YAMAHA GIVES GUITARIST SOMETHING TO 'STOMP' ABOUT

—Jazz Guitarist Uses UD Stomp—

Holdsworth Taps His Toe on Stomp Box

BUENA PARK, CA (July 19, 2002)—One of the finest instrumentalists in all of jazz fusion, U.K.-born guitarist Allan Holdsworth continues to experiment with the boundaries of guitar music. Holdsworth was among the first musicians to use a Synthaxe, a guitar which housed a breath controller that became an unusual hybrid of a synthesizer, guitar, and saxophone. As a tool to further his musical innovation on the axe, Holdsworth uses the Yamaha UD Stomp Box. The Patches were programmed by prominent producers and guitarists, such as Holdsworth, who calls the UD Stomp his 'dream box.' "The Yamaha UD Stomp Box does it all, and then some! It has allowed me to throw away my old refrigerator rack. Yeah!"

The world's first stompbox to feature eight individual modulation/delays in one, the Yamaha UD Stomp is the latest in 21-century technology. Features of the UD Stomp include 8 Individual Delays, Up to 5.5 Seconds of Delay Time, Up to 8 Bands of Stereo Chorus/Flanger, Stereo Panning, 180 Patches (90 User/90 Preset), 44.1 Digital Output, and 4 Built-in Footswitches.

Along with Sixteen Men of Tain, the latest album for Holdsworth, he also has his most requested album ever being re-released, Road Games. Holdsworth was also awarded Best Guitar Synthesist from 1989 through 1994 in Guitar Player Magazine's Readers' Poll.

For more information on the UD Stomp, write Yamaha Corporation of America, Pro Audio & Combo Division, Guitar Products, P.O. Box 6600, Buena Park, CA 90622; telephone (714) 522-9011; e-mail infostation@yamaha.com; or visit www.yamaha.com or www.yamaha.com/guitars.