Blues City Music

Diamond Amplification 327SD guitar amplifier demo by Blues City Music is now available

Blues City Music is proud to announce that we have uploaded a killer new 1920 x 1080 HD guitar amplifier video of the Diamond Amplification 327SD.  You can find it on either the Diamond or Soldano amp collections here, the Blues City Music Face Book page, or on the Blues City Music You Tube channel.

We recorded this clip via a Yamaha 2 channel mixer with Darlington mic preamps, a Shure SM57 instrument mic mounted off center off axis into a Diamond Amplification 4x12" straight front cabinet with Celestion Vintage 30's in 8 ohms, and a Canon 5D Mark III full frame DSLR camera at 24 frames per second in Manual, F8 aperture, 1/50 shutter speed, and ISO of 800.  NO STUDIO TRICKS at all.  The video was edited with the latest version of iTunes 10 using an iMac with 10.10.2 Yosemite operating system. 

Enjoy.  This amplifier is available now, with predicted shipping of 30 April 2015.  Give us a shout for any more details or check it out here on the Diamond or Soldano amplifier pages.

Keep rockin'... and thanks to Sam Austin, Diamond manager for playing these killer riffs for the video.

Lynn Burke

Diamond Amplification/Diamond Guitars/Diamond Tactical visit 25 March 15'

Blues City Music will be in Houston, Texas, 24-25 March 2015, to meet with owner Jeff Diamant and shop manager Sam Austin. I'm hoping to shoot 4 videos.

1.  Introduction to Diamond Amplification and how, when, and where this company is going.

2.  Introduction to Diamond Guitars what the future holds as far as models and pricing.

3.  Introduction to Diamond Tactical gig bag, guitar, effects, etc. MOLLE system products.

4. *** Live video of the just released Diamond Amplification 327SD guitar amp.  Sam Austin will demo this amp for me covering all aspects including Clean, Crunch, and Overdrive channels.

I'll be bringing my portable photography and video rigs with me to capture both days visit.  I'll be using my Canon 5D Mark III DSLR camera with a 24/105 mm L lens, Speedlite 600 external flash, Manfrotto tripod, and IR shutter release for pristine pictures.  I'll be shooting in RAW and will edit later in Lightroom and Photoshop Elements 12.

For video, I'll use the same DSLR camera in Manual settings of 1/50 shutter speed, F8 aperture, and 1600 ISO +/-, in ALL AI, for stellar 1920 x 1280 HD video files.  Next will be a 1/8" or 3mm TRS plug from the camera to an XLR microphone cable to a Yamaha 2 channel mixer with Darlington mic preamps.  Out from the mixer will be an XLR cable to a Shure SM58 BLX wireless hand held vocal mic for narration during the videos, and another XLR cable to a Shure SM 57 for hookup to guitar amplifiers.  All will be monitored by a 19" LCD monitor to make sure audio and video is perfect.

Standby, I hope to have these videos edited and up on the BCM website, BCM Face Book, and BCM You Tube channel ASAP. 

Welcome to Blues City Music

Hello from Memphis, Tennessee, where we proudly call home.  Memphis is also the home of Rock and Roll, Elvis Presley, Donald Duck Dunn, Al Green, and a host of other major label iconic musicians.

If you are like me, you first started out with a small practice amp and a beater guitar.  Then you moved into imports and bigger amps as well.  Maybe you tried the digital craze of modeling amps and/or a host of foot pedals trying to find your tone.  Did you find it?  Maybe, but more than likely since you are here at my site, you didn't.  Well, don't feel like the Lone Ranger.  We've all been there and done that.  Blues City Music was started by me with one premise, CUSTOMER SERVICE.  I totally get it.  When I grew up in the 70's, Memphis had an iconic music store called Strings and Things.  Great guys, 86,000 square foot facility, but you couldn't touch anything or turn anything up.  Well, at Blues City, you can come to my store front which is a daily working studio, and you can play as LONG and as LOUD as you want.  As you can see from the first few pics on my home page, I have the best amps available for you to demo right in my studio.  I can also bring any guitar, guitar cable, speaker cabinet, etc., for you to demo as well.  After all, isn't that the way it is supposed to be? 

You want to find your tone, be treated like royalty, and establish a long standing friendship, well, you've come to the right place.  I only sell what I consider to be the very best products known to man, and at a fair price.  NO GAMES.  You get what you see unlike what you may run into with online big box stores or auction sites.

Life is too short.  Research the products you are interested in, give us a call, tweet, email, etc., and let us help you find your tone. 

Welcome to Blues City Music and customer service done the old fashioned way.  We've been waiting for you.

Enjoy the ride and TURN IT UP..

Lynn Burke

BCM