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A Lot Of Love Goes Into These Amps

Giovanni Loria has been playing music since he was ten and has been messing around with guitar amplifiers for years to try to get the perfect sound.

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By Eric Drachman • Apr 5, 2016 • 0m Listen

Giovanni Loria has been playing music since he was ten and has been messing around with guitar amplifiers for years to try to get the perfect sound. Two years ago he started making his own custom amps from scratch with old wood and vintage components. He's always in pursuit of a pure signal path and he thinks he's found it in his line of Black Volt Amps where he says it's just "electricity and sound, sort of co-mingling together and dancing together to give the player a true feel for his instrument."

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    Eric Drachman

    Independent Producer

    CultureLos Angeles
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