
August 30, 2010 | Posted by Billy Penn
Hey everybody. This week is the last official week of the summer season and Labor Day is just around the corner. Here at the Jersey Shore we usually go to BBQ’s, the beach, spend time with family and friends and have one last “hurrah” before we head into fall which happens to be my favorite [...]
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August 27, 2010 | Posted by Billy Penn
20 years ago today the guitar world lost a tremendous talent….Stevie Ray Vaughan. I really loved his playing and I will never forget when I bought “Texas Flood” on vinyl..! I was a young punk kid and got home late and night and had the first listen with headphones so I would not wake up [...]
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Tags: Amplifier, Guitar, SRV, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Texas Blues, Texas Flood |
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August 24, 2010 | Posted by Billy Penn
Howdy friends… My man (and Inside Drivers bassist) Alan Gowa turned me on to a cool TV show. It is called “Electrified: The Guitar Revolution” on the Smithsonian channel. I watched some parts of it and it’s definitely worth checking out. You can watch this on TV and there are listings for the days and [...]
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August 20, 2010 | Posted by Billy Penn
My good friends over at Vintage and Rare have a really unique way of giving you access to lots of different vintage, rare, exotic, boutique and all around cool instruments. Vintage and Rare.com is the premier mega-site for dealers and builders of vintage and rare instruments. They provide professional musical instrument dealers and builders with [...]
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August 19, 2010 | Posted by Billy Penn
If you are like me and are interested in doing a project, Mod Kits has a limited edition tube overdrive kit called “The Enticer” This tube overdrive pedal kit is based around a new-old-stock original RCA 12AU7A vacuum tube. It can get from a nice warm, clean sound with subtle overdrive all the way on [...]
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Tags: Amplified Parts, Amplifier, Effects Pedal, Guitar, Mod Kits, The Enticer |
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August 18, 2010 | Posted by Billy Penn
The wait is finally over.. The ZT Lunchbox Extension Cabinets are back in stock..!!! The first production run sold out very quickly so if you did not get one and still want to beef up your Lunchbox now you can. The Extension Cabinet is the same size as the ZT Lunchbox Amplifier with a sealed [...]
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August 17, 2010 | Posted by Billy Penn
We ran a contest that started on July 2nd for a free ZT Lunchbox amplifier. We asked everyone to send in a photo of themselves rockin’ out with their guitar. On August 5th the top 12 entries were posted and then you guys voted on them to determine who’s photo was the best. Well….here are [...]
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Tags: Amplifier, Jerome Buniet, Joe Koening, Ken Kantor, Lunchbox, Michael Eisenstein, ZT |
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August 10, 2010 | Posted by Billy Penn
This video was taken at the Saint in Asbury Park, NJ on 8-7-10. This is one of our original tunes called “The Whiskey Song” written by my cousin Charlie….(he’s the singer here). We had a great time at the Saint and there will be more videos to come…..stay tuned. Enjoy..!!!
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August 9, 2010 | Posted by Billy Penn
Kurt Prange over at Amplified Parts has another really great in depth article about guitar speaker power handling. In this article Kurt explains how an electrodynamic loudspeaker works, how speaker ratings are determined, RMS power and tube vs solid state power among other topics. This is an excellent read loaded with information..!!! Another nice one [...]
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August 7, 2010 | Posted by Billy Penn
Following the previously released Mandocaster, Eastwood introduces the new Airline Mandola. Some features include; Seafoam green U.S.A. map shaped alder body, 18” scale and maple neck with rosewood fingerboard. There is a single humbucker pickup with volume and tone controls. This instrument is unique sounding…almost like a baritone mandolin. The new Mandola model is tuned [...]
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Tags: Airline, Amplifier, Eastwood, Guitar, Mandola |
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August 5, 2010 | Posted by admin
We are truly excited and ready to give away a ZT Lunchbox Amplifier, but before we can do that we need YOUR help to tell us who is ROCKIN’ IT the hardest in the following pics! These guys all sent us the best pics of themselves rockin’ out with their guitars, please take a look, [...]
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Tags: Amplifier, Guitar, Ken Kantor, Lunchbox, ZT |
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