Here’s that track I promised two posts ago!
nerds. my brother is one.
After finishing up the soundtrack for my friend’s film last week I was able to free up some time and work on sound effects and voice-overs for my brother’s video game. For those of you who are in my Digital Citizenship class and don’t know my brother, he’s a computer science major and therefore a nerd. He’s made a few video games in the past and asked me to score another soundtrack for him.
My music is almost as attractive as I.
I finally have a few recordings and I’m trying to figure out a way to post them to wordpress. As soon as I upload them to Youtube I’ll be posting them here…expect a post / update later tonight with some previews of what I’ve been recording all week.
Image Credit: NewVintageAmps.com
With so many boutique amp companies out there claiming that their amp is the best, how can you be sure? Any hand wired class A amplifier will run you and your wallet an investment that is well over $1000.00 at the very least which is a hefty investment for anyone looking to try out a new amp. This can be a problem when you know you want something that is hand made from the ground up and is going to be built to last. An ideal situation would be to try out the amplifier before you buy it, but this isn’t always the case…especially if you have custom speaker requirements that you want in your new amplifier.
Well New Vintage Amps has solved this problem by making a quality amplifier AND offering a trial period for those who are miles away from the closest retailer selling his amplifiers. It’s simple, you email the company regarding their 15 day trial period, they send you the amp and if you like it you pay for it if not, you don’t! FYI: you are required to send the amp back [duh!]
Image Credit: NewVintageAmps.com
New Vintage Amps is a small company based out of a small town in Minnesota. The company is owned and operated by Nic Patullo who bought the company off of a friend and former employer a few years ago. I found them via the Heavy Electronics website and after a brief conversation with the owner of New Vintage, apparently the two companies are friends with each other. The chief goal of New Vintage Amps is tone. They claim that tone is the only thing that matters and they don’t go about achieving their trademark sound by cutting any corners in quality of parts or construction.
A friend of mine turned me on to Heavy Electronics the other day. They’re a small company based out of a small town in Minnesota made up of musicians who also dabble in electronics. Everything is handmade and the company guarantee’s a 5 year warranty with every pedal. The warranty includes any repairs needed. Heavy Electronics also claims that modifications are available for the life of the pedal.
The Hwy-77 Overdrive
The I’ve been checking out is called the Hwy-77. It appears to be a heavier distortion that brags about sounding best in front of a wall of 4×12 cabinets. I put an email out to the company to see if I could possibly pick one up in the near future and give it a spin. As they’re a small company, the closest store registered as a dealer is about 200 miles away from my front door — a journey that I’d rather make via an online purchase!