Bandito Amps: The Online Mag for Tube Amp Lovers
Volume No. 10-2 February 2010
Volume No. 10-2 February 2010
Welcome tube amplifier nuts to the February 2010 issue of Banditoamps. It's another cold front coming through the midwest and it's also Super Bowl time. So let's get kickin' with some great new ideas and some new tube amps for the new year.
At the end of Feb. or near that point thereabouts, maybe, kinda, we hope, we think, will be a very special event. The first annual 'Bandy's Best Of Picks' from 2009. We are going to feature the very best of the best guitar amps being built by our great tube amp builders. So, stay tuned because there will be new pictures not seen on the websites and you won't want to miss Bandy's Picks if you're in the market for a new tube amplifier. Look at it this way; Bandy does all the work for you finding the best amps made, and you can sit at home in your boxer shorts and play high-five-low-five while the rest of us numbskulls work....It's a win win idea dingaling.
Have you ever wondered what an 8-pack of Fender Super Sonics would sound like all cranked to the maximus? Well, if you watched the Super Bowl on Sunday night, you got your answer when Pete Townsend and the Who put on a really nice half-time show. In a word, fullbitcholicious I think would tell the story. If you missed it, we have the whole show on a one CD set for only 12.99 plus shipping. Send your money to: www.wewontbefooledagain@pinballwizard.grumpoldmen
Taco Teddy from Widespread Thighs, Long Island writes, "Bandy, are you sure those guys are the Who cuz they sure look a lot like those guys from 'Pawn Stars' on the Hystory Channel?
TT; what the heck son?! Are you mental or sumthin? You can easily tell it's not Shep and Zacheriah from Pawn Stars cuz these guys don't have all the big gaudy rings and chains dripping off their bodies. C'mon Teddy, you need to step up your game if you're gonna keep swipin' ideas off of the Bandito!
Look! Up in the sky; It's a bird, it's a plane, NO! It's the Bandito....Hooray!
That's right amigos.....Bandy has a secret entrance to his world headquarters inside Martin's Barber Shop. Shhhhh, don't tell anyone. There's the Bandito now in one of his many disquises.
Let's get this month kicked off right with a little sneak quiz. First one to get this right gets to run for Senator against Ben Nelson (Dipshot) Numbraskee. The pollsters say that anyone with all their facial parts, ie. nose, mouth, ears etc., should win the seat handily....Ok, who can guess which one of these mug shots is of the real Royal Tenenbaums? Is it
A.
OR
B.
Wow! We have a winner already, gasp! Chic Pea from Squirrel Holler, AR text'd your Bandito a second ago with his winning guess, "Oh, oh, oh, I know this Bandy! It's A. cuz I see the King, the Queen and the Royal Jester."
Good work Chic. Stay on the line and we'll send you a signed copy of Bandy's tell all autopornography, Bandito's Gone Wacko, Berkshire and Hathaway Press, Omaha 2009.
Have you been to the downtown music store lately? Some of the guys know a little bit about the amplifiers they sell.....but, mostly they don't know anything other than how much watts and how much money. So, here at bandito's hideout, we try harder to make finding the right tube amp an enjoyable and special time of your life. Oh, oh, now ya done it Bandy.
"Oh Bandy, I was so hoping you would try a little 'harder' today. I'm sick of laying around this double-wide dump watching Opie while you fiddle and diddle with that darn computator, or ampitusher, or whatever that loud thingy is? Why don't you come here and fiddle diddle me for awhile you undocumented latin bean eater!" Juanita has a hot temper and she's been known to throw things, but our Bandito will not abort his amplifier article writing mission for any 'sorta' pretty girls this year. And, that's final! No, make that double, double final!
And what about this one vato; have you heard Mr. Jimi doing Purple Haze lately? 'scuze me while I kiss the sky' If you are longing to bust the purple off some haze yourself, then you better switch over to Bandy's Links page and check out the most purpelous hazious 100 watt all tube amplifier to breakout for a long, long time. I'm talking about the babeolicious M100 Plexitator from our newest amp maker, Granger Amplifiers from Birmingham, Alabama. That's right movie buff, just a hiccup south of Greenbow. Now, I'm not joking dude, you gotta hit the Links page and take a ride over to Curt's amp camp where the sound clips hit you right in your cabessa. You won't be disappointed. Here's a little peekeroony.
Robert Plant came by Banditoamps corporate headquarters in Jumbolaya, Mississippi, heard Bandy doing 'Purple Haze' through this Granger Hundred, and no bull amigos, he broke down and cried! He had tears running down his cheeks and he started singing this soul renching version....."You know you shook me baby, you shook me all night loooooonnnnnnnnngggggggggg......" The camera phone video is available for 17.95 plus shipping by visiting vvv.bobbysingstheoldies@burnazeplin.com
Introducing the new 120 watt Head from KENDRICK. It comes in two flavors:
El Hombre Azul ( blue
Tolex with blue LED backlights) and the
El Hombre Negro ( black
Tolex with red LED backlights as shown).
Originally developed for the Blue Man
Group in Las Vegas, but is also used by the best blues guitarist in the
world, Joe Bonamassa, who
heard mine when he was touring through Austin. I loaned it to him for a gig and
he just had to have one. The amp features a massive power supply that is
modulated by four JJ brand E34L (mil spec) power tubes and two 12AX7 preamp
tubes. The preamp is the essence of simplicity, using only a single channel
with a Baxandall type tone stack. Much different than a Fender or Marshall tone
stack, with this circuit, the bass and treble are flat when the controls are set
to half-way up. You can boost or cut bass frequencies and treble frequencies by
turning the controls away from the center. For example, to get more mids, you
could simply turn down the treble and the bass slightly. The amp is perfect (Bandy says that Geraldo over at Kendrick Amps has set the bar very high with this Hombre Negro Cabesa....it made some high schoolers wet their pants at the Chicasaugh County Sock Hop and Rumble last Friday...Hooorah!)
