Blankenship Amplification Receives Premier Guitar’s Premier Gear Award

PRLog (Press Release) - Dec 10, 2009 -
The Blankenship Mini-LEEDS21 Carry-On has been awarded a Premier Gear Award for the month of December.

The Premier Gear Award is an honor bestowed upon a piece of gear—whether guitar, amp, effect, or other gear— that has been extraordinary enough to impress the staff of Premier Guitar. Despite the high quality of all gear reviewed by Premier Guitar, only exemplary items earn the award.

“Before even touching the tone knob,” says reviewer Brian Barr. “I was surprised at how perfectly dialed in the tone was... Though the Carry-On recreates the sound of old, there are some very modern traits to the amp that may make it more desirable than using a vintage amp live, or even in studio situations.” Premier Guitar awarded the Carry-On a rating of 5.0, the highest possible rating. The full review can be accessed at: http://www.premierguitar.com/Magazine/Issue/2009/Dec/Blan...

“This is a great honor for me,” says owner Roy Blankenship. “Building a great amp requires finding the right recipe. I am grateful people are enjoying my amps and that I have been bestowed this award—which is a particular achievement given the amount of gear Premier Guitar evaluates.”

“We created the Premier Gear Awards to recognize gear that is truly exceptional in terms of the characteristics that are most important to our readers,” says Premier Guitar’s editor-in-chief Chris Burgess. “Whether it's tone or build quality, craftsmanship, looks, playability, value, versatility, or even that 'certain something' that can be so difficult to define, these awards are our way of saluting the gear that decisively surpasses our exacting standards.”



About Blankenship Amplification: (http://www.blankenshipamps.com)
Over the years, Roy Blankenship’s reputation as a quality one-off tube amp builder and repairman led to numerous requests for a boutique line. Several clients, who owned and loved his amps, persevered and he eventually gave in. As might be expected, Blankenship amps are more about playability than bells and whistles. They deliver the pre-1964 tonal architecture that so many players love—from both sides of the Atlantic.

About Premier Guitar (www.premierguitar.com):  
Offering guitarists a multimedia source for news, gear info and education/instruction, Premier Guitar is the media home for players who are serious about their tone. PG's gear-centric print magazine has a monthly circulation of 30,000 complemented by the industry's only complete, freely accessible online magazine (http://digital.premierguitar.com) that attracts more than 25,000 monthly visits; a Web site (www.premierguitar.com) that's the fastest-growing portal in the guitar industry with an average of more than 400,000 unique visitors consuming almost 10 million page views per month; and the market's leading interactive gear search service that attracts more than 200,000 monthly visitors. With nearly 50,000 pieces of gear, players can find, buy and sell gear on Gear Search (http://www.premierguitar.com/gear/gear_search.aspx). Published by Gearhead Communications, LLC, Premier Guitar is employee-owned and based in Marion, Iowa with offices throughout the U.S.

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