Entries for June 2016

Good Monday Morning gang! The mighty whirlwind of Summer Namm is behind us & where do I begin? (lol) Please bear with me as my beloved coffee maker decided to stop working this fine morning (lol). We flew in from Nashville yesterday & are back in the shop this morning as I am typing this.

First & foremost it was amazing to meet so many of you in person for the very first time & to watch so many outstanding players come through the booth to test drive the amps! It’s truly humbling & I cannot possibly thank you enough for that, sincerely.

I have to thank our amazing team of people as without them this show would not have happened nor have been as successful as it was; Don Friedricksen, Matt Fenderson, Jessie Smith, Sean Monroe, Mike Oshetski, Jim Rotundo, Cindy Davis, John Stack, Jason Harlow, Steve Senes, James Kennedy & Russ Kanser! You guys rock & thank you for all the hard work!

Live Videos - For the first time ever we did a ‘Live’ Facebook video broadcast from the Namm Show Floor using an iPhone. For those who couldn’t tune in live the videos were saved & are available for you to check out on our Facebook pages. Stay tuned as we will be posting lots of photos of everyone coming through the booth!

I’ve been asked many times ‘How do you think the show went for you?’ That’s a dual fold answer & I’ll explain. The turn out was amazing & we were blessed that our booth was consistently busy the entire time but the honest truth is, I designed these amps for you to play on, for you to express yourself on & hopefully in some small way to inspire you when you are playing on them. A million thanks to each & every one of you!! – Trace Davis, President / Founder. [more]

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Please help spread the good word to all the dealers you know that Voodoo Amps will be exhibiting at Summer Namm & we are looking to set up dealers! Help us bring Voodoo to your hometown dealer! 

You can join us at Summer Namm or watch online! – We are exhibiting at the Summer Namm Tradeshow in Nashville June 23-25! We will be offering live broadcast coverage via Voodoo Amps Facebook page & a list of scheduled broadcast times will be posted here shortly.

We are officially debuting (2) new amp models as well as our 1x12” Iso-Cabs & a new 2x12” cabinet design along with our standard 4x12” Series! -

We are officially debuting the following;

• Richard Fortus (GnR) Signature Series 'R4-Single' & matching 4x12" with (2) G12H's & (2) Golds
• 'Mid-Drive' Single Lead with (2) matching 2x12 cabinets (new smaller 2x12 design!) with G12H's in 1 cab & Vintage 30 & G12T75 in the other cab
• 'V-Plex' Single Lead & matching 4x12" with G12H's
• V-Rock' Single Lead & matching 4x12" with (2) Vintage 30's & (2) G12T-75's
  
• 'V-Rock' 3-Channel 
• IsoCab 1x12" set up & ready to demo!

• PCB's - All amps are equipped with extremely high quality printed circuit boards which were not only designed for pro quality tone & feel but also to make servicing as easy as possible.
  
• Tube Buffered Effects Loop - All models feature onboard Tube Buffered FX-Loop, with the exception of the V-Plex. 4-Channel models due out in 3 months.

Stay tuned for sneak-previews shortly! Please help us spread the word by sharing this post or graphics on your social media pages & with your favorite dealers. We truly THANK YOU for your support & we look forward to bring you the best tone & feel possible! [more]

 

This amp was original manufactured for use in Europe & came with the male Bulgin AC receptacle for AC power as well as the Bulgin ‘Push-In’ connector for the AC voltage Selector & Speaker Impedance Selector.

The Speaker Impedance selector was very loose & too brittle to re-tension the sockets so we hard wired the amp for use with 8ohm or 16ohms cabinets. We also hard wired the amp for 120v use here in the States. We properly labeled the Speaker Jacks as well as the Fuse Holders, etc as the silk screening was wearing off, which is common on older 70’s Marshalls.

This amp had been through a couple of techs & was an amalgamation of a Super Bass meets a Super Lead. She was in need of some well deserved TLC & after a fair amount of clean up work, new Screen Grid resistors, improving the ground scheme, new power tubes, re-tensioning / cleaning the sockets, restoring it to a 1987 Super Lead circuit & restructuring the internal voltages, she sounds & feels amazing just like what you hear on the classic records!

She’s ready for active duty again & will provide years worth of amazing pro quality tone & will be featured on the up coming Red Dragon Cartel record featuring Jake E Lee!

 

Related Links

1.) Jake E Lee's Red Dragon Cartel

2.) Antony Esposito’s Facebook

3.) Obsenic Arts Recording Studio
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Join us at Summer Namm in person or watch online! – We are exhibiting at the Summer Namm Tradeshow in Nashville June 23-25! We will be offering live broadcast coverage via Voodoo Amps Facebook page & a list of scheduled broadcast times will be posted shortly. We are officially debuting (2) new amp models, the Richard Fortus 'R4-Single' & the new 'Mid-Drive' model as well as our 1x12” Iso-Cabs & a new 2x12” cabinet design along with our standard 4x12” Series! - Stay tuned for sneak-previews shortly! Please help us spread the word to your friends & especially dealers in your area to help bring Voodoo to your town! We truly THANK YOU for your support & we very much look forward to bring you the best tone & feel possible!

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Mod Pricing & Specs - As used by; Billy F. Gibbons - ZZ Top, Brad Whitford - Aerosmith, Keith Urban - Country Legend, Barry Stock - Three Days Grace, Vivian Campbell - Def Leppard / Whitesnake / Dio / Riverdogs, Phil Collen of Def Leppard, Jason Hook - 5 Finger Death Punch / Alice Cooper, Neal Schon - Journey, Michael Wilton - Queensryche, Robby Lochner - Jack Russle's Great White, Chris Traynor - Bush / Gavin Rossdale, Jay Jesse Johnson - Solo Artist / Arcangle, Jeff Stinco - Simple Plan, Brook St James - Tyketto / Steve Augeri (Journey) / Yellow Brick Road, Billy Corgan - Smashing Pumpkins, Steve Senes - Solo ArtistGuitarist, Mike Kerr - Solo Guitarist, J. Mascis - Dinosaur Jr & so many other great Voodoo Supporters! If you've read this far, we want to thank you THANK YOU for supporting us & please know that we greatly appreciate it! As always please feel free to share or send this link to a friend!

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We're extremely proud & deeply honored to have been a part of the AC/DC guitar tones on this tour! It's been hard to find good live recordings but this is a great tune & props to the entire AC/DC crew, you guys rock! If you are looking for the same tone please call (607-256-0465) or email us

 

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Joe Perry’s Live Rig – Here’s a quick pic of amps we’ve worked on that are in Joe’s live rig on the current Hollywood Vampires tour. Amp on the left is the amp used on the marking of Aerosmith’s ‘Pump’ record ($395 for the Mod), amp on the right is 1 of 3 Super PA amps we over hauled-&-Modified for Aerosmith’s world tour last year. Both amps contain Master Volumes among other Mods.

 

Joe Perry Modded Tone Bender Pedal – Here’s a quick pic taken on stage of a Tone Bender Replica pedal that Trace had Modded several years back. Joe is using it in his live rig again on the Hollywood Vampires Tour. - “I used to Mod pedals many years ago & only do so on very rare occasions these days. I reviewed my original Mod Notes & it was given to us because it would squeal uncontrollably when turned on making it unusable. It was all hand wired with (3) germanium transistors. I was given car blanch so I voiced it to a schematic I had made of the best sounding Tone Bender pedal that I’d worked on years prior. I wasn't keen on the type of caps used so I changed all the cap types & tweaked the circuit so all the gain was usable. It came out sounding great & cuts through the mix extremely well.” Feel free to share as you like & send this link to a friend!

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