This, my fellow banditos, is the new SMOKIN' Bambino 8 watt push-pull tube darling from our other new amp guru over at Reasonamps.com. Catch a peep at this papas caliente (hot potato) mi amigos. Read all about it on the What's New page and visit Reason Amp's website by simply checking them out on the Links page.
Here's that little Bambino with his pale face look. And it's available in combo layout too! If that isn't enough, check out the sound clips with this little pumpkin blowin' down the big American soul sounds all tweaked out in "Stacked" mode. It'll make your comb over hairdoo do the shimmy! And, if you have been searching the pawn shops and clic clac joints on Broadway (Bandy can be found there every Friday eating free popcorn and drinking a Starturd MocoLatteExpresso with a whisp of Cinamon to lower his cholesterol) looking for the tube amp that'll give up the Jimi Hendrix, then you gotta check this Bambino out on the Youquir videos. They're linked from the www.reasonamps.com website so 'Get 'er Done'
Now, mi amigos, we have a special announcement from our very luscious and nice smelling parts counter girl, Conswella Maria Conchita Smithe (seen here outside Banditoamps world headquarters in Spitball, South Dakota)
"Banditos, listen up; the two gifted amp builders at Reason Amps are going to do more than just showcase their 'combo layout'. Check out Banditoamps' newest tube amp builder interview on the Tube Amp Heroes page. First one there gets to hold the ladder for me while I pull parts here at Bandy's warehouse. Yummy!"
Now, on with the show: For your viewing and listening pleasure, the pastor of the New Revelation Church of the Broken Hearted Love Song, the Reverend John Prine.
"I've got a friend in Fremont. He sells used cars you know. And he calls me up twice a year, just to ask me how it goes? Not bad, pretty good, I can't complain. But actually, all those cars are just about the same."
"Sam Stone came home to his wife and family, after serving in that conflict overseas. And Sammy took to stealin' when he got that empty feeling, for a hundred dollar habit without overtime. But the morphine eased his pain, and the grass grew 'round his brain, and it calmed his mind in the hours that he chose, while his kids ran around wearing other people's clothes. There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes, Jesus Christ died for nothin' I suppose. Little pitchers have big ears, don't stop to count the years. And, sweet songs never last too long on broken radios."
"It was Christmas in prison, and the food was real good. We had turkey and pistols, carved out of wood."
"Small town, bright lights, Saturday night. Pin balls and pool halls are flashing their lights. Making change behind the counter of the penny arcade, sat the fat girl daughter of Virginia and Ray. Lydia. Lydia hid her thoughts like a cat. Behind her dark eyes sunk deep in her fat. She read romance magazines up in her room. And she felt just like Sunday on Saturday afternoon."
GO Billy GO! Yeah, our tube amp hero does the "shake and bake" with his tube amp bass player buddy Dustonius Hillarius.
Do you want that WALL of sound without having to buy as many amps as Billy and Dusty use? Have you tried visiting some of the great Americano y Canadiens tube amp builders web sites that contribute to Banditoamps? They're all here on the 'Links' page for your examination. Most of these tube tone creators offer sound clips on their sites so you can hear the tone you are looking for. And, they make the clips with commonly owned guitars too, so you're not saying, "Sure, that sounds great with a 3 thousand dollar guitar!"
For example; here is the new Grand daddy Granger SBVA 300 bass guitar amp. 300 butt kickin' watts of all tube power ready to shake the change out of all the dancers' pockets. Not in a VERY long while has anyone taken up the challenge to create a 300 watt all tube amp. It takes real guts to offer such a beast without fear of nuclear disaster. But Curt over at Grangeramp.com has stepped up to the plate and hit a home run with his newest, biggest, baddest tube amp. Visit the Links page, and you're there Tweedle Dee. Bandy's disclaimer in mostly English: Children should not be left unattended anywhere in the same building with a Ground Pounding SBVA 300 bass amplifier. We simply can't be held responsible if they poop their nickers.
Hey banditos, got only a little bit of mula and a whole lot of desire for a top shelf tube dynamo? Try this great Trinity 18 watt Marshallus clonius from our pal Stephen the Canuck. He'll treat you right and you'll have the coolest, most babe gettinest amp in the hood. Try it, you'll like it! Just a click away: Trinity Amps on the Links page.
Setting the stage for there first American tour outside of the Cornbelt Circuit, Bandy would like to introduce you to a HOT new garage band from Mineola, Iowa that has all the high school cheerleaders doing the splits. They have a really retro sound found only by taping into the British mojo with some cool Vox amplification.
"Hey, Bandito, do those guys have any CD's out? They look kinda familiar. Hey! Is that the Trogs? Yeah, that's Ozzy before he got old and started wearing wigs. You turd Bandito! You're always trying to trick the kids in the crowd.
Not hardly cabrone; that's Roy Orbison jamming with the Beatles in '65 at the Whiskey A GoGo in Canton, Ohio. He's the one with the Gretsch Black Falcon and the Armani suit. "It's been a hard day's night and I been working like a dog."
