What's that thing on your header?

So I have an outright refusal to use stock images on this site. I just find it to be extremely dishonest, especially for pro-audio sites. It's just way too common in the cut rate audio market that I'm trying to battle it out in. I'd like for my actual work to be what I'm judged on, but pictures and videos of "stuff" seems to be what proves credibility. Not that access to specialized equipment is the end all-be all of pro audio. It isn't. The most important tools an engineer can have are his or her ears. And I can assure you that my ears are phenomenal. 

But unfortunately, ears aren't exactly that cool to look at. So I had to choose really the only cool piece of hardware that I have.

So Internet, meet my Silvertone guitar amp!

It was actually my dad's (The policy is that when he comes and visits, it is his to use at his perogative), and he generously gave it to me a year ago. And it sounds incredible! 

And yes, like everything from the Silvertone brand back in the day, it was in fact made and sold by Sears. Unfortunately I don't have the matching guitar. 

Now, a regular Silvertone amp is no doubt cool. But this one is special because It has the output transformer from a Mesa Boogie.

Trust me on this one guitar nerds. It is better than the stock 1483. Because it's bigger. Science.

But in all seriousness, I do use this thing for re-amping purposes all the time when mixing, and have even experimented using it to get tube saturation when mastering(I'll explain how I do this in another blog). 

Anyway, here are some more tubes from this thing for your enjoyment.