satin finish
BEN TEST DRIVES THE MINI FENDER AMP
Here it is, the ultimate in portable guitar amplifiers. And it's a FENDER!!!
This little puppy cranks out the tones anywhere you go. There are two models to choose from, the mini Twin Amp and the Mini Stack.
VALVE AMPLIFIERS EVERYWHERE!!!
Check out our current line-up of Valve Guitar amplifiers...
Our range includes Peavey, Fender, Vox, Laney, Randall & more...
PEAVEY VALVE KING IN STOCK
Unbelievable pricing for All-Valve Amplifiers
The ValveKing amplifiers from Peavey are now in our store & sound awesome. This line up includes the 50-Watt 1x12, the 100-Watt 2x12 and the mighty 100-Watt Stack.
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Random Images of Weirs Staff
Sometimes when things are going a little slow, strange things & situations can arise.
Here's a couple of pics thrown in for fun. No-one is spared...
Guests of Weirs
Our two cardboard figures go head to head in a guitar duel.
Paul Martin tries out a Hello Kitty guitar... While Kevin McNeil thinks this 3/4 scale guitar is No.2
The proud owner of one of only four ever built Maton 'Waiata Ataahua' Custom Shop Guitar. Kereama Clarke.
You can order your very own Maton Custom shop guitar from us.
Click here to download the Custom Brochure...
TUNING THE GIANT FENDER...
Over the past few months we've had so many comments from customers that our Giant Fender needed the strings tightened so we convinced Jono to scale our shoddy old wooden ladder & get the deed done. Unfortunately Jono couldn't overcome his fear of heights & Steve had to complete the task... never send a boy to do a man's job.
RAB DROPS THE PICKS...
At some point most of our staff have knocked the picks container from the counter and onto the floor. This time it was Rab's turn - it took him at least an hour to sort it all out...
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THEN KNOCKS OVER THE SPARES TIN...!
Just when Rab was starting to convince us that knocking over the picks was a one-off error of judgment, he took all of our confidence away by knocking the spares tin onto the workroom floor! Only took him 10 minutes to sort this mess however so at least he is improving on that aspect.
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STEW'S TURN TO MAKE A MESS!!!
Stew's turn had come around again to knock over one of our spares containers;
and luckily, Ben was there the capture the action with the digital camera.
You can see the smile on his face as he knows that this one will make the website...
ALL NEW VOCAL PROCESSOR FROM DIGITECH - THE VOCALIST LIVE 2
The world's first processors that automatically generate live multi-part vocal harmony by analyzing guitar chord progressions.
Accurate vocal harmonies even with complicated songs?because only Vocalist Live tracks guitar chords, not your voice.
A surprising number of songs fool other harmonizers because these songs just do not work with a single key/scale setting. In fact, any song that has the same note sung over two different chords (for example, a C sung in the melody over a C maj / F maj chord sequence) is going to confound conventional harmonizers.
Vocalist Live uses breakthrough musIQ technology to directly analyze the output of any electric or pre-amplified acoustic guitar (no special MIDI guitars or hex-outputs needed). Then it generates the correct vocal harmony. For example, if you are singing an A over the chords that are generally found in the key of G, Vocalist will harmonize with a C. But, if you then play an A major, Vocalist will shift to the C#...because like any good harmony singer, it listens to the guitar!
With musIQ, forget about the technology, just sing and play!
Skip complicated programming and having to analyze each song chord-by-chord
1. Plug in your microphone and guitar;
2. Pick a 3rd or 5th-above or below harmony preset;
3. Sing and play. When you want harmony just step on the footswitch!
Patent-pending musIQ technology combines new Note Detection algorithms with state-of-the-art Harmony Generation. The Note Detection section analyzes complex guitar waveforms and determines which notes in each chord are critical to accurate harmony. This information is then fed to an advanced harmony engine that creates harmonies consistent with both the singer?s melody and the underlying guitar accompaniment.
This totally new, musically-intelligent hybrid of traditional chordal and scalic harmony modes means that Vocalist Live musIQ harmonies stay true to not only the overall key and song scale, but also localized variations due to chords that aren?t part of the global key. You?ve never heard anything like it!
View Marc Cooper demonstrating the magic of Vocal Live!!!
musIQ is a trademark of 3dB Research Ltd.
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