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Mesa/Boogie Custom Mark Five:35
Check out this Mesa/Boogie Custom Mark Five:35 Combo with British Tan Tolex, Tan Jute Grill, and Brown Corners! Following a 35 year tradition of 4xEL84 based power with successful models such as the Caliber™, Maverick™, Nomad™ and Lone Star®, Mesa Boogie is proud to add the legendary and first-ever MARK preamp to the 9-Pin power lineup and introduce the MARK FIVE: 35™. This light-middleweight is an upgraded rendering of the Mesa Boogie recent smash hit, the mini-platform MARK FIVE: 25™ and like it, the new 35 boxes far above its class. To further bolster the new MARK FIVE: 35's stage-ready resume, they’ve added a Channel Independent SOLO Feature, a long-spring tank for the all-tube Reverb, the complete set of Voicing Choices from their CABCLONE™ with the addition of the VINTAGE setting to its on-board DI Output and an upgraded Footswitch for access to the new footswitchable choices. This new blend of perfect clip-ablity on demand and exciting, dynamic headroom when you need it, creates the most adaptable MARK amplifier yet! Mark Five 35 Mid Boost With their MID/BOOST feature, a wonderful graduation of overdrive possibilities unfolds, enhancing gain over a broad midrange spectrum and increasing the versatility of each of the Modes in Channel 1.
Start Playing Today for $129
Want to learn to play guitar over the weekend? Bananas at Large has the perfect starter pack for you or the eager, budding guitarist in your life. Ibanez' Quick Start Jampack is perfect for beginning students and comes with everything you need to get out and start jamming today: guitar, electronic tuner, guitar strap, picks, and more! Visit us at our San Rafael or Santa Rosa locations. For more information, visit bananas.com.
Honored to be acknowledged in the new Santana IV album
Very Honored to be acknowledged in the new Santana IV album featuring our good friends Carlos Santana, Neal Schon, Gregg Rollie, Michael Shrieve, Karl Perazzo and Benny Rietveld. We are honored to be the music store of their choice! Thanks to Neal for the very special shout out! We are humbled and honored.
Korg's NEW Minilogue Analog Synth!
In-Stock Now! We're unboxing Korg’s groundbreaking new minilogue analog synth. Shop - http://ow.ly/XfozD
Ableton Live Clinic with Jacob Stowe
Ableton Live with Jacob Stowe - Using samples and loops creatively. A lesson focused on using sampled audio in creative ways with stock utlities in Ableton Live. Topics may include extracting groove from breakbeats, mangling break beats with warp modes and effects to introduce groove and swing in subtle ways, chopping samples to drum racks for sequential playback, and chopping samples to samplers. Details: - Basics of warping - Short sample pitching with Sampler - Long sample chopping with Drum Rack - Grid slicing drum patterns for groove - Groove templates RSVP on Facebook Bananas at Large San Rafael Time: 6:30PM - 7:30PM Date: Thursday, August 13, 2015 Location: 1504 4th Street, San Rafael, CA
Ableton Live Clinic
Ableton Live with Jacob Stowe - Using samples and loops creatively. A lesson focused on using sampled audio in creative ways with stock utlities in Ableton Live. Topics may include extracting groove from breakbeats, mangling break beats with warp modes and effects to introduce groove and swing in subtle ways, chopping samples to drum racks for sequential playback, and chopping samples to samplers. Details:- Basics of warping- Short sample pitching with Sampler- Long sample chopping with Drum Rack- Grid slicing drum patterns for groove- Groove templates Bananas at Large San Rafael California Location Time: 6:30PM - 7:30PM Date: Thursday, August 13, 2015 Location: 1504 4th Street, San Rafael, CA
The Mission V-BOOST
The Mission V-BOOST is a switchless variable boost pedal with integrated buffer, available in clean and overdrive versions. Also added is Mission’s unique fuzz compatibility switch, so you can use the V-BOOST to significantly increase the drive into a vintage style fuzz pedal!
Joe Satriani Appreciates Bananas At Large
Honored to be Joe Satriani's music store of choice. We appreciate his friendship, trust and support. Awesome to see Joe appreciates Bananas as much as we appreciate him! Check out Joe's new album Shockwave Supernova & come experience the difference Joe sees… let Bananas be your choice as well!
Fender Limited Edition Collection American Standard Double-Cut Telecaster Butterscotch Blonde
Bananas is proud to show you the Fender Limited Edition American Standard Double Cut Telecaster! Besides the cool, unique look, the double cut design helps with getting easier access to those upper frets for slide, capo'd or just lead playing.
The New Supro USA Royal Reverb 2x10!
Take one of the most iconic amps in the world, recently reintroduced as a hand wired USA made faithful reproduction and add the one feature that was always “missing” (reverb) and what do you get? The new Supro USA Royal Reverb 2x10! This retro-modern masterpiece updates the mid 60’s classic. From subtle ambiance to massive splashing surf madness, the Royal Reverb lives up to its name in every way.
Bananas is proud to be the exclusive California dealer for Dream Cymbals!
Bananas is proud to be the exclusive California dealer for Dream Cymbals. Every Dream cymbal is hand-made and hand-hammered. Known for quality hand made cymbals at extremely fair trade prices, this company is taking social responsibility a step further- They believe they can make cymbals and contribute to the environment at the same time. Customers can “cash in” broken cymbals for credit toward new Dream models. Bring any old busted, smashed or cracked cymbal to Bananas. The recycled cymbals can be from any manufacturer and of any material from B20 down to B8. As a Dream dealer, Bananas collects the incoming cymbals and will rebate customer $1 per inch towards a Dream Cymbal product. Collect 300 inches in diameter and receive $300 credit on your Dream purchase. Here is the really cool part: the collected cymbals will be melted down into a limited edition, numbered series each year creating new unique voices from old metal as part of the new exclusive Forge Reserve Line or used to create the new Re-FX Crop Circles!
