Carvin Introduces The NS1 Nylon Synth Access Guitar

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Carvin proudly announces a revolutionary breakthrough for today's guitarist—introducing the new NS1 Nylon Synth Access guitar. The NS1 Nylon Synth Access guitar combines the attributes of a nylon string acoustic with the power of MIDI synthesizer access—opening new doors of creative expression for guitarists everywhere.

Featuring gold plated hardware and Carvin's 4A Flame Maple top, the NS1 exhibits a rich, hand-crafted appearance that endears itself to all who encounter it. And like all Carvin guitars, the NS1 is available in a wide selection of color options. Designed for a lifetime of musical enjoyment, the NS1 incorporates a wood body binding effect on the edge of the flame Maple top—unlike the plastic molded binding found on other guitars. This guitar features a neck that extends the entire length of the instrument, and where the neck meets the body, players will surely appreciate the NS1's smooth heel—a characteristic that further enhances playability. With its chambered Mahogany body, the NS1 provides a higher level of resonance—giving the instrument the characteristics of a nylon string guitar while making it lighter and, hence, easier to play and more comfortable over the course of a performance.

Further increasing the NS1's overall level of playability is its Ebony fingerboard featuring a semi-flat 20-inch radius, a characteristic preferred by nylon string players as opposed to a more arched design. Utilizing a 25.5-inch scale with 21 medium-jumbo frets, the new NS1 feels "right at home" in the guitarist's hands.

As a performance tool, the NS1 excels. By plugging a standard guitar cable into the instrument, guitarists are able to play the NS1 through any acoustic amp or PA. Further, the NS1's active EQ circuits deliver a full bottom end that accurately conveys the sound of a full sized acoustic body guitar. Featuring stacked mid cut/boost and mid sweep controls for the midrange plus stacked treble and bass cut/boost controls, the incredible NS1 enables guitarists to sculpt the perfect acoustic tone on any amplification system.

Designed to extract the utmost expression from its players, the NS1's piezo pickup system uses a natural compression that is very similar to an acoustic guitar. Guitarists can play as hard as they want without overloading the input channel, and they'll never experience that dreaded piezo "quack." The onboard piezo pickup can be used with or without a MIDI/Synth interface.

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With all these features, Carvin's new NS1 offers today's cutting-edge guitarist even more. The real magic comes by plugging the NS1 into a guitar synthesizer module using the provided 13-pin cable. Carvin worked closely with Graph Tech Guitar Labs when developing the NS1's Hexaphonic pickup system and the result is fast, accurate MIDI tracking that guitarists have been demanding.

The NS1's Hexaphonic pickup sends a signal for each individual string as well as a summed signal via the 13-pin cable. The system enables both synthesizer and acoustic sounds to be created using this single cable. The instrument's Hexaphonic output is MIDI compatible with synthesizer controllers such as Roland's GR-33 Guitar Synthesizer, VG-88 V-Guitar System, V-Bass System, the Roland GI-20 GK-MIDI Interface, the Axon AX100 Guitar-MIDI converter, and many more. For convenient scrolling through MIDI synth patches, the NS1 provides a mini toggle switch.

Carvin's new NS1 Nylon Synth Access guitar carries a direct price of $1399.00 and is expected to be available in April 2007.

For more information, visit their web site at www.carvin.com.