March 10, 2010 | Posted by Billy Penn Glenn Sweetwood’s Rockrite Guitar sounded mighty sweet through Darin Ellingson’s Tonic amp……not to mention that the guitar looked great too!!!!
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March 10, 2010 | Posted by Billy Penn Glenn Sweetwood makes a REALLY good guitar. Each guitar is hand-crafted by one guy…..himself!! They are lightweight, balanced, have a fantastic feel and sound great. Glenn is a nice guy and his guitars were a really nice surprise at the Austin Amp Show!!!
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March 9, 2010 | Posted by Billy Penn A quick interview with Darin Ellingson about his Tonic amps. His amplifiers had a really great sound and nice feel. A great guy building a great amp…..!
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March 9, 2010 | Posted by Billy Penn I am playing one of Glenn’s Comet guitars through on of Darin’s Tonic Torpedo amps…….GREAT combination. Yes, Glenn’s guitars are REALLY good and Darin’s amps ROCK!!! Austin Amp Show baybay!!!!
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March 9, 2010 | Posted by Billy Penn A quickie clip of me playing the Tomaszewicz TZZ-35H in the clean mode. This amp was one of the strongest sounding and feeling amps at the show.
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March 8, 2010 | Posted by Billy Penn Check out this video of the Tomaszewicz TZZ-35H. John makes a great amp that has great tone and feel. His amps have a very interesting vowel sound and a unique texture. They are very muscular and clear sounding. ROCK!!!
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March 8, 2010 | Posted by admin 
Welcome Amp Show Visitors!
Fill in the form below with the “Secret” Amp Show Code to be entered to win a complete set of Mercury Magnetics Transformers……and that’s it!! The winner will be eligible for a set of Mercury Magnetics transformers of his or her choice EXCLUDING transformers for the Ampeg SVT and Marshall Major. This is a great prize and I wish you all luck…….!!
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March 8, 2010 | Posted by Billy Penn 
The word directly from Ken Kantor at ZT Amplifiers headquarters is that the new Lunchbox Acoustic will be here soon. How does late March/early April sound? Sounds good to me! The production run is complete and they are on the water on shipping.
I played the Lunchbox Acoustic at the NAMM Show and it sounded great just the rest of the ZT line. It was loud, clear and warm with a great sounding reverb. I should be getting a Lunchbox Acoustic soon for demo and review.
The new ZT Lunchbox Acoustic amp will be available on my dealer page and I will post updates as I get them. Can’t wait for this one!!!
Click here to visit my ZT Amplifiers dealer page.
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March 7, 2010 | Posted by Billy Penn Here is a quick interview with John Tomaszewicz about his amps. Super nice guy and makes a great amp!!!!
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March 4, 2010 | Posted by Billy Penn 
Howdy folks. I’m off to The Amp Show today…..! I am super pumped to be a sponsor of the show and cannot wait to check out all the amps!!!!
Come and hang out with me live on Ustream 3-6-10 at 7:30pm CST. I’ll be talking about all the happenings at The Amp Show. I plan on visiting with as many brands as I can doing short video interviews and sampling all the amplifiers. If you cannot attend the show then this is the next best thing….!
Click here to visit 300guitars Ustream channel.
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March 4, 2010 | Posted by Billy Penn 
Listen up everybody…..here is a really cool guitar CD you should all check out. It’s called “Swinging Guitar Sounds of Young America” by a great guitar player named Vinnie Zummo. If you don’t know who Vinnie is you would know him by all the artists he has worked with including Art Garfunkel, Shawn Colvin, Roger Daltrey, Joe Jackson and many others. Vinnie actually played with Joe Jackson on the “Tucker” movie soundtrack (which is one of my personal favorites) and I always wondered for years who the guitar player was……now I know!
“Swinging Guitar Sounds of Young America” is an eclectic melding of many different musical styles. One minute you think you are listening to a lost Beatles track the next you hear some ferocious country Tele pickin’ only to be surprised by an Earth Wind & Fire jam. This may sound like the album is all over the place…….well……it is but somehow it all goes together which is amazing. There are 20 tracks on “Swinging Guitars Sounds of Young America”. Some of my personal favorites are Waffles (cool jazz), Pancakes (western swing), Fab Gear (Beatle sounds), Wilson Beach (Four Freshman/Beach Boys sounds) and Kool Bop (be-bop type jazz). So many really cool and authentically executed styles…..Vinnie is amazing!!!
Vinnie pays homage to many guitarists and artists including the Beach Boys, Elvin Jones, Earth Wind & Fire, Jeff Beck, John Scoefield, Ringo Starr, Pat Martino, Bob Wills, Charlie Christian and I hear a bit of B.B. King….. Vinnie is a monster player and can shift gears on a dime. You would be hard pressed to find a player that could keep up!!! My head is still spinning…..in a good way!
Click here to visit Vinnie Zummo’s Myspace for more info.
Click here to check out Swinging Guitar Sounds of Young America and Vinnie’s other CD’s.
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