Todd Sharp Amplifiers Announce New Model JOAT 45RT to be Unveiled at LA Amp Show

 

 Increased Output Power and Driver Stage Offer Signature Exceptional Tone

NASHVILLE, TN – Todd Sharp Amplifiers announce the highly anticipated addition of the JOAT 45RT to their already stellar product line, expanding upon the award-winning JOAT 20RT and most recent model, the JOAT 30RT. The JOAT 45RT will be unveiled at the LA Amp Show located in Van Nuys, CA Oct. 1-2, with Sharp exhibiting in rooms #1018 and #1020. In less than a year from their official launch in Feb. 2016 Todd Sharp Amplifiers has received the Guitar Player Editors’ Pick Award, the highest honor from the publication, generated A-list clientele such as John Oates, Vince Gill, Keith Urban, Steve Wariner, and Mick Fleetwood and continues to experience growing sales.  The JOAT 45RT offers a major kick in drive and output power compared to its lower powered 20 and 30 watt brethren. The 45RT mirrors the front end preamp and tonal shaping of the 20 and 30RT models with a few minor tweaks to accommodate an additional driver stage and substantial increase in output power. The JOAT 45RT may be configured with a pair of EL34s (stock) or 6L6/KT66 type power tubes with a simple bias adjustment. That along with the EL34/KT66/6L6 type output stage offers not just more power but a bolder character - for those who just need more beef on the bone than a 20 or 30 watt amp can provide.   It is a cleaner, higher headroom sound until you get the volume past halfway. Then, as any great amp should - the 45 gets into that magical rich harmonic compression as the volume control advances. Sharp notes, “My signature benchmark for all of my designs is a quick response feel under your fingertips coupled with that glorious squash we all love. A design goal with the 45 in particular was to tip my hat strongly toward a great vintage Marshall 50, but with the JOAT signature front end gain and tone shaping, reverb and tremolo. It is still a very straight ahead amp without overdrive or lead channel options.” The high-end, hand-wired vacuum tube amps are the first of their kind from Sharp, who has 40+ years performing in studios and stages around the world. He has played with numerous artists, including Hall & Oates, Rod Stewart, Fleetwood Mac’s Christine McVie, Mick Fleetwood and Bob Welch, Delbert McClinton, Carlene Carter and many more. In addition to being such an established performer Sharp has run his own amplifier repair business, Nashville Amplifier Service, for over 20 years. Through all his years of experience Sharp had yet to find the perfect amp, so he decided to build one. Sharp will be present both days at the LA Amp Show showcasing the JOAT 45RT to the public for the first time along with his signature 20 and 30RT models offering exclusive specials to attendees. In addition, he will demonstrate the JOAT Amplifier live with his critically acclaimed trio at The Baked Potato in Studio City, Saturday evening, October 1. To learn more about Todd Sharp Amps please visit www.toddsharpamps.com

Eugene Toale Captures the Diverse Sounds of LA’s Burgeoning Latin Alternative Scene with the BAE Audio 1073DMP

Producer Eugene Toale never considered himself a vintage preamp guy. “I’ve been engineering since 1999 and never really reached for vintage pres,” Toale says. “I’m kind of a hi-fi person, so I worry about what transformers are in line and what I’m giving up and how much distortion I’m causing.” But when a friend suggested he try the BAE Audio 1073DMP, he agreed to give the vintage design one last shot. “To my surprise, I completely fell in love,” he says. Now the 1073DMP has become the workhorse of his studio inside the Bedrock LA complex, where he has developed a reputation as the go-to producer for Latin Alternative music. The 1073DMP was featured heavily on Buyepongo’s Todo Mundo, released in late 2015, and was used on all sources for the upcoming record by Las Cafeteras. “Using the 1073DMP has been like a revolution for me,” he says. “I’m using it for everything.”

The Sound of a Burgeoning Scene
Toale, who cut his teeth as an engineer in New York City working with top hip-hop artists including Kanye West and Raekwon, relishes the opportunity to use the 1073DMP in his work with the up-and-coming Latin Alternative music scene in Los Angeles. “I’m now producing 12 of the Latin bands that are coming out of here,” Toale explains. “We’re not talking regional Mexican music. It’s more like the alternative music that the kids in Silver Park and Echo Lake are doing but sung in Spanish and always incorporating traditional influences.” That unique blend of influences has provided Toale with an opportunity to test the mettle of the 1073DMP on a wide range of sound sources, including some traditional instruments less common to American studios. “I’m recording everything from high-tech dance sounds to indigenous Mexican instruments, and the 1073DMP has been amazing at capturing the nuances of all of them,” he says. “It has been an incredible addition to my toolbox to have a preamp that I could lean on in new ways.”

IK Multimedia and Mesa Engineering introduce official MESA/Boogie high-gain amps and effects for mobile guitarists: AmpliTube MESA/Boogie for iPhone and iPad

Now players can inject that legendary high-gain Boogie magic into their playing with the AmpliTube MESA/Boogie app for iPhone and iPad - the official mobile MESA/Boogie tone studio collection of MESA/Boogie amps, cabinets and more!

February 18, 2016 - IK Multimedia is proud to debut the release of AmpliTube® MESA/Boogie® for iPhone and iPad. Based on the popular desktop tone software, the AmpliTube MESA/Boogie app is a close collaboration between IK Multimedia and the R&D Team at Mesa Engineering that lets musicians play their guitar through models of some of the manufacturer's most iconic amplifiers and cabinets.

Todd Sharp Amplifiers Launches Generating Buzz From Top Guitarists

Hand Crafted Guitar Amplifiers Designed by 

a Real Player for Real Players

February 18, 2016 NASHVILLE, TN…Guitarist, Todd Sharp, announces the launch of Todd Sharp Amplifiers, custom-made amplifiers in Nashville, TN. The high-end, hand-wired vacuum tube amps are the first of their kind from Sharp, who has 40+ years performing from studios to stadiums. He has played with numerous artists, including Hall & Oates, Rod Stewart, Fleetwood Mac’s Christine McVie, Mick Fleetwood and Bob Welch, Delbert McClinton, Carlene Carter and many more. Through his years of performing experience Sharp had yet to find the perfect amp, so he decided to build one.