Earlier this week, it was introduced that Slash will likely be creating a brand new amplifier with Magnatone. The long-lasting GUNS N’ ROSES guitarist may also proceed his profitable and decades-long partnership with Marshall Amplification.
Slash says: “To clear up any misconceptions that may come up, though Magnatone and I’ve been working collectively to create a brand new amp, I nonetheless keep my lengthy relationship with Marshalland I sit up for continued collaboration with their unimaginable group.”
On Thursday (November 9),Magnatone introduced its artist partnership with Slash. This may mark the primary time in over 30 years that Slash is collaborating with a brand new amplifier firm.
After buying a number of Magnatone M80s in addition to a Twilighter Stereo, Slash started testing these each stay and within the studio. Following a Magnatone manufacturing facility go to and plenty of conversations with Magnatone common supervisor Rod Washburnthe imaginative and prescient for the connection was solidified. With this partnership, Magnatone and Slash will collaborate to create the brand new Slash signature 100-watt amplifier and 4 x 12″ speaker cupboard. The legendary guitarist will co-design the brand new fashions longtime Magnatone engineer and tube amp guru Obeid Khan.
Slash stated:”I used a Magnatone 50w M-80 within the studio earlier this 12 months and was blown away by the way it sounded. Since then, I have been working with Magnatone on a 100w model of the M-80 and I completely love what they’ve give you. It is killer.”
Washburn stated: “We couldn’t be extra excited that Slash embraced our high quality engineering and dedication to tone excellence because the platform for designing his subsequent era of signature amplifiers.”
Added Magnatone president and CEO Ted Kornblum: “We’re thrilled to welcome Slash to Magnatone and along with his signature tone and elegance, our Grasp Assortment of fashions will likely be taken to the subsequent degree.”
The long-lasting, American rock guitarist, songwriter, and movie producer Slash has amassed album gross sales of over 100 million copies, garnered a Grammy Award and 7 Grammy nominations, was inducted into the Rock And Roll Corridor Of Fame and is a New York Occasions best-selling writer. Slash is taken into account one of many best rock guitar gamers of all time and one of the crucial recognizable faces in popular culture worldwide.
Slash created signature sounds just like the guitar riff on No. 1 hits for GUNS N’ ROSES “Candy Youngster O’ Mine” and “Welcome To The Jungle”. Slash has loved world success and along with his various solo tasks together with SLASH’S SNAKEPIT, VELVET REVOLVER and his present band SLASH FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORSwhich options Myles Kennedy (lead vocals),Brent Fitz (drums),Todd Kerns (bass/vocals) and Frank Sidoris (rhythm guitar),who’ve been touring collectively worldwide for over a decade and have launched 4 studio albums.
Slash will carry out with Magnatone amplifiers subsequent 12 months as SLASH FEATURING MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS will formally kick off their worldwide “The River Is Rising – Relaxation Of The World” tour 2024 on January 23. The worldwide trek will go to 25 nations and 39 cities throughout the globe.
Count on extra particulars to be introduced quickly across the forthcoming Slash signature 100-Watt Mannequin, due out in early 2024.
The Magnatone model was first established in 1937 in Los Angeles, California. The corporate is most well-known for inventing and patenting the stereo pitch-shifting vibrato impact utilizing a non-moving half. Legendary artists like Buddy Holly, Lonnie Mack and Robert Ward have all used Magnatone. Magnatone Amplifiers was revived by Ted Kornblum in 2007 and at this time Magnatone manufactures high-end boutique tube guitar amplifiers which might be made within the USA. Guitarists equivalent to Billy Gibbons, Neil Younger, Jason Isbell, Luke Nelson and Brandi Carlile all play Magnatone.
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