PG's On Location at the 2010 Summer NAMM Show where we get to check out 3rd Power Amps American Dream 1x12 combo. It includes a Brownface channel, Blackface channel, switchable tube output power (22w/10w), Bright switch on each channel, and global Presence control. The amp also features 3rd Power's proprietary Switchback triangular speaker enclosure to deliver room-filling sound while isolating the chassis and sensitive tubes from vibrations originating with the speaker. It comes loaded with a Celestion Alnico Gold speaker, 2-winged C 6L6GC tubes, and 1-12AT7, 2-12AX7 preamp tubes.
PG's Jordan Wagner is On Location at the 2010 Summer NAMM Show where he visits the Guitar Mill booth. In this segment, we get to see and hear about their newest guitar, the Serpentine.
The Serpentine has a paulowina body with a nitrocellulose gun metal Gray finish. It features a one piece quartersawn maple neck with a "soft chunky V-profile and a 9.5" radius. It comes laded with a single TV Jones Power'Tron pickup.
PG's Jordan Wagner is On Location at the 2010 Summer NAMM Show where he
visits the Collings Guitars booth. In addition to hanging at the
Collings Guitars booth, Jason Lollar stops by and talks about some of
his new pickups, including the Johnny Smith-style humbucker found on
the Collings Guitars new City Limits Jazz model.
PG's Jordan Wagner is On Location in Nashville, TN, for the 2010 Summer
NAMM Show where he visits the J Backlund Design booth. In this segment,
we get to see and hear some of the new company's guitars, including the
JBD-800, JBD-400, and the JBD-200. J Backlund Design is company that
was formed by a partnership with artist and designer John Backlund and
luthier Bruce Bennett--who has the large task of taking Backlund's
Jetsonian ideas and make them become real guitars.
PG's Rebecca Dirks is On Location at the 2010 Summer NAMM Show where she visits the Hand Guitars booth. In this segment, we get to see the new company's line of guitars including the Strategy, Telepath, Jago, and Tonero.
While Jon Anderson handles the designs and forming of the polymer clay used to create his artwork, JP Thomas is the man who builds the instruments (aka Anderson's canvas).
PG's Joe Coffey is On Location in Nashville, TN, for the 2010 Summer NAMM Show where he visits Extreme Isolation. In this segment, we get to see and hear about Extreme Isolation's noise-canceling and isolating headphones used by musicians for practice (in conjunction with the JamHub portable studio), live, or even just enjoying music from their personal collection.
The EX-29 is the perfect headphone for serious musicians and studio engineers. The ultra-fidelity high input speakers integrated with 29dB of passive isolation are incredibly awesome and will not bleed sound into live microphones! The EX-29 is suggested for critical mixing.
The EX-25 is an excellent choice for project studios, personal audio and travel. Using passive isolation technology, this headphone is enjoyable to use by eliminating the expense and hassles of replacement batteries.
The HP-25 offers outstanding hearing protection at a very affordable price and can be used for practicing, shooters and anyone wanting to eliminate unwanted noise from their immediate surroundings. No batteries are required. Compact and light weight, the HP-25 offers uses and benefits even for kids.
PG's Joe Coffey is On Location in Nashville, TN, for the 2010 Summer NAMM Show where he swings by the Martin Guitar booth. In this segment, we get to check out some of their newest guitars--the 00-15 & the 0-18T Nick Reynolds Tenor Guitar.
Martin's 0-18T is a cool, new tenor model with a solid Sitka spruce top, solid mahogany back and sides, and a traditional 18-style rosette. Compared to the other full-bodied Martin models, it's much smaller, but the 0-18T packs a meaty punch.
The 00-15 features a 00-14 fret body style that can be made with either solid sapele or solid mahogany (top, back, and sides). The bridge is either made of Solid Morado or Solid East Indian Rosewood, while the neck can be created from several choice hardwoods that would be matched with a solid morado or solid East Indian rosewood fingerboard.
PG's Joe Coffey is On Location at the 2010 Summer NAMM Show where he swings by the Peterson Tuners booth. In this segment, we get to check out their newest tuning invention--the Stomp Classic Tuner.
The Peterson Stomp Classic combines the timeless 'mojo' of the legendary Conn ST-11 Strobotuner with the most desired features in a pedal tuner to date. Exclusive Stomp Classic features include Peterson's pioneering true bypass circuitry, a host of new Sweetened Tunings that include support for 7-string guitars, electric violin and mandolin-family instruments, along with our renowned built-in, fully adjustable, active DI.
The Stomp Classic's unparalleled note detection and a high definition real-time strobe display resolution of 0.1 cent combined with a host of presets allowing for each instrument's individual idiosyncrasies (including string deflection, interval spacing, and harmonic nature and range).
PG's Brett Petrusek is On Location in Nashville, TN, at the 2010 Summer
NAMM Show where he visits the Sonic Edge Inc. booth. In this segment,
we get to see and hear from two of their newest pedals -- the J&J
Overdrive and the Tumbleweed Booster/Compressor.
PG's Rebecca Dirks is On Location in Nashville, TN for the 2010 Summer NAMM Show where she visits the D'Angelico Guitars booth. In this segment, we get a rundown on several of their guitars, including the Apache Teardrop, the Apache Solidbody, the Ambassador Flattop acoustic, the Excel-SS and the 16" Archtop.
The Excel-SS features a laminated flame maple top, back, and sides complete with bound f-holes. Its neck is a two-piece maple with a center stripe and its fingerboard is made of ebony.
The 16" New Yorker has a carved spruce top and figured maple back and sides.
The Apache solidbody prototype has Lollar Imperial humbuckers and reconstituted fretboard inlays.