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Hi...got a link to this site from a few of my speaker clients in Canada, so I thought I'd check it out! No, I'm not in Canada, I'm in Los Angeles, the land of...well, fill in the blank! LOL
I usually work at computer consulting in the digital video field, fixing up editing systems for Hollywood studios onsite, emergency repairs/rebuilds/fixes, and upgrades for commercial, film/video/special fx projects. I've been doing that for 12 years now, and have worked quite steadily at it in the Los Angeles area (www.lamacguru.com).
About five years ago I got the crazy idea for getting my ultimate guitar tone together, which was a cross between a Fender/Gibson tweed tone on steroids, and a fat Marshall roar with overdrive galore, so I hired my amp tech to build me an amp that fit those needs, what came to be known as the Major Crunch & Capt. Crunch amp line.
While I was doing the amp R&D, I found out that speakers played a huge part of the amp tone, more so than pickups, and tubes, so I then had to do research on speakers. About 300 Celestions later I found my ultimate guitar speakers, which were the old "pre-rola" type Celestion speakers that they quit making (correctly) in the early 70's, which is where most of my guitar heroes came from, and they also used these same speakers with their Marshall amps. I then contacted several speaker makers, and ultimately found the guy to replicate that old Pre Rola tone in Ted Weber at Weber VST. I sent him the best sounding speakers from my huge collection, and he replicated the tone they produced pretty freaking close to the originals. I figured other guitarists didn't want to pay $300 USD plus (per speaker) for that old Pre Rola tone, so I offered them up for sale on various websites and forums. The Scumback speaker line was introduced in December, 2004. Word spread quickly about how they sounded, and I even went heads up in a blind taste test for clips with Eminence and Celestion last June, and faired very well, edging out both company's offerings on a Celestion tone comparison thread on the TGP forum. So far, it's been very well received, and I now have several speaker models to choose from. You can find lots of info at the TGP forum (www.thegearpage.net), or on my speaker page at my site.
I am now bringing out my line of custom single ended Class A amps as well, as they've just been finalized for the combo & head versions, and plan to get those into production later this year.
As busy as I am, I manage to get out to the local blues jam every couple of weeks, or meet up with friends to play at parties & jam sessions. I have quite a selection of amps (not just my own), guitars, and cabinets...uh...and speakers (big surprise, eh?) which has stuffed my home so full that the wife & I are looking for a bigger place to live...hopefully with a basement I can soundproof, and keep the amp/speaker/computer business downstairs and quiet. Yeah...good luck about the quiet part!
I like to help people out with their guitar tone, and have a fair amount of experience with recovering/repairing Marshall & Fender combos/cabs, & installing grillcloth. I have a few of these tutorials online at the TGP if you think they would help you out for DIY recover or repair. I could send you the links, although I believe they are also in the TGP archives.
Been playing guitar for 34 years, 9 of them in a touring night club (several Top 40, and two original bands) band, which I stopped doing and went back to college in 1984, getting a degree in computer programming (long obsolete with dead languages!). I've been involved in computer sales, installations and repairs onsite since 1985. I moved to LA to start my computer consulting business in 1994.
Right now I'm restoring some old guitars. My wife (God love her) has been very supportive of my guitar gear fetishes, and has given me several wonderful gifts over the last six years, including a 63 SG to restore, along with a "Keebler LP replica" and a Gibson PAF, amongst other things guitar and golf related.
Due to the huge pile of gear I have here, this year's birthday present was open water scuba certification, which I just passed the final exam for last night. Assuming I don't drown this weekend when completing my first two open water dives, I hope to contribute some of my knowledge & experience here, and learn from others as well.
I'm going to go cruise around the site and check it out. Thanks for having me here. Feel free to email me if you need some questions answered on any of the above topics I covered, as I mostly work out of the house unless I'm onsite, and can usually reply fairly quickly to emails.
Jim Seavall
Owner - Southbay Ampworks
:rockon2:
I usually work at computer consulting in the digital video field, fixing up editing systems for Hollywood studios onsite, emergency repairs/rebuilds/fixes, and upgrades for commercial, film/video/special fx projects. I've been doing that for 12 years now, and have worked quite steadily at it in the Los Angeles area (www.lamacguru.com).
About five years ago I got the crazy idea for getting my ultimate guitar tone together, which was a cross between a Fender/Gibson tweed tone on steroids, and a fat Marshall roar with overdrive galore, so I hired my amp tech to build me an amp that fit those needs, what came to be known as the Major Crunch & Capt. Crunch amp line.
While I was doing the amp R&D, I found out that speakers played a huge part of the amp tone, more so than pickups, and tubes, so I then had to do research on speakers. About 300 Celestions later I found my ultimate guitar speakers, which were the old "pre-rola" type Celestion speakers that they quit making (correctly) in the early 70's, which is where most of my guitar heroes came from, and they also used these same speakers with their Marshall amps. I then contacted several speaker makers, and ultimately found the guy to replicate that old Pre Rola tone in Ted Weber at Weber VST. I sent him the best sounding speakers from my huge collection, and he replicated the tone they produced pretty freaking close to the originals. I figured other guitarists didn't want to pay $300 USD plus (per speaker) for that old Pre Rola tone, so I offered them up for sale on various websites and forums. The Scumback speaker line was introduced in December, 2004. Word spread quickly about how they sounded, and I even went heads up in a blind taste test for clips with Eminence and Celestion last June, and faired very well, edging out both company's offerings on a Celestion tone comparison thread on the TGP forum. So far, it's been very well received, and I now have several speaker models to choose from. You can find lots of info at the TGP forum (www.thegearpage.net), or on my speaker page at my site.
I am now bringing out my line of custom single ended Class A amps as well, as they've just been finalized for the combo & head versions, and plan to get those into production later this year.
As busy as I am, I manage to get out to the local blues jam every couple of weeks, or meet up with friends to play at parties & jam sessions. I have quite a selection of amps (not just my own), guitars, and cabinets...uh...and speakers (big surprise, eh?) which has stuffed my home so full that the wife & I are looking for a bigger place to live...hopefully with a basement I can soundproof, and keep the amp/speaker/computer business downstairs and quiet. Yeah...good luck about the quiet part!
I like to help people out with their guitar tone, and have a fair amount of experience with recovering/repairing Marshall & Fender combos/cabs, & installing grillcloth. I have a few of these tutorials online at the TGP if you think they would help you out for DIY recover or repair. I could send you the links, although I believe they are also in the TGP archives.
Been playing guitar for 34 years, 9 of them in a touring night club (several Top 40, and two original bands) band, which I stopped doing and went back to college in 1984, getting a degree in computer programming (long obsolete with dead languages!). I've been involved in computer sales, installations and repairs onsite since 1985. I moved to LA to start my computer consulting business in 1994.
Right now I'm restoring some old guitars. My wife (God love her) has been very supportive of my guitar gear fetishes, and has given me several wonderful gifts over the last six years, including a 63 SG to restore, along with a "Keebler LP replica" and a Gibson PAF, amongst other things guitar and golf related.
Due to the huge pile of gear I have here, this year's birthday present was open water scuba certification, which I just passed the final exam for last night. Assuming I don't drown this weekend when completing my first two open water dives, I hope to contribute some of my knowledge & experience here, and learn from others as well.
I'm going to go cruise around the site and check it out. Thanks for having me here. Feel free to email me if you need some questions answered on any of the above topics I covered, as I mostly work out of the house unless I'm onsite, and can usually reply fairly quickly to emails.
Jim Seavall
Owner - Southbay Ampworks
:rockon2: