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My first looper album, Sounds of Being, was made on a Boss RC-20XL (boss.info), a simple one-track loop station. I now use the Boss RC-300 loop station, which can accommodate up to three stereo tracks and has much higher fidelity and built-in phantom power.
I use a DPA 4099V microphone (dpamicrophones.com). I play through an AER Compact 60/4 amplifier (aer-music.de), which is made to amplify acoustic instruments like classical guitars. You can of course use other amps and PAs, but this amp helps me sound my own. I use this amp for the Viola Concerto and it's my go-to whenever I can't travel with it.
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The Best of Technique features top performance tips from the world's leading string players and teachers, and is packed with exercises for students to learn how to incorporate the techniques into their playing, along with examples from the standard repertoire.
The Strad's Masterclass series features some of the finest string works ever written with the finest string players. The Masterclasses have always been one of our most popular sections and have been a valuable aid to aspiring soloists, chamber musicians and string teachers since the 1990s.
American collector David L. Fulton amassed one of the finest collections of string instruments of the 20th century, and this year's calendar pays tribute to some of these priceless treasures, including Yehudi Menuhin's famous “Lord Wilton” Guarneri, a Carlo Bergonzi once played by Fritz Kreisler, and four instruments by Antonio Stradivari.
