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Little Lanilei Amps

This company has a great line of tube practice amps. They're only 8" x 8" x 7" but the quality of the sound is amazing. The one that really piqued my interest was their Rotary Wave Speaker, it's a baby (8" x 8" x 12") Leslie. I've got a bag of interesting foot pedals and processors that I bring with me whenever I'm engineering or producing, one of these are going to end up in my bag of tricks.

Songworks Systems & Products
32158 Camino Capistrano, #A274
San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675-3711
(949)582-7720
www.songworks.com

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KBR-3D Keyboard Amp

The people at Motion Sound have come up with a fairly portable keyboard amp that includes a rotating speaker. At 70 lbs. it's quite a bit more portable than a traditional Leslie cabinet.

Motion Sound
Salt Lake City, UT
(801)265-0917

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I was very impressed with the bass response of their bass/keyboard combo, they had and electric upright bass plugged in and it really did reach all the way down.

Acoustic Image Amps

These amps really put out an amazing amount of sound considering they only weigh 25 pounds and only stand a foot or so tall. I would like to put these through their paces in an environment a little quieter that the 100 decibel NAMM show floor.

Acoustic Image
3201 Riverside Drive
Chattanooga, TN 37406
(423)622-1564
mailto:acoutical@aol.com

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I tried the bass on the guitar amp and it was brighter and the bass got a little flappy. When trying a guitar on both I had to crank up the high end on the bass amp to match what the guitar amp was putting out.

 

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Alessandro High-End Guitar Amps

These gorgeous amps are as nice on the inside as they are on the outside. These guys make no-holds-barred, price-is-no-object amps.

Alessandro Products
(215)355-6424
www.alessandro-products.com

 

Ultrapure Guitar Transducer System

K&K has a new guitar transducer that really sounds nice. I've always had a problem using acoustic guitars with built in pickups, they always seem to make any guitar sound like a cheap Ovation. I was impressed with the openness of the tone and how well it preserved the attack.

These guys also have transducers for everything from banjos to saxophones to accordions.

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K&K Sound Systems
935 S. Empire Blvd.
Coos Bay, OR 97420
(541)888-3517
www.kksound.com

 

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