In the final part of this interview series with Satellite Amplification‘s Adam Grimm, he talks about why his amps are embraced by punk rock guys (it’s the vintage in them), his “bass boat” tolex (my term for it) and amp pricing. He’s a great interview, and you will be seeing more from him in the [...]

Here’s more of the conversation with Satellite Amplification‘s Adam Grimm. We wound up part 1 talking about what classic amps his amps sound like, and he gave a long answer that ended with: “I do like to think of my amps as being aggressive, punchy, gainy, angry tone machines. They do tend to have a [...]

Part 1 Satellite amps are the haikus of the amp world: Simple but they convey a lot. Just look at the front panel. Two knobs (labeled Volume and Tone, but no numbers), two unlabeled input jacks, one switch that covers Off, On and Standby. That’s it.

(This was first published on WoodyTone.com –Ed.) If you care about your tone (and I know you do), the Amp Show is an incendiary sensory explosion – and yet, it’s also like meditation. It’s a ride through lollipop fields and gumdrop mountains (or whatever) for tone-fiend, gear-head adults. If there was an F ticket at [...]