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Welcome to Blues City Music

Where "It's All About Tone, YOUR TONE"

Blues City Music may be a small boutique amplifier, guitar, and effects shop, but we offer a professional and personal touch you'll quickly come to enjoy. We are a proud member of the Mid-South chapter of the Better Business Bureau, NAMM (the international music products association), and a current, certified member of Trustwave's Trustkeeper Compliance Validation Service to meet the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard. Besides offering you some of the finest products ever made in the music industry, we want all our customers to know that you are dealing with a very credible, professional, courteous, and grateful shop that does everything possible to protect your private information when completing a transaction with Blues City Music.

*** Guitar Player Magazine review of the Soldano 44 Blues City Music
Signature combo amp ***

*** Premier Guitar Magazine review of the Soldano 44 Blues City Music
Signature combo amp 5 out of 5 ***

If you resemble the average guitar player regardless of whether a full time professional or a bedroom player, you've probably gone through at least a dozen amps since you started playing guitar. From an initial practice amp, to well made transistor models, to that big step of purchasing an all tube amp, all of this searching was done with one goal in mind, to find YOUR tone. Does this sound like you? If so, your search is now over, so let us help you find that amplifier to fit YOUR TONE and allow you to concentrate more on your guitar playing instead of continuing your search for another amp.

As a small boutique dealer, we only carry Soldano, Diamond and Splawn custom amps as our Class AB line and 65 Amps as our Class A line. We also carry Creation Audio Labs MW1 Studio Tool (DI and re-amplifying unit), Mark 4.23 Boost pedal, Holy Fire Overdrive/Distortion pedal, and Redeemer Circuit; replacement guitar pickups by Fat Tone Pickups; a proprietary handmade, audiophile grade, instrument/speaker cable by Solid Cables; effects patch cables by George L’s; handmade acrylic guitar picks by V-Picks, replacement preamp and output vacuum tubes; and very select previously owned guitars, amps, and effects as our inventory.

We are very proud to be the largest stocking and busiest Solano dealer on the planet, but with our Diamond, Splawn and 65 Amps dealerships, we can now offer our customers, IN STOCK amplifiers, ranging in varieties of JJ ECC 83S, Electo Harmonix 12AX7, Tung Sol 12AX7, and EF 86 preamp tubes along with Mullard EL 34, Svetlana EL 34, Winged C EL 34, Tung Sol EL 34b, EL 84, 5881/6L6 WGC, Genelex KT 66, 7591, KT 77, and JJ KT 88 output tubes.

Some may ask why not carry other amp lines, but to us there isn’t a better made Hi Gain amp in existence than what Mike Soldano builds out of his Seattle, Washington, shop. Diamond Amplification based in Houston, Texas, produces an amplifier line in EL 34’s that takes this output tube where it’s never been before. Jeff Diamant, owner of Diamond Amps, uses the best components money can buy and provides a product as good as it can possibly be. In a similar vein, Scott Splawn builds a fantastic hand built “Marshallesque” type amp that can be used by any player at any level and it is offered at a very good price. He can also build it as custom as you would like including straight-ahead “Plexi” or over the top aggressive. Finally, with our 65 Amps amplifier line, we can offer an amazing three dimensional and organic Class A amp made in North Hollywood, California by Peter Stroud (Sheryl Crow’s guitarist) and Dan Boul. Their craftsmanship, attention to detail, quality of components, fit, finish, service and support network, and finally the tone delivered indicates why they are at the top of the list in a large market of Class A amps. His craftsmanship, attention to detail, quality of components, fit, finish, service and support network, and finally the tone his amps deliver has become the pinnacle of the industry. You can run a Tele, Strat, Tom Anderson, John Suhr, PRS, or Les Paul etc. guitar at their amps, and you won't believe your ears. For the higher gain players out there, any of the EL 84 or 7591 tubed amps will give you what you need, but if you desire more, 65 Amps offers two Class AB models with either KT 77 or KT 88 output tubes.

So, come on in, look around, find something you like then research it, and by all means, ask us any questions you may have. You'll find our customer support and logistics first class and all about YOU, the customer. Once you find out how appreciative we are that you give us the opportunity to serve your guitar amp needs, you'll be a lifetime customer for sure.

If you would like to demo any our amps, Blues City Music operates out of a state of the art working recording studio in the heart of east Memphis, Tennessee. Leeway Music is our home, and we'd love to have you come by and check us out. Please call ahead of time to schedule a visit so we can better serve you, or check out www.leewaymusic.com.

Remember, it's all about TONE, so get ready to finally find YOURS.

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