Mike Shipley: HAVING TOO MUCH FUN TO STOP
Mike Shipley's work is practically a fixture on the Billboard charts. His credits include a wide range of successful artists, such as Def Leppard,...
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Mike Shipley's work is practically a fixture on the Billboard charts. His credits include a wide range of successful artists, such as Def Leppard,...
From cost-conscious table-toppers to multi-thousand-dollar mainframes, effects manufacturers have added at least 25 new units in the 18 months since Winter
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PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS The Sundholm SL6.5w cabinet is a bass-reflex design with a flared 2-inch diameter port on the baffle. The cabinet is constructed