J Moose
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Yes... so this past Saturday was Loni Spectors annual NY Amp show... in Piscataway NJ. That's so far into NJ that its nowhere even close to NY unless you consider Staten Island, which isn't really NY (sort of nowhere really) but at least it ain't part of NJ!!! And even that's a haul...
Anyway! The show takes place in an Embassy Suites hotel with the first two floors occupied by various boo-teek amp & pedal makers. Notably absent from the show were Divided by 13 & 65 Amps. Fender & Bogner didn't appear (they were there last year) but Marshall & Vox made an appearance... Bad Cat & Matchless were also MIA but there was still way WAY too much to see & do in a single day with NO LACK of very cool amplifiers devastating eardrums. Matter of fact they were handing out earplugs with the paid admission... lol
Here's a shot from the second floor overlooking the lobby to set the vibe...
Might as well start with what was by FAR the LOUDEST room at the show... Wizard. There's nothing like a 100 watt half-stack played full-on to rattle your thoughts around. At one point I was over at the bar which is out of the above shot on the left side of the lobby... the Wizard room was at the back on the other side of the hotel, behind the elevators... At the bar all of a sudden I literally felt this super crunchy guitar smash the side of my face! Woah. That's over 100 feet away and turning a few corners.
Seriously great tone coming from the Vintage Classic head. I think the shot was blurry from the vibrations! The guy with the beat up frankenstrat was a seriously frightening player who knows how to control that sorta power. Even with earplugs its hard to take.
Possibly the next loudest room was Metropoulos with their two full-stacks, half stack and Bluesbraker combo, all of which got chained together at the very end of the day for a dual with Wizard, security guards standing right there looking at their watches for the 6:00 silencing. One of the guys downstairs said that the Metro guys cranked it up at 4:30am... heh heh heh heh
Next door to them was Metro Amps
Celestion had a bunch of killer amps in their room. Yeah, thats a real Trainwreck and a real Dumble Overdrive Special next to the Komets. And then a pair of Brunos and another Wreck.
HiWatt and the seriously cool GigFx pedals. Love the chopper & red wah.
Carol Ann
3 Monkeys - I hadn't heard of these guys before and didn't get to play 'em either... every time I walked past the room it was seriously busy and sounding seriously good. Raunchy rock & roll tone. Finally got in there at 5 to 6pm and they had already been shut down by security. Bummer. Not surprised they sounded so gnarly either, not when I found out that it’s the brianchild of a few guys like Brad Wittford & Ossie from Blockhead.
Tons of vintage pedals being sold at a table by the entrance, a super old Fuzz Face was sold just as I was taking my camera out. The guy had at least two flight cases full of boxes... you name it & he probably had it there. I couldn't come close to getting them all in!
Anyway! The show takes place in an Embassy Suites hotel with the first two floors occupied by various boo-teek amp & pedal makers. Notably absent from the show were Divided by 13 & 65 Amps. Fender & Bogner didn't appear (they were there last year) but Marshall & Vox made an appearance... Bad Cat & Matchless were also MIA but there was still way WAY too much to see & do in a single day with NO LACK of very cool amplifiers devastating eardrums. Matter of fact they were handing out earplugs with the paid admission... lol
Here's a shot from the second floor overlooking the lobby to set the vibe...
Might as well start with what was by FAR the LOUDEST room at the show... Wizard. There's nothing like a 100 watt half-stack played full-on to rattle your thoughts around. At one point I was over at the bar which is out of the above shot on the left side of the lobby... the Wizard room was at the back on the other side of the hotel, behind the elevators... At the bar all of a sudden I literally felt this super crunchy guitar smash the side of my face! Woah. That's over 100 feet away and turning a few corners.
Seriously great tone coming from the Vintage Classic head. I think the shot was blurry from the vibrations! The guy with the beat up frankenstrat was a seriously frightening player who knows how to control that sorta power. Even with earplugs its hard to take.
Possibly the next loudest room was Metropoulos with their two full-stacks, half stack and Bluesbraker combo, all of which got chained together at the very end of the day for a dual with Wizard, security guards standing right there looking at their watches for the 6:00 silencing. One of the guys downstairs said that the Metro guys cranked it up at 4:30am... heh heh heh heh
Next door to them was Metro Amps
Celestion had a bunch of killer amps in their room. Yeah, thats a real Trainwreck and a real Dumble Overdrive Special next to the Komets. And then a pair of Brunos and another Wreck.
HiWatt and the seriously cool GigFx pedals. Love the chopper & red wah.
Carol Ann
3 Monkeys - I hadn't heard of these guys before and didn't get to play 'em either... every time I walked past the room it was seriously busy and sounding seriously good. Raunchy rock & roll tone. Finally got in there at 5 to 6pm and they had already been shut down by security. Bummer. Not surprised they sounded so gnarly either, not when I found out that it’s the brianchild of a few guys like Brad Wittford & Ossie from Blockhead.
Tons of vintage pedals being sold at a table by the entrance, a super old Fuzz Face was sold just as I was taking my camera out. The guy had at least two flight cases full of boxes... you name it & he probably had it there. I couldn't come close to getting them all in!