Yes mi banditos. It's the queen bee of so many Friday night dances at the local community hall, the '66 Fendarius Super Reverbarius tube amplifier. Modestly rated at 35 watts, but all tweeked up by a competent amp tech, with two hot 6L6 power tubes and high quality preamp tubes, you can expect to make 35 pure tube watts standing on your head vatos! If you have one of these in your basement, put her in a place of honor in your home. She deserves at least as nice a home as the cat or dog laying around on the sofa. She's full bodied, with a robust, woody flavor and just a hint of burnt tolex. The sixties Super Reverbs backed up some of the best guitar players on the planet, including our Captain of the Delta blues, Johnny Winter. Sail on O Ship Of State, sail on.
Ah yes, the Chief of the Blues Magoos, senor Winter with his slide queen Gibby Thunderbird. There are lots of Johnny Winter clips on Youturd, so give 'em a try and see what a pale rider from a small town in Texas can do with a Super Reverb and a bottle neck. You won't be disappointed amigos. I should note that Johnny Winter did switch to the Leo Fender follow-up amps after Leo sold Fender to CBS. The Leo Fendarius Music Man amps are still a viable option for many inspired guitar players today. Music Man amps used a solid state preamp section (many with one 12AX7 to naturally growl the tone), a solid state rectifier, and either two or four 6L6 power tubes. If you check out any of the You2b videos of Johnny Winter, he's almost always using the Music Man amps, both the Leo copy of his kick-ass Twin Reverb (2x12 model) and the Leo copy of the Super Reverb (4x10 spkr model). Leo Fender had a vision of good tone, strong like an ox, and regular guy affordability when he started building tube amplifiers. All I can say is "Beautiful, job well done Leo!"
Hey kids; do you like that Super Reverb mojo, but you can't find 3 grand to buy a nice vintage model? Yeah, me too. Well why don't you head over to www.allenamps.com and check out the very creamolicious Allen Old Flame all tube amp. Top of the line components and all of the early mojolitions that the true tube amp lover craves.....yeah dude, that's you! David Allen makes a true American tube amp that you can be proud of for years to come. Check 'em out and be sure to tell them that Bandy made you do it. Many defendents claim that they know Bandy and have had good results getting reduced sentences.....so, you win twice feller!
If you see something you like here at Banditoamps.com, or you want to give a stirring testimonial about how tube amplifier music has changed your life, please send Bandy a quick line at: getyofunkoutmyface@squeezemylemon.orgastic
Looking for something a little 'different'? Try a Peper painting and get right outta yo mind. The guys from the east coast have their cousin Vinnie, so, Bandy likewise has his cousin Jesse from the bowels of Cozumel. See all of his cool stuff including some rad CD cover art work on his 'Projects' page by visiting www.jessepeper.com and tell him that Tio Bandy sent you.
Hooorah! Rock Giants for January
Speaking of Free Birds like Bandy, how about our Banditoamps 'Rock Giant' of the month Lynyrd Skynyrd and their new tell all CD, "God and Guns"
Now, that's a theme that definitely catches Bandy's eye. Want more? Easy, just follow the bouncing ball www.lynyrdskynyrd.com
Bandy commented, "I love the music, but can you tone it down with the dang Y's please?!
Check out the newest Banditoamps tube amp interview with Angie Jolita hosted by our roving reporter and amp tech, Zippy Two Stones. Read on Vato.
Zippy "Angela 'Pitts' Jolita; have you heard of Banditoamps, the on-line amplifier magazine?"
AJ "Aaaaa, well maybe? Is that the one that Lindsay Loanahan was the cover girl for in December?"
Zippy "Yeah, exactly. Do you have anything you want to say to the Banditoamps readers? Oh, and Bandy would like to know if you'l be in his new music video?"
LL "Yeah, tell the readers that I'm excited about being on the cover this month and that I'm hoping Bandy chooses me for his All Girls Roller Derby team. I'm already a good skater and I've got the hot bitch tats and everything. Oh, and I'd love to be in the music video but Brad's getting all jealous now that he heard Bandy's texting me....so, tell that little latin lover to stay low and I'll meet him at our special place in TJ soon.
Warning! Frequent exposure to Banditoamps.com has been linked to insipitous daydreaming, the shakes and the tube vapors.
"I wish they all could be the Bandito girls.....I been all around this one horse town and I've seen all kinds of girls, but I can't wait to get back in Baleemia, back to the thinnest girls in the world." Your pals, Los Playa Ninos
At the end of Feb. or near that point thereabouts, maybe, kinda, we hope, we think, will be a very special event. The first annual 'Bandy's Best Of Picks' from 2009. We are going to feature the very best of the best guitar amps being built by our great tube amp builders. So, stay tuned because there will be new pictures not seen on the websites and you won't want to miss Bandy's Picks if you're in the market for a new tube amplifier. Look at it this way; Bandy does all the work for you finding the best amps made, and you can sit at home in your boxer shorts and play high-five-low-five while the rest of us numbskulls work....It's a win win idea dingaling.
Have you ever wondered what an 8-pack of Fender Super Sonics would sound like all cranked to the maximus? Well, if you watched the Super Bowl on Sunday night, you got your answer when Pete Townsend and the Who put on a really nice half-time show. In a word, fullbitcholicious I think would tell the story. If you missed it, we have the whole show on a one CD set for only 12.99 plus shipping. Send your money to: www.wewontbefooledagain@pinballwizard.grumpoldmen
Taco Teddy from Widespread Thighs, Long Island writes, "Bandy, are you sure those guys are the Who cuz they sure look a lot like those guys from 'Pawn Stars' on the Hystory Channel?
