VAUGHN SKOW's blog

Happy Labor Day!

Hope you all are enjoying a day of rest today!  Here in the Tennessee/Kentucky area, we are receiving some very badly needed rain :).  A heads-up that the current T-Shirt contest ends TONIGHT, Monday September 5th, at 12:00 midnight.  The winner will be chosen by a random-number generator (my wife will be asked to pick a number) and announced tomorrow morning, and then ... tomorrow will begin a brand-new contest.  How totally awesome is that?  Okay, now I think I'm gonna find me a nice comfy spot on the couch and do a little labor-day napping while the rain beats gently on the window-sill.  Talk to ya all tomorrow.  -Vaughn-

FREE WGS STUFF - All Month on This Blog!

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Hey ya’all.  I am totally jazzed!  I just got the green-light to make the month of September a big give-away month on thisa here lil ol blog.  I’m gonna start with our totally cool new t-shirts. 

I’ll be giving away one THIS WEEK, and each week for the next three weeks.  Then, in the last week of September, one of our t-shirt winners will have the honor of also receiving one of our new speaker models ... totally free ... our gift!  Wanta know how to get the free stuff?  Then READ ON!

Holy Mega-Amps Batman - This is way Crazy!

Soooo, where to begin??? This lil old Nashville Amp Show is only in its third year, and, well ... jeez, it was huge.  It took the entire Brentwood Hyatt Place Hotel to house it.  Amps, Guitars, gear, and freakishly cool people were literally crawling all over the place.  Six floors of rooms full of cranked amps.  Some people’s nightmare, to be sure, but a dream for the average tone junkie.  First, a pic of three of WGS’s finest (in the WGS room of course).  Then, we’ll dig in a little deeper.

WGS at the Nashville Amp Expo!

Hey - just a quick heads-up ... WGS will be at the Nashville Amp Expo this weekend.  It'll be a great oportunity to see the pretty WGS gals (speakers), and meet the ugly WGS guys (us employees). Ya all come - for show info, click the banner above, or go to: http://www.nashvilleampexpo.com/.  I'll post details of cool amps I saw at the show in next week's blog!  See ya at the show.

Burriss Royal Bluesman Part Two: Live & In-Person!

Howdy once again!  Last week we began our exploration of the tonal landscape of the Burriss Royal Bluesman.  This week we get right down to the nitty-gritty, letting the little blue gal purr through almost every 12-inch model in the WGS line.  If you’re lookin’ for my comments you’ll find them after this here video, enjoy:

Okay, now for the whole story:

Burriss Amps Royal Bluesman

Howdy folks!  It’s time to shine the spotlight on another Amp Builder with the wisdom to choose WGS speakers.  This week I’m featuring Bob Burriss and theBurriss amp line.  In Bob’s case "wisdom" is an understatement; the guy’s a freaking genius, he can smell good tone.  I get the feeling he’s like Ken Fischer without the baggage.  Only time will tell if Bob’s amps will one day demand the respect of Ken’s Trainwrecks.  Personally, I wouldn’t be surprised.  Why?  Well, READ ON!

Woo-Hoo Version Two - More fun with the new Invader and Liberator!

First off, thanks to all of you who sent me messages of support over the loss of my beloved old doggie pal Rosie.  It helps.  Now, get ready for "Woo-Hoo", version two!  For these 2x12 video samples, we once again get to listen to the cool raw rock licks of Brad Sample of Run With Bulls.  After we did our 1x12 comparison videos, we realized that we could just hit that lil ol switch on the back of my Marshall Artist to 4-ohm, and run both of the twelve’s together ... and so we did!  Oh, by the way, my personal take on the new models: The Invader is an absolute must-have for the Britt speaker fanatic; it has that urgent, nasty nasal tone of a GB, but with a lot more depth and character; a total home-run!  The Liberator, to me is not really an improvement on the (totally awesome) Reaper; it’s a totally different breed all to itself, not quite sure if it fits in my personal top-ten list or not.  Okay, let’s get on to Woo-Hoo version Two,READ ON!

Rosie 1995-2011

Folks, I was planning a video blog on 2x12 combinations with the new Invader and Liberator models for this week.  I promise that will be posted soon ... it’s already "in the can", so to speak.  But today I write with a heavy heart.  My best pal of the last 16 or so years, Rosie, is gone.  As much as I love speakers, guitar tone, and all that jazz, my poor little heart just ain’t in it right now; I miss Rosie too much.  She was a really good dog, and a great friend.  Humor me if you will and read on as I tell Rosie’s story.

Nashville Summer NAMM - Quickie!

Hey ya all - Summer NAMM just ended here in Nashvegas.  The WGS gang was there doing the music biz smooch thing.  It's a very cool place to see the newest gear, I'm a long-time NAMM junkie.  It's also a cool place to catch some great performers.  Here is a little montage of what I saw when I pointed my little cell-cam in various directions.  Coming in a few days - more demos of the new WGS models!  Ya'll come back!

Everybody say Woo-Hoo: Liberator and Invader demos! Your comments requested.

Hey everybody ... all together now, get ready to say "Woo-Hoo".  I’m bringing you whatcha been asking for: video comparison demos of the new Liberator and Invader models!  But wait, there’s more; I enlisted my buddy Brad Sample of Run With Bullsto play the licks ... no more listening to my same old stuff.  Woo-Hoo, right? lets begin!