Romijn will shoulder a good deal of the load – the guardian, we’re told, provides “the brawn to the librarian’s brain” – and John Larroquette is an always-welcome addition as the caretaker reluctantly charged with helping to guide them. It doesn’t give much away to say that while he’ll be around, the baton is passed, raising questions about the franchise’s appeal without having him front and center. That’s because Flynn must also cultivate three candidates to assume the mantel from him: A brawling cowboy type with a genius IQ (Christian Kane), a high-tech thief (John Kim), and a woman with a photographic memory (Lindy Booth) who processes and spits out data even faster than Flynn can.ĭeveloped by John Rogers and directed by Dean Devlin, they’re a fairly pedestrian bunch, although perhaps overshadowed in part by Wyle’s presence. When Flynn says, “We don’t have a lot of time,” he’s not kidding. Soon, she’s whisked off to the library, encountering his starched overseer (Jane Curtin) and deceased mentor (Bob Newhart), who hangs around in spectral form, a sort-of magic mirror with a droll delivery.įaster than you can say “Sleepy Hollow,” Flynn is on the hunt for fantastic objects (the hours are subtitled “The Crown of King Arthur” and “The Sword in the Stone”), in competition with something called the Serpent Brotherhood. Eve Baird, a NATO counterterrorism officer who meets him in a frenetic opening sequence, which illustrates his mastery of mumbo-jumbo and her skills at kicking butt. Maybe swapping out the crunchy options for a couple more acoustic models would have made it even more useful, but this remains an appealing six-string multi-tool and a genuine problem-solver for many gigging players.The premiere brings Flynn back, but also quickly introduces Romijn’s Col. “The launch of the Acoustasonic Player Telecaster feels like a no-brainer move for Fender, spreading the potential appeal of what is virtually a whole new category of guitar. Soon after Anna Holmes took on the job of building the website Jezebel, in 2007, she set it apart from established publications like Vogue and Elle with a post offering 10,000 to. ![]() The feel of the bevelled arm rest and fingerboard edges says quality and comfort this is an inviting guitar and that Modern Deep-C neck will feel familiar to anyone who has played the electric Player series models.” A lovely dark rosewood fingerboard and bridge replaces the US version’s ebony, but that’s not anissue for us. “In terms of feel and build, we honestly can’t find a compromise between this Ensenada-made Player and the US Acoustasonics we’ve tried. MusicRadar: The onboard voice options might have been scaled down but the Acoustasonic Telecaster sticks the landing as a Player Series model, in what could be one of the guitars to make the hybrid build truly go mainstream.įender Player Series Acoustasonic Telecaster: The web says That, in sum, is the sort of thing the Acoustasonic format encourages. That said, it can be pressed into service of many different kinds of styles, perhaps some that are all your own. It is warmer, with a little more width than you’d expect from a Tele’s bridge pickup. ![]() Fender promises twang but this isn’t Pete Anderson levels of twang. Park yourself on position one for a more traditional electric guitar experience, but don’t necessarily expect a traditional Telecaster experience. In a sense, this is a sound that almost exists outside of the spectrum of acoustic/electric tones, and is sure to support pedalboard experimentation. The sound is just coming from the piezo and as you turn the blend control it adds drive. Here is where the true hybrid tones are, and as such, there are fewer references for what we are hearing.
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