AMP SHOW PHILOSOPHY
Since it’s inception in 2005, The AMP SHOW’s winning format of private demo rooms has provided the ideal solution to the problem all manufacturers have faced while demonstrating musical products –oppressive sound regulation in an open hall environment. It is now possible to evaluate amplifiers, effects, and instruments at real world levels. At the AMP SHOW, it is up to each room to regulate volume as they please, with no limitations imposed by the show or venue staff.
Perhaps the most overlooked aspect of the AMP SHOW’S formula for success, is the price the public pays to enter. A $20.00 fee, ensures exhibitors that the majority of attendees are serious about their time spent at the show and are more likely to have the funds available to indulge prospective equipment purchases. Furthermore, this pre-screening/filtering process, is designed to limit traffic flow to a manageable level, thus insuring each individual can count on quality time with product specialists while gathering valuable information. A certain amount of exclusivity insures a more productive, pleasurable experience for attendee and exhibitor alike.
A brief history of Loni Specter
A guitar player since age eight, Specter’s immersion into the rock world began in the 1960’s, often venturing into Hollywood and the “happening” Sunset Strip. Never pursuing fame as a performer on the stage himself, Specter’s focus shifted to photography in the 1970’s, often capturing on film the performances and interviews of his favorite artists including: Bob Marley, Frank Zappa, Bad Company, Van Halen, George Harrison, Captain Beefhart, Jackson Browne, Santana, John McLaughlin, Chaka Kahn, David Bowie, Weather Report and Traffic.
David Rensin and Loni SpecterPartnering with rock writer and high school best friend David Rensin (author of best seller “From The Mail Room”) and hanging out with a young Cameron Crowe (Specter wrote the first song for the film “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” but was bumped off the soundtrack), Specter’s photos have been published in Rolling Stone, People, TV GUIDE, Playboy and numerous other publications. Other patrons included Warner Bros. Records, Universal Pictures, Vidal Sassoon, Suenos, DARE, Michael Joseph Furie and more. Other personalities shot by Specter include; Sissey Spacek, Demi Moore (first studio photos) and President Bill Clinton.
Loni also manufactures Lapdancer lap steel guitars and accessories.