TT; what the heck son?! Are you mental or sumthin? You can easily tell it's not Shep and Zacheriah from Pawn Stars cuz these guys don't have all the big gaudy rings and chains dripping off their bodies. C'mon Teddy, you need to step up your game if you're gonna keep swipin' ideas off of the Bandito!
Look! Up in the sky; It's a bird, it's a plane, NO! It's the Bandito....Hooray!
That's right amigos.....Bandy has a secret entrance to his world headquarters inside Martin's Barber Shop. Shhhhh, don't tell anyone. There's the Bandito now in one of his many disquises.
Let's get this month kicked off right with a little sneak quiz. First one to get this right gets to run for Senator against Ben Nelson (Dipshot) Numbraskee. The pollsters say that anyone with all their facial parts, ie. nose, mouth, ears etc., should win the seat handily....Ok, who can guess which one of these mug shots is of the real Royal Tenenbaums? Is it
A.
OR
B.
Wow! We have a winner already, gasp! Chic Pea from Squirrel Holler, AR text'd your Bandito a second ago with his winning guess, "Oh, oh, oh, I know this Bandy! It's A. cuz I see the King, the Queen and the Royal Jester."
Good work Chic. Stay on the line and we'll send you a signed copy of Bandy's tell all autopornography, Bandito's Gone Wacko, Berkshire and Hathaway Press, Omaha 2009.
Have you been to the downtown music store lately? Some of the guys know a little bit about the amplifiers they sell.....but, mostly they don't know anything other than how much watts and how much money. So, here at bandito's hideout, we try harder to make finding the right tube amp an enjoyable and special time of your life. Oh, oh, now ya done it Bandy.
"Oh Bandy, I was so hoping you would try a little 'harder' today. I'm sick of laying around this double-wide dump watching Opie while you fiddle and diddle with that darn computator, or ampitusher, or whatever that loud thingy is? Why don't you come here and fiddle diddle me for awhile you undocumented latin bean eater!" Juanita has a hot temper and she's been known to throw things, but our Bandito will not abort his amplifier article writing mission for any 'sorta' pretty girls this year. And, that's final! No, make that double, double final!
And what about this one vato; have you heard Mr. Jimi doing Purple Haze lately? 'scuze me while I kiss the sky' If you are longing to bust the purple off some haze yourself, then you better switch over to Bandy's Links page and check out the most purpelous hazious 100 watt all tube amplifier to breakout for a long, long time. I'm talking about the babeolicious M100 Plexitator from our newest amp maker, Granger Amplifiers from Birmingham, Alabama. That's right movie buff, just a hiccup south of Greenbow. Now, I'm not joking dude, you gotta hit the Links page and take a ride over to Curt's amp camp where the sound clips hit you right in your cabessa. You won't be disappointed. Here's a little peekeroony.
Robert Plant came by Banditoamps corporate headquarters in Jumbolaya, Mississippi, heard Bandy doing 'Purple Haze' through this Granger Hundred, and no bull amigos, he broke down and cried! He had tears running down his cheeks and he started singing this soul renching version....."You know you shook me baby, you shook me all night loooooonnnnnnnnngggggggggg......" The camera phone video is available for 17.95 plus shipping by visiting vvv.bobbysingstheoldies@burnazeplin.com
Introducing the new 120 watt Head from KENDRICK. It comes in two flavors:
This, my fellow banditos, is the new SMOKIN' Bambino 8 watt push-pull tube darling from our other new amp guru over at Reasonamps.com. Catch a peep at this papas caliente (hot potato) mi amigos. Read all about it on the What's New page and visit Reason Amp's website by simply checking them out on the Links page.
Here's that little Bambino with his pale face look. And it's available in combo layout too! If that isn't enough, check out the sound clips with this little pumpkin blowin' down the big American soul sounds all tweaked out in "Stacked" mode. It'll make your comb over hairdoo do the shimmy! And, if you have been searching the pawn shops and clic clac joints on Broadway (Bandy can be found there every Friday eating free popcorn and drinking a Starturd MocoLatteExpresso with a whisp of Cinamon to lower his cholesterol) looking for the tube amp that'll give up the Jimi Hendrix, then you gotta check this Bambino out on the Youquir videos. They're linked from the www.reasonamps.com website so 'Get 'er Done'
Now, mi amigos, we have a special announcement from our very luscious and nice smelling parts counter girl, Conswella Maria Conchita Smithe (seen here outside Banditoamps world headquarters in Spitball, South Dakota)
"Banditos, listen up; the two gifted amp builders at Reason Amps are going to do more than just showcase their 'combo layout'. Check out Banditoamps' newest tube amp builder interview on the Tube Amp Heroes page. First one there gets to hold the ladder for me while I pull parts here at Bandy's warehouse. Yummy!"
Now, on with the show: For your viewing and listening pleasure, the pastor of the New Revelation Church of the Broken Hearted Love Song, the Reverend John Prine.
"I've got a friend in Fremont. He sells used cars you know. And he calls me up twice a year, just to ask me how it goes? Not bad, pretty good, I can't complain. But actually, all those cars are just about the same."
