Academy Of Tone: Guitar Summit 2025 Recap & AMPX latest NEWS

00:00 Intro Jam with Andy Timmons 00:34 Welcome to Academy of Tone #280 & Guitar Summit 2025 Recap 08:40 The "Silent Stage" Experience 09:16 The Importance of Guitar Summit & Preparing for the Show 10:11 The Drive to Mannheim & Setting up the Booth 12:08 Tour of the BluGuitar & Klopman Booth 13:08 Arriving at the Show & Meeting Rolf Munkes 14:38 Meeting Hap Kaffner (EMG Pickups) 15:17 Meeting Sascha Gerstner, Kudel (Toten Hosen) & more 16:15 Meeting Max Cloud, Christian Strider, Sören Jordan & Jimmy McGowan 17:15 Meeting Jack Gardiner & John Brown (Monuments) 17:48 Meeting Steven Fryette (Fryette Amplification) 18:50 Meeting Jörg Tandler & Glenn Fricker 19:35 The Saarbrücken Metal Scene & Emanuel Knorr (Academy of Shred) 20:11 Academy of Tone meets Academy of Shred 20:41 The BluGuitar & Klopman Stage & the Lottery 22:12 Playing with Rudi Beinroth & Martin Engelin 22:47 Performances on other Stages & the Lottery Clip 24:39 The Goal: The AMPX A/B Comparison 26:49 Technical Setup: Klotz Cables & KHE Switcher 29:39 Technical Difficulties: The Vintage Marshall Power Cable 32:30 Why this A/B Comparison is Important 33:43 A/B Comparison #1: Vox AC30 (1964) vs. AMPX 36:31 AMPX Feature: Blending Top Boost & Non-Top Boost (Vox) 38:49 The Famous Dumble Clean Sound 41:16 A/B Comparison #2: Dumble Overdrive Special (Clean) vs. AMPX 45:25 Dumble Overdrive Special (Overdrive) with a Strat vs. AMPX 48:30 Dumble Overdrive Special (Overdrive) with a Les Paul vs. AMPX 49:08 A/B Comparison #3: Marshall JMP 50W (1969) vs. AMPX 55:09 A/B Comparison #4: Peavey 6505 vs. AMPX 55:36 The Challenge of Demoing at the Booth 56:52 Demoing the AMPX for the Studio Rats 58:36 Paul from the Studio Rats plays the AMPX 1:00:20 Other YouTubers at the Booth (MusicaTV, Session) 1:02:18 BluGuitar's own Live Streams & Walkthrough 1:03:49 AMPX News: Which Amps are Included? 1:06:46 The AMPX Business Model: Why Some Sounds Will Cost Extra 1:09:30 The Philosophy Behind the AMPX Model 1:11:00 Question: AMPX vs. Synergy Products 1:12:09 The Technological Difference: Preamp vs. Full Amp Recreation 1:16:16 The Beauty of Different Amp Concepts 1:19:10 Sharing Knowledge with Steven Fryette 1:20:25 BluGuitar's Contribution and Philosophy 1:21:47 AMPX Production Update: Hardware is Done! 1:22:36 Now it's "Just" Software 1:23:55 How Much Will Blueprints (Amp Models) Cost? 1:26:25 Back to the Summit: Ben Granfelt & Andreas Kloppmann 1:27:38 The "Duck Fight" with Andreas Kloppmann 1:28:56 The Big Stage: Cardinal Black feat. Chris Buck 1:29:50 Meeting Chris Buck Backstage 1:32:03 Saturday Night Highlight: Philipp Sayce 1:33:20 Meeting Philipp Sayce Backstage 1:34:25 The All-Star Jam: Setup & Soundcheck 1:35:52 How the All-Star Jam Came Together (and almost fell apart) 1:38:40 The All-Star Jam Performance: Rocky Mountain Way 1:41:37 The All-Star Jam Encore: "I'm Going Down" 1:47:38 Behind the Scenes of the Encore Jam (Communication & Cable Swap) 1:49:15 Shoutout to Ben Eller 1:50:13 The Spirit of the Guitar Summit 1:50:46 Looking Forward to NAMM 2026 1:51:17 Next Livestream with Justine Hombach 1:52:08 Final Thoughts on Guitar Summit 2025 1:53:23 Outro