Optek Music Systems Announces Fretlight FG-451 Pro

Press release
Source: Arnold Communications

Optek Music Systems, Inc., a leading company dedicated to the development of interactive musical instruments and software, today announced a limited edition professional model. By combining the learning power of software-driven lights in the fretboard and a superior quality instrument, users can use the same instrument to go from beginner to performing on-stage in significantly less time than learning the old way. The only guitar that will advance with you as your playing progresses, Fretlight FG-451 Pro replaces the hundreds to thousands of dollars on average that is spent on books, software and hardware over the course of a guitar player's lifetime.

Available in Natural Blonde or Transluscent Blue, Fretlight FG-451 features a curved flamed maple top and body made from Louisiana light ash and a slippery maple neck. A deluxe fixed bridge with through body design and a set of locking tuners ensures playability is solid and in tune all the time while two single-coil Alnico humbuckers create extraordinary tones. In addition, FG-451 is the first guitar to ship with 22 stainless steel Dean Markley frets for smooth playing.

Optek Music Systems Fretlight guitars enable beginner, intermediate, and advanced guitarists to learn chords, scales, and songs from a series of LED lights embedded in the guitar’s fretboard, which signify where the user’s fingers should be placed. Connected via the USB port of a standard Windows PC and driven by a selection of educational software titles such as Improviser, the Fretlight guitar allows users to learn, memorize, and play a wide variety of rhythm and lead guitar styles. With the ability to learn and create guitar music at the user’s individual pace, the Fretlight interactive system is designed to help players at every level.

Just in time for Christmas, the Fretlight FG-451 Pro will begin shipping in September. MSRP is $899. For more information, visit www.fretlight.com.

About Optek Music Systems, Inc.
Founded in 1988 and headquartered in Windham, New Hampshire, Optek Music Systems, Inc. is a privately held music education company whose products are available via their web site and through music retailers and distributors throughout the world. Thousands of users have experienced the educational power of Optek and their products. They have several U.S. and international patents as well as patents pending for advanced guitar learning systems and musical instrument manufacturing designs. For more information, visit www.fretlight.com.

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