"Sam Stone came home to his wife and family, after serving in that conflict overseas. And Sammy took to stealin' when he got that empty feeling, for a hundred dollar habit without overtime. But the morphine eased his pain, and the grass grew 'round his brain, and it calmed his mind in the hours that he chose, while his kids ran around wearing other people's clothes. There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes, Jesus Christ died for nothin' I suppose. Little pitchers have big ears, don't stop to count the years. And, sweet songs never last too long on broken radios."
"It was Christmas in prison, and the food was real good. We had turkey and pistols, carved out of wood."
"Small town, bright lights, Saturday night. Pin balls and pool halls are flashing their lights. Making change behind the counter of the penny arcade, sat the fat girl daughter of Virginia and Ray. Lydia. Lydia hid her thoughts like a cat. Behind her dark eyes sunk deep in her fat. She read romance magazines up in her room. And she felt just like Sunday on Saturday afternoon."
GO Billy GO! Yeah, our tube amp hero does the "shake and bake" with his tube amp bass player buddy Dustonius Hillarius.
Do you want that WALL of sound without having to buy as many amps as Billy and Dusty use? Have you tried visiting some of the great Americano y Canadiens tube amp builders web sites that contribute to Banditoamps? They're all here on the 'Links' page for your examination. Most of these tube tone creators offer sound clips on their sites so you can hear the tone you are looking for. And, they make the clips with commonly owned guitars too, so you're not saying, "Sure, that sounds great with a 3 thousand dollar guitar!"
For example; here is the new Grand daddy Granger SBVA 300 bass guitar amp. 300 butt kickin' watts of all tube power ready to shake the change out of all the dancers' pockets. Not in a VERY long while has anyone taken up the challenge to create a 300 watt all tube amp. It takes real guts to offer such a beast without fear of nuclear disaster. But Curt over at Grangeramp.com has stepped up to the plate and hit a home run with his newest, biggest, baddest tube amp. Visit the Links page, and you're there Tweedle Dee. Bandy's disclaimer in mostly English: Children should not be left unattended anywhere in the same building with a Ground Pounding SBVA 300 bass amplifier. We simply can't be held responsible if they poop their nickers.
Hey banditos, got only a little bit of mula and a whole lot of desire for a top shelf tube dynamo? Try this great Trinity 18 watt Marshallus clonius from our pal Stephen the Canuck. He'll treat you right and you'll have the coolest, most babe gettinest amp in the hood. Try it, you'll like it! Just a click away: Trinity Amps on the Links page.
Setting the stage for there first American tour outside of the Cornbelt Circuit, Bandy would like to introduce you to a HOT new garage band from Mineola, Iowa that has all the high school cheerleaders doing the splits. They have a really retro sound found only by taping into the British mojo with some cool Vox amplification.
"Hey, Bandito, do those guys have any CD's out? They look kinda familiar. Hey! Is that the Trogs? Yeah, that's Ozzy before he got old and started wearing wigs. You turd Bandito! You're always trying to trick the kids in the crowd.
Not hardly cabrone; that's Roy Orbison jamming with the Beatles in '65 at the Whiskey A GoGo in Canton, Ohio. He's the one with the Gretsch Black Falcon and the Armani suit. "It's been a hard day's night and I been working like a dog."
Yes mi banditos. It's the queen bee of so many Friday night dances at the local community hall, the '66 Fendarius Super Reverbarius tube amplifier. Modestly rated at 35 watts, but all tweeked up by a competent amp tech, with two hot 6L6 power tubes and high quality preamp tubes, you can expect to make 35 pure tube watts standing on your head vatos! If you have one of these in your basement, put her in a place of honor in your home. She deserves at least as nice a home as the cat or dog laying around on the sofa. She's full bodied, with a robust, woody flavor and just a hint of burnt tolex. The sixties Super Reverbs backed up some of the best guitar players on the planet, including our Captain of the Delta blues, Johnny Winter. Sail on O Ship Of State, sail on.
Ah yes, the Chief of the Blues Magoos, senor Winter with his slide queen Gibby Thunderbird. There are lots of Johnny Winter clips on Youturd, so give 'em a try and see what a pale rider from a small town in Texas can do with a Super Reverb and a bottle neck. You won't be disappointed amigos. I should note that Johnny Winter did switch to the Leo Fender follow-up amps after Leo sold Fender to CBS. The Leo Fendarius Music Man amps are still a viable option for many inspired guitar players today. Music Man amps used a solid state preamp section (many with one 12AX7 to naturally growl the tone), a solid state rectifier, and either two or four 6L6 power tubes. If you check out any of the You2b videos of Johnny Winter, he's almost always using the Music Man amps, both the Leo copy of his kick-ass Twin Reverb (2x12 model) and the Leo copy of the Super Reverb (4x10 spkr model). Leo Fender had a vision of good tone, strong like an ox, and regular guy affordability when he started building tube amplifiers. All I can say is "Beautiful, job well done Leo!"
Hey kids; do you like that Super Reverb mojo, but you can't find 3 grand to buy a nice vintage model? Yeah, me too. Well why don't you head over to www.allenamps.com and check out the very creamolicious Allen Old Flame all tube amp. Top of the line components and all of the early mojolitions that the true tube amp lover craves.....yeah dude, that's you! David Allen makes a true American tube amp that you can be proud of for years to come. Check 'em out and be sure to tell them that Bandy made you do it. Many defendents claim that they know Bandy and have had good results getting reduced sentences.....so, you win twice feller!
