Ep. 000015 - WHOOOAAAHH!
Following up from last week: Gibson Memory Cable is shipping as of 5/15, $99. You CAN play recordings off the cable. Still no idea how long it is.
NEWS:
Analog Outfitters
Making amps out of up-cycled Hammond Organ parts; Amp chassis and transformers from old B3’s and stuff
Really unique enclosures from old street signs, to handbuilt wood, to lunch box style (like, actual lunch boxes with latches)
Each amp is uniquely constructed and many cabs are constructed using woods that are typically banned from manufacturing (redwood, mahogany, etc)
3 main models right now: The Orgianic 15, The Sarge, and The Road
The Organic 15 is EL-84 driven, 15W, tone stack similar to a blackface deluxe reverb. Webber Copper Cap (WY3GT) rectifier, 2 12AX7
The Sarge is also EL-84 powered, but uses a 5Y3 rectifier, and comes in a repurposed metal case. Vintage tweet style voicing
The Road Amp is super tough, 6V6 20W powered head with 1 12AX7, and 1 12AU7 in the preamp, and a 5U4GB rectifier
Website - http://bit.ly/RrLkJK
PGS Demo - http://youtu.be/xENlvYnQubY
Gibson CS Les Paul Long Scale
Very traditional guitar build but with a 25.5” scale length
one piece mahogany body, two piece maple top
one piece mahogany neck
Antique gold top, iced tea burst, washed cherry
Double bound..ooo…
New “CustomBucker” pickups are the best PAF clones Gibson has made so far
‘59 or slim ‘60 neck shape available, with split parallelogram inlays
“Piano like bass notes, sparkling harmonic clarity, and characteristic long-scale snap”
Pedal Genie
Create a wish list of pedals you want to try out
TONS of gear from a great list of manufacturers
Bearfoot FX, Dunlop, Empress, EHX, Catalinbread, Mooer, to name a select few
They send you one at a time, and you keep it as long as you like
$34.95/mo but the first month is only a buck!
Fender reclaimed wood guitars
Strats and teles made from old-growth pine and redwood salvaged from across the US
A strat and tele made from eastern pine, very reminiscent of early fender prototypes made from the same wood. Found in Michigan
Strats made from redwood found in California
These guitars all have the really nice pro/select series features - compound radius, locking tuners, channelbound fingerboards, rosewood neck (pine strat only)
$2,600 MSRP
TC Electronic Mini Pedals
Four new pedals added to the mini line
Flashback Delay $120, Corona Chorus $100, Shaker Vibrato $100, Vortex Flanger $100
originals: Hall of Fame mini reverb, Spark booster, Ditto Looper, Polytune Mini
All employ TC’s TonePrint features using the smartphone app or USB
It’s like they hit their existing pedals with a shrink ray. Slightly less controls, but they’re the same effects - just smaller.
Earthquaker Devices Palisades
“mega ultimate maximum overdrive classic” such wow. much overdrive
Complex pedal based on the TS808 Tube Screamer
6 clipping voices (5 different diodes or none), 5 bandwidth settings (adjusts the amount of low end allowed into the circuit), 2 gain channels, boost, normal/bright switch, switchable input buffer,
Basically every mod known to the TS808 in one pedal
Gain A is lower gain, Gain B is higher
9-18V
Video demo from PGS - http://bit.ly/1jNdfdp