Newsletter July 9th 2006
Dear friend/customer,
D'Alegria is a Brazilian manufacturer of handmade instruments using the best non-endangered Brazilian woods and top notch circuitry and hardware. We have some cool news about the D'Alegria custom instruments to share with you:
1) News flash: D'Alegria guitars
2) New (extremely beautiful) top woods available
3) New website up and running soon
4) D'Alegria in the media
5) News: The Vintagizer
6) Endorsers news
7) Orkut / MySpace / YouTube
8) Dealers info
We don't send spam, and we won't share your contact info with third parties. Our newsletter is only sent 3-4 times a year, with pertaining news about our basses and guitars.
To see/download our brochure click here (Adobe Acrobat PDF format): http://www.geocities.com/rpwerneck1/dalegria/Folder_DAlegria.pdf
All the best,
D'Alegria Custom Made
Phone: +55-21-2522-7486
www.dalegria.com
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In detail:
1) Pretty soon, the first D'Alegria electric guitars available! With a modern design plus a D'Alegria personal touch, the first units will be ready in this month of July. The official launch will happen in the next Expomusic Show at the Expo Center Norte in São Paulo, Brazil, due to happen between August 30th and September 3rd 2006. The D'Alegria instruments will be featured on the Elixir Strings/IZZO booth, including not only the new 6-string guitars but also other new models of bass guitars recently released such as the Dart FA (Felipe Andreoli model) and the 30-inch fingerboard electric upright Discovery model.
To see photos of the new guitars being built, please follow this link: http://www.geocities.com/rwerneck/dalegria/engl/guitars.html . To check photos of our new basses, please follow the links on the main page or visit our website's Gallery.
2) We have recently included in our stock a series of extremely beautiful Brazilian and foreign top woods, with styles to accomplish every taste ranging from the edgy exotic to the more discrete. Amongst the options we now offer: Chilean Laurel (burl), Brazilian Walnut (regular and burl), Mahogany Crotch, Flamed Maple, Oak, White Poplar (burl), Figured Ipê, Figured European Ash, Figured Cedar, Figured Jatobá, Canela Burl, Peroba (regular and Pomelle)... and more! It's really worth a visit, so if you're interested please follow the link on the main page of our site - http://www.dalegria.com ).
3) Talking about our website, the brand new version is almost ready to go online! This should happen anytime soon, but for the time being our current site is being kept totally updated anyway. The new site, though, will sport a more modern design and will be way easier to peruse. We'll also include on this new version columns written by some of our endorsers.
Meanwhile, we have just included some new videos in our current site. We have interesting videos of Felipe Andreoli, Trevor Bolder, Rodrigo Montanhaur, Geraldo Vieira, Zuzo Moussawer, André Neiva and André Gomes in action. More videos will be added frequently, so keep checking out! On the site's main page, click on "Sound" and then on "Video".
4) New articles have been recently published in several Brazilian and foreign magazines and websites, such as "Audiofanzine.com" (France), "Bass Magazine" (Japan), "Backstage", "Áudio, Música & Tecnologia", "Rock Brigade", "Cenário Musical", "Território da Música" and "Cover Baixo" (Brazil). To take a peak on such articles, as well as previous ones in other publications, please go to the Media section of our site ( http://www.dalegria.com -> Gallery -> Media).
5) And we have yet more news! We're now launching a new option for our circuits called The Vintagizer. This is an exclusive feature by D'Alegria, which works on both active and passive versions of our basses and offers through a 6-position switch different sound (tone) options, ranging from a more modern sound to a vintage one. Ideal for those players who need a lot of flexibility on their instruments, allowing a good performance of the instrument in different styles of music. More details about all our exclusive preamps, the Vintagizer and other features like the "Blend Circuit" and the Mini-switches for coil tapping or dual sound can be found in our website under "Products" -> "Pre-Amps".
6) Listed below are some news about our endorsers:
- In September 2006 the legendary British band Uriah Heep will return to Brazil after exact 11 years since their latest visit. With over 36 years of existence, the band will perform classics and newer songs, covering most of their long lasting career. The lineup comprises bassist Trevor Bolder (D'Alegria's endorser), as well as Mick Box (guitars), Lee Kerslake (drums), Bernie Shaw (lead vocals) and Phil Lanzon (keyboards).
** Rock In Concert Brazil Festival 2006
Dates/venues: 27 Sept at Via Funchal (São Paulo) and 28 Sept at Canecão (Rio de Janeiro)
Other dates to be confirmed soon - check http://www.uriah-heep.com and http://www.rockinconcertbrazil.com.br for details.
Bands: Uriah Heep (UK), Jan Akkerman Band (Netherlands), Pedra (Brazil), Tropa de Shock (Brazil) and Salário Mínimo (Brazil)
- Felipe Andreoli and his band Angra are right now in studio recording their new CD with German producer Dennis Ward. The album will be out in October and a world tour will follow. On this new CD Andreoli is playing not only his indefectible 6-string D'Alegria Dart FA bass but also an upright Discovery bass (with a bow). More details about Angra and Felipe Andreoli on the official websites: http://www.angra.net and http://www.felipeandreoli.com .
7) Besides our official website, we have now also pages up on the main Internet communities, always presenting some special features for those who visit/join us:
** D'Alegria community at Orkut (by Google): http://www.orkut.com/Community.aspx?cmm=265664
** D'Alegria at MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/dalegria
** D'Alegria videos at YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/dalegria
8) We have selected dealers that you might be interested in contacting in order to check some of our instruments and prices:
** Japan:
Sleek Elite / Hajime Hirose
Phone/Fax: +81-(0)3-5489-8707
E-mail: Sleekelite@muf.biglobe.ne.jp
Website: http://www.sleekelite.com
** France:
Groove Distribution / Remy Pacheco
E-mail: remy.pacheco@wanadoo.fr
Website: http://www.groove-distribution.com
** USA:
BunnyBass / Jimmy
Phone: +1-877-437-1597 (toll free in the U.S.A.)
E-mail: bunnies@bunnybass.com
Website: http://www.bunnybass.com
** Canada:
MarcioKL / Marcio Leibovitch
Phone: +1-514-739-7746
E-mail: marciokl@marciokl.com
Website: http://www.marciokl.com/dalegria
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