Lukather Joins forces with ISP
Technologies/Waller Amplification
The 2004 Winter NAMM brought great
things for ISP Technologies this year. The biggest news from
NAMM was the fact that versatile musician, guitarist,
vocalist, composer, producer and arranger Steve Lukather
decided to get on board with our Vector Active Cabinet™
line. “We are so excited to have Luke come on board,” said
ISP CEO Buck Waller, “we fell out of touch for a few years
and when we reconnected it was great.”
Waller explains that Luke had come up with the original
concept for using a subwoofer with a guitar amp, like our
Vector cabinet, and because of this, what better combination
to promote the concept than to get Luke involved. “Luke is
an amazing guitarist, and someone whose playing I have
looked up to for years. His Toto stuff is absolutely
incredible and all the session work he’s done, Grammy wins…I
was truly honored that he would CONSIDER supporting the ISP
line.”
One of the reasons Lukather was so high on the Vector Active
cabinet is that it is high on innovation, incorporating
novel Line Array geometry and the patent pending D-CAT™
Dynamic Current Amplifier Technology powering a 400-watt,
4-inch voice coil, 15” woofer. “Just like the old days when
Buck had new technology at every show for his old company”,
says Lukather. With two 12” guitar speakers in vertical Line
Array geometry, ISP solves the problem of horizontal
dispersion. A typical 4x12 guitar cabinet delivers poor bass
response but the high frequency response also beams like a
flashlight. Directly in front, your ears get shredded yet,
move slightly off center and you lose all the high
frequencies. The VECTOR cabinet solves this problem through
use of Line Array geometry providing excellent off axis
dispersion at the higher frequencies. The VECTOR Cabinet is
flat all the way down to 50Hz, delivering enough low-end
bass to match the frequency response of any 7-string guitar.
Tune down as far as you want and the VECTOR continues to
perform. The VECTOR cabinet can also be used with any
existing amplifier. To all this performance add three-way
power amplifier protection and you have the most reliable
active guitar system ever made. The VECTOR’s internal D-CAT
amplifier has global thermal protection, thermal protection
built in the power transformer, and an on board distortion
limiter circuit to eliminate the possibility of feeding
square waves to the woofer. This means that, as long and
hard as you drive the VECTOR, even to its maximum limits,
you never have to worry about failures. Whether you use the
THETA head or your existing guitar amplifier the VECTOR
delivers a level of performance never before available.
ISP is excited to collaborate with Steve Lukather on future
cabinets in the Vector Active line. He brings his years of
both live and studio playing experience to ISP for the
absolutely best background to develop truly usable product
for the working musicians. “I'd just like to be around for a
long time and contribute whatever small little thing I can
to whatever this whole big picture's all about, because I
just love playing music,” Luke said in a recent interview.
At ISP we know Steve Lukather will continue to make major
contributions to the music scene and now, in the guitar gear
scene too. Steve Lukather is a first class musician and one
of the most humble guys we know. Thanks, Luke for everything
you do! For more information on Steve Lukather, check out
his website at www.stevelukather.net. For more information
on the Vector Active Cabinets or any ISP Technologies/Waller
Amplification product, contact us at 248-673-7790 or check
us out on the web at www.isptechnologies.com.
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