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”

    • http://bit.ly/1mJmj6U

  • 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

    • http://bit.ly/1jafZaD

  • 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.

    • http://bit.ly/SXYOya

  • 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

    • http://bit.ly/1jNd8i1

    • Video demo from PGS - http://bit.ly/1jNdfdp