A few days before the 2010 Nashville Amp Expo, word got out that the Jay and Chris from Rockett Pedals had hooked up with boutique fuzz-meister Paul Trombetta – maker of the Mini-Bone and the Fudge among others – for a new fuzz pedal and that a prototype of said pedal would be at the show. The news made the Rockett room one of our very first stops upon our arrival at the show. We rushed in and got the tour of the new fuzz… then heard it in action. The verdict? Ooooh maaaan… The new pedal – with the working name of Stage 6 – is slated for release in the coming weeks. Wanna hear it now? Check out a little demo starring the excellent Greg V after the jump!
Over 100 vendors from the boutique amp, pedal and guitar world will descend on Nashville, Tennessee next weekend as part of the second Nashville Amp Expo. Organized by Creation Audio Labs, the show has attracted top quality builders from all over – companies like Mad Professor, Electroplex Amps, Nice Amps, Swamp Works, Satellite Amps, Cusack Effects, Rockett Pedals, Hip Kitty and the list goes on. We’ll be there covering the festivities. If you see us, say ‘Hi’ and grab a koozie, sticker or guitar pick. Don’t forget about the cool series of pro audio/engineering seminars that will run throughout the show! Check out all of the details here!
We are two short weeks away from the best in boutique amps, guitars and pedals gathering in Nashville, Tennessee for the second annual Nashville Amp Expo. Organizers Creation Audio Labs have continued to add exhibitors and now have over 90+ confirmed! Latest adds include Pigtronix, Naylor Engineering, Category 5 Amps, Daab Amps, Blue Collar Guitars, Simple Amps and many more! Oh… and we’ll be there covering the festivities and handing out koozies, stickers, picks and more! The CAL crew has also lined up a pretty sweet series of pro audio/engineering seminars that will run throughout the show! Check out all of the details here! Hope to see you there!
Erik R. from California is the winner of our Prescription Electronics COB pedal signed by Charlie Sexton and Doyle Bramhall II of the Arc Angels! Congratulations Erik! We want to thank all the the parties involved for helping make our latest giveaway another successful venture – Jack at Prescription, the crew at Guitar Crazy, Antone’s in Austin… and Charlie and Doyle themselves! Also, a humble thanks to everyone that entered! That’s three very cool contests down… many, many more to go! If you didn’t win this time out, maybe next time will be your time! What do you think?… another autographed pedal? Or should we change it up? Let us know!
About a month from now, boutique amp, guitar and pedal makers will descend on Nashville, Tennessee for the second annual Nashville Amp Expo. The brain-child of the pro audio gurus at Creation Audio Labs, last year’s inaugural expo was a blast and this year’s follow up is looking every bit its equal… and then some! Exhibitors include amp makers Sommatone, Reason, Goodsell, Wallace, Metropoulos, Nolatone, East, Nice and more. Pedal gurus attending include Paul Cochrane, Jon Cusack, Brian Wampler, the crew from Visual Sound and Xact Tone Solutions. Over 70 confirmed exhibitors and growing! We’ll be there. Check out all of the details here!
The WTDP? crew will be loading up the family truckster and heading for Nashville this week to peruse the goodies on display at the Summer NAMM show. While the show is definitely the little brother to the big winter show in Anaheim, there are plenty of gear gurus showcasing equipment of interest! We’ll be bringing you updates from the floor on the newest pedals and amps, many photo galleries, some audio clips and a little video as well. Look for updates from the likes of Electro-Harmonix, Pigtronix, Source Audio, Aboveground FX, Blackstar, Diamond Amps, Egnater and many more! Stay tuned to the site starting Friday for all the gear news you can use!
Today, What’s That Dude Play? turns two years old. When we flipped the switch back in 2008 we really had no idea what we were getting ourselves into, but over the past 24 months we’ve met some of the best guitarists around, ogled some of the best gear ever made and made life long friends. To everyone that has made the first two years of the website a success, thank you! Without you we’d just be spinning our wheels. And to all of our readers, this site is for you. Never hesitate to contact us and let us know how we’re doing or what we could be doing to make the site the best gear experience on the web! Just shoot us an e-mail here. Now, who wants cake?
The New York Amp Show (held in New Jersey) is next weekend 5-6 June at the Embassy Suites in Piscataway. Loni Specter and his crew have put together a fine group of boutique amp and pedal people this go-around with the likes of Audio Kitchen Amps, Black Cat Pedals, Carol-Ann, East Amplification, Fuchs, Goodsell, Hermida Audio Technology, Nolatone, Pigtronix, Reinhardt Amps, Swart, Xits and many, many more attending. Loni will also have his popular Tone Wizards panel featuring several boutique amp builders. And let’s not forget the Pedalboard From Hell! For more info on the show, check out ampshow.com.
