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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August 25, 2010 | Posted by Billy Penn Video of my band the Inside Drivers at the Saint in Asbury Park, NJ on 8-7-10. This is a short compilation of a few tunes we did that night: Maybellene, Hammer Down Driver, You Win Again, I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry, You Don’t Know What I Mean and Mystery Train. The gig was a [...]
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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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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 16, 2010 | Posted by Billy Penn It is a sad day for guitarists here at the Jersey shore. Master Luthier Phil Petillo has passed away at the all too young age of 64 late Friday evening from a massive heart attack. Mr. Petillo was a world renowned luthier and builder with a star studded client list including, Bruce Springsteen, Tal Farlow, [...]
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August 12, 2010 | Posted by Billy Penn I have been playing a little bit of lap steel guitar lately and David Lindley just kills it..!! If this does not inspire you to get into lap steel playing then maybe nothing will..!!!
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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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