Fargen Custom Amps Blog

Great show this year! It was all about meetings and moving forward with the new sonic edge J&J pedal. Stay tuned for more info.

Steve Amaral – photo by Laz Kauffman

Anyone who has been in the Sacramento music scene for a while knows my man Steve Amaral.  Not only is Steve one of the best guys you will ever know, he is a great player and is serious about great guitar tone.  Steve’s new band “The Nickel Slots” recently released their kickin new full length self titled album. Check out all the details on the band and upcoming shows at:

www.thenickleslotsmusic.com

http://www.myspace.com/thenickelslots

http://www.digstation.com/TheNickelSlots

Steve used a Fargen custom shop 2 x EL84 amp that is a cross between a Vox AC-15 and Marshall 1974X.

Here is what Steve had to say about his Fargen amp during the recording process for “The Nickle Slots”

“I used the amp on all of the songs, and played either my Fender Telecaster with Texas Specials or my Reverend Double Agent”

“I really happy with all of the guitar tones and solos on the recording. Some of my favorite tracks are 120 Days 120 Nights, Stop Sign, Good Old Days, Evolution, If You’ve Got Nothing Good to Say, and RaceHorse.”

“I played the amp thru a 4×12 Marshall bottom with 25 watts Celestians
Plugged the guitar straight into the amp!”

“Like I mentioned I continue to get complements on my guitar tone.
And when we mastered it with Eric Broyhill he said that my guitar tone was a pleasure to mix.”

Cheers!

Fargen Amplification 1-888-MY-ETHER ext. 04017748

This is a link to the new Fargen Music Gear Consultant and Tech hot-line service to assist players who need one on one help dialing in their guitar amp rig. This service includes ,DIY kit and repair info, boutique pedal info, guitar speaker and tube amp questions. Please follow the link and detailed info to get connected.

It’s here! The brand new menatone / fargen VOS MK II pedal…come and get some tone!

Found this old ad I had cut out of a magazine featuring a well worn 1978 Collings dreadnought acoustic guitar owned by Lyle Lovett…just thought it was a cool picture.

Here is a very nice Fargen dual channel 49*54 tweed deluxe in vintage amber. I added power scaling at the customers request and it works well…posted from my iPhone

These two custom Blackbird amps recently shipped to Michael Landau for a tour and recording in Italy.
Posted from my iPhone.

Another custom tube amp creation from Fargen Amplification. 150 watt bass head with two 1 x 15″ matching cabs.
I posted this blog with my iPhone

Here is my version of the fantastic sounding Ampeg B-15 flip top. We built this for a long time customer of ours who is beyond stoked with it.This amp turned out so sweet I am sure we will be building more in the future.

Specs:

real authentic vintage ampeg tolex and grill cloth,2 x 6L6-GC Cathode biased45 watt power section, 5AR4 rectified, 2 x6SL7 preamp tubes, 1 x 15 ext cab

Cheers,

Benjamin Fargen