For Immediate Release

Tuesday, December 21, 2004

Contact: Evan Skopp
D-TAR
(805) 964-9610 Fax: (805) 964-9749

Santa Barbara, California – D-TAR, the new company that joins acoustic pickup designer Rick Turner with Seymour Duncan Pickups, made a big splash recently with the release of Timber-Line^™, their coaxial under-saddle transducer (“UST”). Unlike other USTs, Timber-Line’s preamp operates with an 18-volt power supply, which effectively doubles the headroom of lower-powered 9-volt on-board preamps; allowing for a wider dynamic range and harder strumming without piezo “quack.” However, until now, users had to rely on a pair of bulky 9-volt batteries to derive the 18 volts.

D-TAR will now ship their Timber-Line with an 18-volt power supply that derives 18 volts from two standard AA batteries! The secret is a proprietary voltage converter circuit that mounts next to the battery clip. It’s fully shielded and it’s around the size of a postage stamp.

The new battery booster has several advantages over the old double 9-volt system. It’s smaller and lighter, taking up less space and adding less weight to the instrument. AA batteries are less expensive than 9 volts, resulting in lower operating cost to the end user. But most incredibly, the new Timber-Line will deliver an amazing 250 hours of continuous usage from a pair of AAs.

Though in release for barely two years, Timber-Line is currently used by top acoustic guitar artists such as David Crosby, Graham Nash, and Muriel Anderson; and is original equipment in ultra-high-end guitar offerings from Jeff Traugott, Paul McGill, Mario Beauregard, and, of course, Rick Turner. According to Kevin Beller, D-TAR Chief Engineer, “In response to customer requests, we took a very high quality pickup and made it better.”

D-TAR also offers other pickups and off-board electronics for acoustic musicians. See d-tar.com for more information on their complete offerings.

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