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For Immediate Release
Virtuoso Guitarist Dann Glenn Endorses Willcox Guitars and LightWave Systems
Carpinteria, California, April 29, 2015 – Willcox Guitars, an acclaimed instrument manufacturer and a leading innovator in guitar and bass pickups and related technologies through its proprietary LightWave Systems (LWS), is proud to welcome virtuoso guitarist Dann Glenn as Senior Product Endorser for the Atlantis HexFX™ Guitar Series. He also sits on the Advisory Board for Willcox Guitars.
Well known in the realm of jazz-fusion and beyond, Glenn is acclaimed for his virtuosity, and angular approach to melody. He has played and recorded with some of the world’s top artists and instrumentalists in jazz, rock and pop over the course of his career, including Michael Bloomfield, Freddie King, Luther Tucker, Jennifer Batten, Jeff Berlin, Percy Jones and, recently, world-renowned drummer Virgil Donati, among other A-list musicians.
Now fronting his own band under the U.S.-based Rose Lane Records label, Glenn is embarking on a world tour. Always at the forefront of his chosen instrument, he considers LightWave Systems’ optical pickup technology a crucial element of his sound, and serves as Senior Product Advisor for Willcox Guitars |LightWave Systems HexFX product line. He also uses and endorses GHS strings and Rocktron amps.
Glenn notes, "My Willcox Atlantis HexFx is the ultimate guitar. The LightWave Systems optical pickup is absolutely quiet, beyond powerful, and sonically superior to anything I've ever played. This guitar rings like a bell when played acoustically, and when I switch to HexFx mode...the entire musical universe opens up! Working with the Willcox Atlantis HexFx has made me a better and more versatile player.”
For more information, please visit www.willcoxguitars.com and www.lightwave-systems.com.
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About Willcox Guitars & LightWave Systems
Willcox Guitars invite the artist to an innovative and transformative playing experience. Christopher Willcox designs electric guitars and basses, and other exceptional electric string instruments, incorporating traditional quality with a contemporary look and feel, combined with advanced technology. Willcox is also the founder of LightWave Systems, and the inventor of the LightWave Optical Pickup technology. LightWave optical pickups are featured in all of the Willcox Guitars instruments. Players who “make the jump to light” discover a world of rich versatile tone, complex harmonics, singing natural sustain, clear note articulation and string-to-string separation, refined touch sensitivity, low noise, and dynamic response.
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