sawari (さわり) – the buzzing sound of a stringed instrument. On the shamisen it is produced by the first string, purposely set lower than the others to give the instrument his characteristic tone.

• high impedance (1M) preamplifier, up to 40dB gain
• built-in contact microphone
• 3-band EQ, with tunable low and high shelf frequencies
  • selectable gain range, +/-6dB or +/-16dB
  • separate outs for each band
• envelope follower with attack and release time control
  • pre or post eq selectable by a jumper on the back