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DIGITECH® BRIAN MAY ARTIST SERIES PEDAL

SALT LAKE CITY, UT, April 11, 2006

Press Release:DigiTech®, a leading manufacturer of guitar signal processors, and a Harman International company (NYSE-HAR), is pleased to announce it is collaborating with Brian May on a new entry in DigiTech’s award-winning Artist Series Pedals. DigiTech is developing the Brian May Artist Series Pedal as Queen continues its latest tour. With a musical career spanning three decades, Queen founding member Brian May is a world-renowned guitarist, songwriter, producer and performer. Brian has penned 22 Top 20 hits worldwide, among them “We Will Rock You”, “The Show Must Go On”, “I Want It All”, “Fat Bottomed Girls” and powerful ballads including “Who Wants To Live Forever”, “No-One But You” and “Save Me”. His unmistakable tone has been sought after for years by guitarists around the world.

Now, working closely with Brian May and under the watchful eye of legendary recording engineer and producer Eddie Kramer, DigiTech is recreating seven of Brian’s classic, signature tones by applying its proprietary technology called Production Modeling™. The Brian May Artist Series Pedal furthers DigiTech’s philosophy of developing products designed to supply guitarists with the best sounding, most creative tools possible.

“Working closely with Brian, legendary producer Eddie Kramer and the entire DigiTech R&D department, we have employed our Production Modeling technology ensuring absolute accuracy in duplicating Brian’s tone,” stated David Rohrer, DigiTech Market Manager for Guitar Products. “Now guitarists can either use Brian’s seven presets to recreate his classic tone, or just use them as a starting point to create their own sound. It is a very powerful and flexible pedal that will rock the world.”

DigiTech’s breakthrough Production Modeling is being used to reproduce the studio and live guitar sounds, including effects and processing, of Brian May. This includes modeling the speaker cabinets, microphones and microphone placements, pre and post effects, and the recording engineer’s production magic. Every aspect of the signal chain has been considered and recreated, resulting in completely accurate models of Brian’s tones.

Commenting on working with DigiTech to create his new Artist Series Pedal, Brian May stated, “I’m very happy to be working with DigiTech on this project and Eddie Kramer, God bless you man, and I’ll see you very soon.”

About DigiTech Artist Series Pedals
The DigiTech range of Artist Series Pedals pays tribute to leading guitarists in all genres of music. At the heart of each Artist Series Pedal is the employment of DigiTech’s proprietary Production Modeling via the AudioDNA™ DSP super-chip. The current range of DigiTech Artist Series Pedals includes: Dan Donegan The Weapon™ Artist Series Pedal; Eric Clapton Crossroads™ Artist Series Pedal; Jimi Hendrix Experience™ Artist Series Pedal; Scott Ian Black-13™ Artist Series Pedal; and the latest addition, the Brian May Artist Series Pedal. Click on a pedal name below to learn more about each, the Brian May pedal is slated for release around May/June 2006 and more information will be available when they land.

Eric Clapton Crossroads™
Jimi Hendrix Experience™ Artist Series Pedal
Dan Donegan The Weapon™
Scott Ian Black-13™ Artist Series Pedal