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D-TAR (de-tar): 1: n The logical union of the world's leading pickup builder and the world's foremost authority on acoustic instrument amplification. 2: n The new company whose motto is: "with respect to acoustic tone"

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Rick Turner at Merlefest in North Carolina

Last week, Rick Turner and Evan Skopp of D-TAR (Duncan-Turner Acoustic Research) made their annual trek to Merlefest, an Americana music festival held in Wilkesboro, North Carolina. The festival is hosted by legendary guitar player Doc Watson and is named for his son, Eddy Merle Watson, who died of a farming accident in 1985. The four-day-long event was founded in 1988 and now attracts more than 85,000 participants, making it the largest folk music festival in the United States. Here's a clip of John Cowan with The Waybacks doing Led Zeppelin at the latest festival http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FV0htNdK4CA. By the way, the Waybacks' bassist, Joe Kyle, has found that D-TAR's Equinox parametric equalizer and Solstice mixing-blending preamps makes his job of playing great music easier!

What were Rick and Evan doing there? They were installing Wave-Length Load 'N Lock in guitars for players looking for transparent amplified acoustic tone. The Wave-Length combines a thin, piezo transducer with an 18-volt, low-noise preamp and a revolutionary battery access system called Load ‘N Lock™. Eighteen volts translates to twice the headroom and dynamic range of a typical 9-volt system, allowing a player to strum extra hard without experiencing dreaded piezo “quack.”