If you see something you like here at Banditoamps.com, or you want to give a stirring testimonial about how tube amplifier music has changed your life, please send Bandy a quick line at: getyofunkoutmyface@squeezemylemon.orgastic
Looking for something a little 'different'? Try a Peper painting and get right outta yo mind. The guys from the east coast have their cousin Vinnie, so, Bandy likewise has his cousin Jesse from the bowels of Cozumel. See all of his cool stuff including some rad CD cover art work on his 'Projects' page by visiting www.jessepeper.com and tell him that Tio Bandy sent you.
Hooorah! Rock Giants for January
Speaking of Free Birds like Bandy, how about our Banditoamps 'Rock Giant' of the month Lynyrd Skynyrd and their new tell all CD, "God and Guns"
Now, that's a theme that definitely catches Bandy's eye. Want more? Easy, just follow the bouncing ball www.lynyrdskynyrd.com
Bandy commented, "I love the music, but can you tone it down with the dang Y's please?!
Check out the newest Banditoamps tube amp interview with Angie Jolita hosted by our roving reporter and amp tech, Zippy Two Stones. Read on Vato.
Zippy "Angela 'Pitts' Jolita; have you heard of Banditoamps, the on-line amplifier magazine?"
AJ "Aaaaa, well maybe? Is that the one that Lindsay Loanahan was the cover girl for in December?"
Zippy "Yeah, exactly. Do you have anything you want to say to the Banditoamps readers? Oh, and Bandy would like to know if you'l be in his new music video?"
LL "Yeah, tell the readers that I'm excited about being on the cover this month and that I'm hoping Bandy chooses me for his All Girls Roller Derby team. I'm already a good skater and I've got the hot bitch tats and everything. Oh, and I'd love to be in the music video but Brad's getting all jealous now that he heard Bandy's texting me....so, tell that little latin lover to stay low and I'll meet him at our special place in TJ soon.
Warning! Frequent exposure to Banditoamps.com has been linked to insipitous daydreaming, the shakes and the tube vapors.
"I wish they all could be the Bandito girls.....I been all around this one horse town and I've seen all kinds of girls, but I can't wait to get back in Baleemia, back to the thinnest girls in the world." Your pals, Los Playa Ninos
Part I An Introduction to Bandito's tube amp magazine for new readers (Newbies start here)
In the last ten years the tube guitar amplifier has experienced a exciting renaissance. The price of a 1950's era Fender Tweed amplifier went from a couple bucks at a yard sale, to thousands of dollars on the web auctions. In response to that pent up desire for the real sound that launched the "rock revolution," some of the best minds in America have disected the early tube amps in order to re-construct the magic that is a tube amplifier. The results are astounding and, to steal a great phrase, "just give us the facts ma'am" Joe Friday and Frank his trusty cop sidekick.
During the late 1960's and the early 1970's, after the world changing musical event of Leo Fender selling his company to CBS, amp builders were all striving to get huge amounts of power and volume from guitar amps because stage acts needed to play much louder due to the size of the crowds and lots of outdoor concerts. At the same time, amplifier manufacturers were giving the buying public what they wanted; more watts of power for less money. So, a new breed of amplifiers known as solid state, or transistor amps took the stage and the sad, dog-eared tube beauties were put in basements and closets where they grew mold and languished in silence, aargh!!
But a funny thing happened, the fickle guitar players (anyone know an eccentric geetar players?) rejected the cold, sterile sound of the solid state amps and the rebirth of the tube beauties that started it all is now back in full swing. The big three, better known as Fender, Vox and Marshall amp companies have all started producing "reissue" tube amps with the same look as their earlier predecessor amps from the 50's, 60's and 70's. But, do the reissues sound and behave like their gene donor parents? Most savvy guitar players will say "no" and that is where we will begin our story here at Banditoamps. With each new monthly issue, we will discuss both the old vintage darlings and we will talk about the reissues and, we are going to get the very best information about the American movers and shakers that are building great new tube amps that easily rival the quality and tone of the "founding fathers." So, get comfortable and check out this site often because the knowledge you learn may give you the Bees Knees of tone when the other guys are crackin' stage farts outta their punny solid state amps. And, after all, you don't mind having the best sounding amp at the jam session now do you?
The desire of banditoamps.com is to maximize everyone's experience with their tube tone darlings by sharing knowledge of tube amplifiers, with discussions about new products and cool information and pictures of the best vintage amps. If you like what you see, then tell other musicians and electronics nuts across the globe about banditoamps.com. The more the merrier. To visit the other pages in this magazine, simply click on the headings listed at the top of this page (What's New, Tube Amp Heroes, Amp of the Month, Bandito's Garage, Rock Giants and, of course, Links)
El Bandito's Disclaimer: hot mojo tube amp music can cause hearing dysfunction, manic giddiness, lack of sleep and, on rare occasions, pregnancy, So Be Careful! And, some parts of tube amps can hold LETHAL amounts of voltage that can even cause death, So Be Careful x 50. A recent study by scientists at the Harddon School of Erectile Medicin has proven that the mere sight of a vintage laquer tweed '59 Bassman tube amp proved to put more umph in the man log than a year's supply of Viagra. So, there you go oldsters, get a '59 Bassman tube amp and do more than just kiss mama goodnight. OLAY Vatos!
Part II The Sorta New Stuff for the January readers
Hey dude. Do you like these girly pics or would you rather that your bandito would just give you the no bull caca amp articles? Oops, you were too slow with your answer. Try a little harder next time when you are called on in class . Sheryl has the red Gibby mojo, nice legs and she's a big fan of Banditoamps.com.....I think? Check back next month when we download 3 minutes of Sheryl crackin' the power chords thru a Granger M100 Plexitator....Oh baby! It does not get any better. Scout's honor.
