Founded by CEO and author, Brian Wampler, Wampler Pedals is now in its 16th year, as another successful small business. Wampler Pedals is located Martinsville, Indiana and specializes in a boutique series of effects pedals and amplifiers. Along with designing and manufacturing all American made pedals and amplifiers, Brian has also written two books, on […]
Who doesn’t love cool guitars? We all do and when I visited the Kay Guitar booth I was in immediately in love with what I saw. Kay guitars are just plain cool! Kay Vintage Reissue guitars are masterpieces of art as well as finely crafted musical instruments with a unique sound and feel you will […]
Ex-Gear Effect Pedals, is a small business owned and operated by CEO, Paul Killion. Based in Los Angeles, California, Ex-Gear produces a series of special effects pedals and accessories. BackStage360 visited their booth to chat with Paul and artist/representative, Alex Cole. In addition to designing and producing Ex-Gear, Paul also owns his own studio and […]
GRAMMY Award®-winning artist JOHN MAYER has added North American concerts to his 2019 World Tour, which will kick off in Albany, New York, on Friday, July 19, at the Times Union Center and will run through September with two shows at the “Fabulous” Forum in Inglewood, California. Tickets will go on sale to the general public beginning Friday, February […]
Ultimate Jam Night, the long-running show in residency at the Whisky A Go Go, today released multi-camera footage of the historic reunion of the Eat ‘Em And Smile Band featuring Steve Vai, Billy Sheehan, Gregg Bisonette, Brett Tuggle, who performed at the show’s recent “Ultimate NAMM Night” presented by RCF Audio. Carried worldwide on Ultimate […]
After trying to interview Jeff Kiesel for many moons, we were finally able to catch up with him. Thank God for NAMM. Not only did we get to talk with Jeff on camera, we got to see all the new guitars for 2019 as well as the standards. This 3rd generation company is one of the […]
Founded in 1992, Redlands, California based, Traveler Guitar, is a small business specializing in the design and manufacturing of full-scale travel guitars. Developer and CEO, Leon Cox, produces 15 different series of acoustic, electric, bass and hybrid guitars along with accessories and travel cases and gear. Traveler Guitars are available for purchase both nationally and […]
Finally something that can help you Store and Roll up your Cables. How I wish this was around when I used to tour and do sound. While at NAMM 2019 I had the privilege of talking with the Inventor of this new Cable storage system. This system can be used by Studios, Home Recording systems, […]
Protecting your Ears should be one of your top priorities when it comes to listening or performing in the music industry. Alpine Hearing Protection has a complete range of hearing protection for musicians. Their product prevents hearing damage and ringing in the ears. Thanks to the built in music filters, music and conversations remain audible […]
During our walks through the aisles, we had the pleasure of meeting Al Bane and his business partner, Pam Vandervelde. Both individual clothing designers for the film, entertainment and music industry, they teamed up together in 2018 to form a collaboration that compliments each other’s design style and personality. Together, they design and manufacture ready […]