Starting 1 June, the Museum of Making Music in Carlsbad, California will open a new, special exhibit – The Art of the Stompbox. The exhibition highlights the development and use of effects pedals in American roots music and the experimental music scene. The Art of the Stompbox showcases a variety of effects pedals ranging from industrially designed tone-control boxes of the 1940s to the most recent explosion of designer manufactured and art decorated pedals. It will highlight both the industrial design of pedal enclosures and the designer art boxes that have grown in popularity with the pairing of boutique builders and artists. The exhibit runs through September.
Seattle grunge godfathers Pearl Jam closed the final Saturday of the 2010 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival with a blistering set of tunes covering their entire catalog, and some cover tunes to boot! The band shined on their take on The Byrds’ So You Want to be a Rock ‘n’ Roll Star as well as on their own tunes… Corduroy, Given to Fly, Even Flow, Daughter, Got Some and FM radio stalwart Alive. In between, singer Eddie Vedder worked in a few political pot shots including a swipe at oil major BP for its role in the US Gulf oil spill. We took a few shots ourselves… See ‘em after the jump!
Guitar hero Jeff Beck, fresh from a gig here in H-town, made his way over to NOLA for an appearance at the 2010 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival last weekend. Touring in support of his just-released Emotion & Commotion, Beck and his band rolled through a similar set from the Houston gig, playing Over The Rainbow from the latest disc, People Get Ready, Rollin’ and Tumblin’. The Gentilly stage crowd packed in tight, showing love for the guitar great who does not appear to be missing any steps during his fifth decade on stage. A few pics from the gig are yours for the perusing after the jump!
Strat slinger Kenny Wayne Shepherd brought his overdrive-fueled blues/rock bravado to the 2010 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival last weekend. Shepherd played to a packed crowd at the Blues Tent and dazzled with guitar gymnastics on his own tunes as well as a few blues classics – like King Bee – and his marathon 20-minute version of Jimi Hendrix’s Voodoo Chile. Cut from the same cloth as idol Stevie Ray Vaughan, Shepherd’s last album – The Place I’m In – was decidedly more straight-ahead rock than his past efforts. In either case, the fact the man has serious chops is undeniable. Check out some pics from his set after the jump!
New Orleans’ own Galactic brought their unique blend of funk, rock and rap to the 2010 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival last weekend. Fresh from the release of their latest album – Ya-Ka-May – the band was joined on stage by the likes of Cyril Neville, Boe Money, Irma Thomas and Troy ‘Trombone Shorty’ Andrews during the hour-long set. Galactic always makes for a good party. Drummer Stanton Moore was probably the busiest of the bunch playing Galactic gigs as well as shows with his own trio and the Midnite Disturbers – a horn-player’s dream band – both at the festival and around town! Check out some pics after the jump!
Slide guitar virtuoso Sonny Landreth brought his unique brand of American blues to the Gentilly stage of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival last weekend. The Louisiana native, and current resident of Breaux Bridge, played songs from his latest album – 2008’s From The Reach – as well as other tunes from his catalog. We didn’t have long to spend listening to Sonny as the schedule had us running the show from end-to-end fairly regularly. While we were there he was playing The Promised Land from 2003’s Grammy-nominated The Road We’re On. Check out a few pics from Sonny’s set – including one of his Dumble – after the jump!
Seattle-born Band of Horses brought their brand of Americana rock to the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival last Saturday. The band, which includes frontman Ben Birdwell and guitarist Tyler Ramsey, tore through a tightly delivered set of gems from their back catalog including The Great Salt Lake, Is There A Ghost and Weed Party. The band has a new record hitting the stores later this month entitled Infinite Arms, which was recorded with producer Phil Ek in North Carolina. The new one will be their first for Columbia who they joined after breaking with Sub Pop. Check out a few pics from their Gentilly Stage appearance after the jump!
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A few days before the 2010 Nashville Amp Expo, word got out that the Jay and Chris from Rockett Pedals had hooked up with boutique fuzz-meister Paul Trombetta – maker of the Mini-Bone and the Fudge among others – for a new fuzz pedal and that a prototype of said pedal would be at the show. The news made the Rockett room one of our very first stops upon our arrival at the show. We rushed in and got the tour of the new fuzz… then heard it in action. The verdict? Ooooh maaaan… The new pedal – with the working name of Stage 6 – is slated for release in the coming weeks. Wanna hear it now? Check out a little demo starring the excellent Greg V after the jump!
