Today we sit down with some exclusive amps to Cosmo Music in Canada, the Engl Fireball 100 and Engl Invader 100. These German made amps crank out meaty, full distortion without cutting corners. Be it heavy progressive rock or pure metal riffage, these amps will give you quality drive and gain.

Fireball 100
Fireball 100 has a darker tone, focused on delivering lower midrange beefiness to your tone. Features:
6L6GC Power amp tubes – 100 watts of dark, punchy tube tone
Midrange Boost – can be controlled via footswitch for that extra grit
Bottom Switch – For that extra fire in your tone
Invader 100
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Today, we test drive 5 killer overdrive/distortion pedals here at Cosmo Music. These pedals infuse new life into your tone, each in different ways. See and hear them being played with a Custom Shop '62 Stratocaster through a Fender Blues Deluxe Reissue amp - and check out Jessy playing some sweet upside down guitar! (You can also see a demo of each individual pedal below this video)

Ibanez TS9 30th Anniversary Tubescreamer

The 30th Anniversary Ibanez TS9 Tubescreamer is meant to take a clean signal and push it over the edge. Scale back on the drive for a smooth, buttery sound, or [...]  Read more   

Now that the world has embraced the world of powered speakers, there seems to be a new myth… that “the speaker you have” happens to have is the one that’s “right for the job”… and this is not always the case!
While It’s true that many speakers are good at many different tasks (such as being a speaker OR a monitor, or can be used on a stand or on the ground) and if you’re playing similar rooms you’ll likely get similar results… you’ll often get thrown a curveball when you step into a new environment, such as what happened with [...]  Read more   

Our new on-line rental system allows you to:

• Extend Your Existing Rental Contract
• Buy Out Your Rental
• Purchase an Upgraded Instrument

Letters have been sent out (emails will be sent soon) inviting you to try it out.

It's simple to start: all you need is an email address and your Cosmo Customer Number (found on your contract, invite letter, or invite email).

We are working on expanding this offering later this year for starting new instrument rental contracts as well!

Have you already tried it out? We'd like to hear your feedback: support@cosmomusic.ca

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Here we take a look at select Bass Guitars from the Fender Custom Shop. Rail and I explain some of the key features of these top-of-the-line basses... while demonstrating with some grooves.

Featured Basses:
’64 Jazz Bass Sherwood Green Metallic
’64 Jazz Bass N.O.S Aztec Gold
Pino Palladino Signature Model Bass
’60 Jazz Bass Relic Faded
’51 Precision Bass Roadshow Candy Apple Red

Come visit Ryan and Rail at Cosmo Music to ask about how you can get your hands on a Fender Custom Shop Bass, or order one online at cosmomusic.ca!

Ryan Casselman
Guitar Sales Manager
905.770.5222 x360
ryanc@cosmomusic.ca

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Its the 25th anniversary of Ibanez's RG series guitars, marking the release of the new Ibanez RG1XXV-FPK. The body of the Ibanez RG1XXV-FPK combined with the bold fluorescent pink or yellow finish with black pickguard are reminiscent of the prime of power metal and high-octane shredding.
Ibanez RG1XXV Fluorescent Pink RG Premium Guitar
The fluorescent pink finish and the black pickguard are reminiscent of the 80's power metal and high-speed solos. The body of the Ibanez RG1XXV-FPK consists of american basswood as the fingerboard of the 5-piece Wizard neck provides pink Sharktooth inlays. DiMarzio IBZ pickups produce a distinctive tone which is [...]  Read more   

Flute Yamaha YFL221 (used) - $425
This Yamaha Flute YFL221 was purchased from Cosmo less then a year ago (for $550). It has lightly used and looks almost brand new. It has been set up by Miho, from our repair facility, thereby guaranteeing the well being of the instrument for the first year of use, guided by a complementary tune-up.

Clarinet Armstrong 4001 (used) - $320
The Armstrong Clarinet 4001 is a fantastic student level instrument made in the USA. It is equipped with a plastic body, silver-plated keys, a case and a mouthpiece. This clarinet was purchased from Cosmo for [...]  Read more   

Cosmo Music and Yamaha Canada Music are pleased to present the April meeting of Club Cubase North Toronto. This month, we'll be joined by two very special guest speakers from Steinberg.
Luca Iacomino is Steinberg's product specialist from Spain. Steinberg is sending him to Canada to train the Steinberg team at Yamaha Canada Music, and we wanted to give our Club Cubase members a chance to learn from an expert that Steinberg sends out to train its own trainers! Bring all your questions about Cubase, Nuendo, Wavelab, Sequel, or anything other Steinberg product!
Melanie Becker is Steinberg's [...]  Read more   

Featuring: Theo Wanne & Tom Wanne

Theo will discuss vintage saxophone and mouthpiece design, the intricacies of refacing, and how he has brought the best of everything into Theo Wanne mouthpieces and the new MANTRA tenor saxophone using the most advanced technology available.

 

When: Thursday, April 26, 2021 @ 7pm
Where: Cosmopolitan Music Hall - Cosmo Music, 10 Via Renzo Dr Richmond Hill

 

About Theo Wanne:
http://theowanne.com/inspiration/about-theo-wanne

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In the recording world what I have seen to be the coolest and best release at this years NAMM show 2012 is UA’s Apollo. It's a high-end 24-bit/192kHz recording front end, but it also enables you to track through the UAD range of powered plug-ins! It'll be available in Duo and Quad processing in the first quarter 2012, with prices estimated at $2200 and $2600 respectively. It’s a Firewire 800 interface but It's worth noting that a Thunderbolt option card is set to be made available too, which will enable "lower latency, reduced audio buffer size, improved performance at high [...]  Read more