Now then..........Please stand for the recitation of the Bandito Creedo:
I, state your name, pledge to read banditoamps every month, go to school like I'm suppose to, take out the trash and pay my taxes every day, as proof to Big Brother The Hutu, my parents and to my parole officer, that I am not a heathen guitar player and godless noise maker. I reject the teachings of the solid state amplifier dweebs, and I pledge that I will produce only the purest, most naturalest organic particulates of healthy, fat free, pesticide free tube amp tone and allow it to exit my abode into the pristine atmosphere, so help me Jerry Garcia. And, if I, state your name again, have fudged or lied while taking this oath, I agree to let Queen Bitch Nancy Pelosi sit on my lap while she burps her 500 dollar-a-bottle wine breath in my face. So help me Roy Rogers, godfather of the singing cowboys.
What's New page for whatever freakin month this is:
Absolutely nothing is new.....well, maybe.....I can't take the pressure of publishing such a mega hit tube amplifier magazine.....I'm gonna truck down to the Stargate Coffee Club and see if I can find my mojo again. Sigh, sigh,
"What am I gonna do? Too much is going on. Somebody help me please, can't make it on my own. Voices from my childhood call, Mama sang her song. Jesus is calling y'all. Son when you're weak, He is strong." Mylon Lefevre and Broken Heart
In the last ten years the tube guitar amplifier has experienced a exciting renaissance. The price of a 1950's era Fender Tweed amplifier went from a couple bucks at a yard sale, to thousands of dollars on the web auctions. In response to that pent up desire for the real sound that launched the "rock revolution," some of the best minds in America have disected the early tube amps in order to re-construct the magic that is a tube amplifier. The results are astounding and, to steal a great phrase, "just give us the facts ma'am" Joe Friday and Frank his trusty cop sidekick.
During the late 1960's and the early 1970's, after the world changing musical event of Leo Fender selling his company to CBS, amp builders were all striving to get huge amounts of power and volume from guitar amps because stage acts needed to play much louder due to the size of the crowds and lots of outdoor concerts. At the same time, amplifier manufacturers were giving the buying public what they wanted; more watts of power for less money. So, a new breed of amplifiers known as solid state, or transistor amps took the stage and the sad, dog-eared tube beauties were put in basements and closets where they grew mold and languished in silence, aargh!!
But a funny thing happened, the fickle guitar players (anyone know an eccentric geetar players?) rejected the cold, sterile sound of the solid state amps and the rebirth of the tube beauties that started it all is now back in full swing. The big three, better known as Fender, Vox and Marshall amp companies have all started producing "reissue" tube amps with the same look as their earlier predecessor amps from the 50's, 60's and 70's. But, do the reissues sound and behave like their gene donor parents? Most savvy guitar players will say "no" and that is where we will begin our story here at Banditoamps. With each new monthly issue, we will discuss both the old vintage darlings and we will talk about the reissues and, we are going to get the very best information about the American movers and shakers that are building great new tube amps that easily rival the quality and tone of the "founding fathers." So, get comfortable and check out this site often because the knowledge you learn may give you the Bees Knees of tone when the other guys are crackin' stage farts outta their punny solid state amps. And, after all, you don't mind having the best sounding amp at the jam session now do you?
The desire of banditoamps.com is to maximize everyone's experience with their tube tone darlings by sharing knowledge of tube amplifiers, with discussions about new products and cool information and pictures of the best vintage amps. If you like what you see, then tell other musicians and electronics nuts across the globe about banditoamps.com. The more the merrier. To visit the other pages in this magazine, simply click on the headings listed at the top of this page (What's New, Tube Amp Heroes, Amp of the Month, Bandito's Garage, Rock Giants and, of course, Links)
El Bandito's Disclaimer: hot mojo tube amp music can cause hearing dysfunction, manic giddiness, lack of sleep and, on rare occasions, pregnancy, So Be Careful! And, some parts of tube amps can hold LETHAL amounts of voltage that can even cause death, So Be Careful x 50. A recent study by scientists at the Harddon School of Erectile Medicin has proven that the mere sight of a vintage laquer tweed '59 Bassman tube amp proved to put more umph in the man log than a year's supply of Viagra. So, there you go oldsters, get a '59 Bassman tube amp and do more than just kiss mama goodnight. OLAY Vatos!
Part II The Sorta New Stuff for the January readers
Hey dude. Do you like these girly pics or would you rather that your bandito would just give you the no bull caca amp articles? Oops, you were too slow with your answer. Try a little harder next time when you are called on in class . Sheryl has the red Gibby mojo, nice legs and she's a big fan of Banditoamps.com.....I think? Check back next month when we download 3 minutes of Sheryl crackin' the power chords thru a Granger M100 Plexitator....Oh baby! It does not get any better. Scout's honor.
Now then..........Please stand for the recitation of the Bandito Creedo:
I, state your name, pledge to read banditoamps every month, go to school like I'm suppose to, take out the trash and pay my taxes every day, as proof to Big Brother The Hutu, my parents and to my parole officer, that I am not a heathen guitar player and godless noise maker. I reject the teachings of the solid state amplifier dweebs, and I pledge that I will produce only the purest, most naturalest organic particulates of healthy, fat free, pesticide free tube amp tone and allow it to exit my abode into the pristine atmosphere, so help me Jerry Garcia. And, if I, state your name again, have fudged or lied while taking this oath, I agree to let Queen Bitch Nancy Pelosi sit on my lap while she burps her 500 dollar-a-bottle wine breath in my face. So help me Roy Rogers, godfather of the singing cowboys.
