Quick Start Grants - Individuals
Quick Start Grants - Individuals
Guitar Amp Replacement
Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian and information media specialist; Kate Fitzgerald: Program Director North Shore Music Association, writer; Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; Michelle Ronning: jewelry designer and maker; Tara Makinen: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Moira Villiard: visual artist; Jeanne Doty: Retired Associate Professor of Music at University of Minnesota-Duluth, pianist; Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, middle school art teacher; Margaret Holmes: visual artist, poet, former Children's Theatre employee; Tammy Mattonen: visual artist, co-founder of Crescendo Youth Orchestra; Quentin Stille: student liaison, College Music Director at KUMD.
Kate Fitzgerald: Program Director at North Shore Music Association, writer; Jeanne Doty: Retired Associate Professor of music at University of Minnesota-Duluth, pianist; Michelle Ronning: jewelry designer and maker; Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, middle school art teacher; Margaret Holmes: visual artist, poet, former Children's Theatre employee; Tara Makinen: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician.
Arrowhead Regional Arts Council, Drew Digby (218) 722-0952
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Cultural Heritage
To fulfill my currently scheduled gigs and continue playing in the future I need a small, warm sounding and rugged amp that I can transport easily by myself (and often). The quality and sound of the guitar amp is a critical part of my overall sound. The archtop guitar I use for jazz is a Gibson L5 CES, a very expensive and fine instrument. Matched with the Rivera Jazz Suprema 25 the L5 guitar will deliver a warm professional quality sound. The goal is to obtain the necessary amp to allow me to delivering a quality sound and continue building my reputation as a jazz guitarist. I have considered the requirements of a new amp. These include lower wattage, lighter for portability, warm sounding, ruggedly built and on-board reverb. The Rivera Jazz Suprema 25 fulfills these requirements: 25 watts with 10 inch speaker, Spring reverb, 21 X 24" and 49 lbs, All tubed warm sound. Other features include a direct line out to a PA for larger venues. The final evaluation is to use the amp in live situations, to see how it sounds and experience the ease of hauling it to performances. The amp will be expected to last five years."
Evaluation 1.) Purchased amp. 2.) Played through amp with three different guitars: Gibson L5, Fender Stratocaster and Wilcox Atlantis. Since the amp is intended for jazz it has a clean (and pure) sound and is perfect for use with the Gibson L5 archtop guitar. The Rivera amp brings outs the warm jazz sound of the L5. The Strat sounds clean and twangy for playing country music and smooth for soft (70s) rock and folk/rock. The Wilcox Atlantis equipped with optical pickups offer a pristine unadulterated signal bringing out the warm characteristics of the amp. 3.) Use in the workplace. The Rivera amp with its 10" speaker and 25 watts is sufficient for sound at the venues I played recently including, Moguls, Bluefin Bay, Gunflint Tavern and Papa Charlies. As I suspected the amp makes my playing sound great. The amp light and easy to transport and setup. This decreases the setup time. In all the Rivera Jazz Suprema is the best move I could have made to improve my sound.
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