Designer Of Some Of Peavey’s Most Popular Amps Starts His Own Company
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When you hear the name James Brown you may think of the Godfather of Soul but to us amp geeks that could also mean the man responsible for designing some of Peavey’s most popular amps like the VTM60, Classic 50, Classic 30, Delta Blues, 5150, 5150II. He then went on to for for Kustom Amplification and did the Kustom Coupe 36 and 72 as well as few others.
James has now started a company with the idea of getting the customer involved with the design where he takes players ideas, and implements those ideas married with his vision and skills to make pedals and amps.
James Brown “I’ve just launched a new chapter in amptweakdom…..I’m still working part-time at Kustom Amps as their Chief Engineer, but I’ve started a new company with the intent of building handmade pedals and custom amplifiers: Amptweaker.
My website development is a work in process, and I’m working on a bunch of product ideas, but I’ve adopted a rather unique approach to product development………I’m asking people what THEY want me to build. I plan to start off this project by working on some pedals, since they’re a little quicker to develop, and I’ll use this to fund my custom amp project also in process.
So today I’m soliciting ideas for pedals that fill some need we all have……but for some reason nobody makes. The payback for giving me your golden ideas is that they might actually get built! Just go to www.amptweaker.com and click on the Suggestion Box. There are also links to Myspace, Facebook, and Twitter if you’re into those.
Any help you can give me by either giving me your 2 cents worth at www.amptweaker.com and/or by passing this around to fellow guitarists would be greatly appreciated. If I can get some folks thinking about this pretty quick, I should be able to hit the ground running.
Thanks….
James Brown ”
Sounds like a very cool idea. I wish James best of luck in his new venture.