What's New page for whatever freakin month this is:
Absolutely nothing is new.....well, maybe.....I can't take the pressure of publishing such a mega hit tube amplifier magazine.....I'm gonna truck down to the Stargate Coffee Club and see if I can find my mojo again. Sigh, sigh,
"What am I gonna do? Too much is going on. Somebody help me please, can't make it on my own. Voices from my childhood call, Mama sang her song. Jesus is calling y'all. Son when you're weak, He is strong." Mylon Lefevre and Broken Heart
Mama, come lookit! It's the chairman of the board, Jeffus Beckus, English geetar hero! Wow! Where else but on banditoamps.com can you find this kind of cutting edge rocknroll news? Be sure to watch the HBOner 25th Annv. Hall of Fame Concert and catch Beckus with other guitar heroes Buddy Guylantus and Billy 'Hamerizer' Gibbons wailing through some Fender '57 Tweed Twin amps and some Jimmy Marshall tone stacks. Get the @#$out!
Jeffus Beckus has gladly endorsed Banditoamps as the most hippest place to scope out rockin' tube amp gear and show off for lucious guitar groupies like Bandy's old flame, Leann.
Talk about your cash cow guitar heroes, nobody's gonna do less with more than Jaime Page, the real sultan of swing. He was recently caught unawares on a Greyhound bus in Florida by Banditoamps' roving reporter, Zippy Two Stones. Let's hear what he had to say to Zippy in a candid interview:
Zippy "Jimmy, hey it's Zippy from Banditoamps. Are you trying to sneak around the southern Florida retirement homes on this grey dog without getting noticed?"
Page "No, I'm trying to get outta the states without that prick Robert Plant finding me. He's always nagging me for his 'money I owe him' and I'm not gonna give him a chance this time."
Zippy "Why don't you just pay him? I heard he's only asking for 6 mil and a couple bottles of your antique pirate rum. That's just pocket change Jimmy. Right? And, aaaaa, is that a microwavable Jimi bean and cheese burrito you have there? Do they sell those on the grey perro now?"
Page "Sorry dude, I'm outta here. I just got word that the Enquirer has named me Tiger's 13th secret lover. Nothing good ever lasts. Tell Bandy I sent him a dead fish for all the lies he's printed about me and tell him to watch his back! And, yeah that is a Jimi burrito and they're available on-line at JPageburritos@silentbutdeadly/comangettit.calm"
Just one more look at the guitar swami before we go, Sir Jaime with his '59 Les Paul (sold to Jimmy by Joe Walsh and used on the early records) and his stack of James Marshall all tube amps. Oops, sorry mi readers, Jaime is actually playing a Kay Lookalike through a sixpac of Fender Champs.....awesome dude! Ahh, no, don't look now but that's really Jackie Blackie from an out-take from 'Schoo of Rock'
Look, Black's doing the chunky moonwalk at the Pasadena High Prom coming dance. Go big boy go!
Now here is a real American guitar hero who doesn't put on airs amigos. Yeah, it's Jeraldo Garcia smoking the crowd at the '95 War Paint Nam Jam in Souix Falls, SD. Russel Means was there and he's a playin' fiddle with Jerry.
Jeffus Beckus has gladly endorsed Banditoamps as the most hippest place to scope out rockin' tube amp gear and show off for lucious guitar groupies like Bandy's old flame, Leann.
Talk about your cash cow guitar heroes, nobody's gonna do less with more than Jaime Page, the real sultan of swing. He was recently caught unawares on a Greyhound bus in Florida by Banditoamps' roving reporter, Zippy Two Stones. Let's hear what he had to say to Zippy in a candid interview:
Zippy "Jimmy, hey it's Zippy from Banditoamps. Are you trying to sneak around the southern Florida retirement homes on this grey dog without getting noticed?"
Page "No, I'm trying to get outta the states without that prick Robert Plant finding me. He's always nagging me for his 'money I owe him' and I'm not gonna give him a chance this time."
Zippy "Why don't you just pay him? I heard he's only asking for 6 mil and a couple bottles of your antique pirate rum. That's just pocket change Jimmy. Right? And, aaaaa, is that a microwavable Jimi bean and cheese burrito you have there? Do they sell those on the grey perro now?"
Page "Sorry dude, I'm outta here. I just got word that the Enquirer has named me Tiger's 13th secret lover. Nothing good ever lasts. Tell Bandy I sent him a dead fish for all the lies he's printed about me and tell him to watch his back! And, yeah that is a Jimi burrito and they're available on-line at JPageburritos@silentbutdeadly/comangettit.calm"
Just one more look at the guitar swami before we go, Sir Jaime with his '59 Les Paul (sold to Jimmy by Joe Walsh and used on the early records) and his stack of James Marshall all tube amps. Oops, sorry mi readers, Jaime is actually playing a Kay Lookalike through a sixpac of Fender Champs.....awesome dude! Ahh, no, don't look now but that's really Jackie Blackie from an out-take from 'Schoo of Rock'
Look, Black's doing the chunky moonwalk at the Pasadena High Prom coming dance. Go big boy go!
Now here is a real American guitar hero who doesn't put on airs amigos. Yeah, it's Jeraldo Garcia smoking the crowd at the '95 War Paint Nam Jam in Souix Falls, SD. Russel Means was there and he's a playin' fiddle with Jerry.
