Today's episode of No Guitar Is Safe features a spectacular guitar player that many of you have been requesting.

His name is Guthrie Trapp. He's from Nashville. Guthrie has worked with more headliners than you can probably count.

And he has a spectacular new record coming out as well.

It's called Life After Dark. It comes out on March 9th. Most people won't hear it till then, but today you're hearing samples of it.

And the reason you get to hear samples of it is because there's a killer new microphone out from Audio Technica called the AT 2020 USB Plus.

You might know the original AT 202020, the critically acclaimed microphone

with its award-winning sound and studio quality articulation. Well, this new AT 20-20-20 USB plus is

perfect for singer-songwriters and podcasters, guitarists, voiceover artists, field recorders,

home studio recordists, because it's also equipped with a USB output that lets you

capture the audio source straight into your favorite recording software. This thing is super

hip. It actually has a headphone jack on it with a volume control that allows you to monitor

the signal going in with zero latency. It also has a mixed control so you can blend in your

microphone signal with pre-recorded

audio. It has a tripod desk stand with folding legs, so it just sits there perfectly on a

tabletop. But of course, it also has a cardioid pickup pattern that delivers excellent off-axis

rejection and it has high-quality AD converter. You know, 16-bit 44-1 slash 48 kilohertz sampling rate.

And you know that your friends at Audio Technica like to give away stuff,

and they're doing that here, too.

You can soon enter to win the AT-2020 USB-plus microphone

at guitar player.com slash contest slash guthrie.

That's guitar player.com slash contest slash G-U-T-H-R-I-E.

So with that, I'm Jude Gold, and we're going to head over to Guthrie's hotel.

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