Academy Of Tone 242: Kicking off 2025 with “Creating Classics”

00:00:00 - Intro
00:06:41 - Thomas plays Aerosmith "I don't want to miss a thing"
00:11:25 - Welcome to AOT 242
00:13:28 - Clip of Rockanarchie having a beer
00:14:11 - Youtube channels bringing up Thomas designed products from the past
00:16:06 - The Tubeman Mark 1
00:17:28 - Clip of Michael Nielsen showing off the Tubemaster mark 1
00:21:33 - Picture of meeting Nuno Bettencourt and his daughter
00:22:28 - The "cover manual" of the Tubemaster and Amp1
00:23:10 - The Nanocab neo pro
00:24:18 - The "Blue" Mercury
00:26:00 - The concept and patent of the Tubeman mk1
00:28:34 - Clip of Aeon Electronics about the Tubeman mk1
00:35:50 - The Tubeman mark2
00:36:33 - Udo Pipper
00:37:47 - The JTM 45 in context with the Tubeman
00:42:21 - Becomming the leader in a category of products
00:45:02 - QA Did Thomas also desined the Cream machine?
00:46:32 - More rack products i worked on in the past
00:47:23 - A certain mindset to get innovation going
00:56:15 - Copies of the Tubeman
00:57:57 - Having the right team around you
01:02:58 - Pedal innovations
01:04:49 - The Rotosphere
01:07:51 - Clip from That Pedal Show trying out the Rotosphere
01:12:27 - Famous Rotosphere users
01:14:59 - clip of Jeff Beck playing the Rotosphere
01:18:28 - Vertex Effects praising the Rotosphere
01:20:11 - Manuel Bastian playing the organ through a Leslie
01:21:54 - QA Is there any fix for the noise issues with the Rotosphere?
01:23:25 - Mark1 vs Mark2 Rotosphere
01:26:06 - Why do we needed a Leslie pedal?
01:27:53 - The Replex
01:32:39 - Why everything in pedalformat?
01:35:22 - The Pedalicious youtube channel, Thomas showing the Rotosphere
01:38:15 - QA Can i replace the momentary STOP switch on the Rotosphere mk1?
01:39:42 - QA Do youi have a Proco Rat, and do you like it?
01:40:58 - QA I do find the mid controls on Amp1 to be very sensitive
01:43:43 - QA Did you ever try the Keeley Eccos?
01:44:36 - QA Did you ever consider making Bass-related products?
01:46:46 - QA Did you also help design the Access and VS250 amps?
01:55:20 - The 5 5 5 tone vs a vintage Marshall
01:56:49 - QA What pF value is a good one for a strat treble bleed?
01:58:36 - General reactions and answers from chat
02:04:38 - Upcomming products and AmpX
02:08:03 - Introducing Emanuel Knorr, thank you for watching, see you all next week for more AmpX news!
02:09:41 - Clip of an interview with Emanuel Knorr
02:38:31 - Outro