Speakeasy News Blog

Nord USA and Speakeasy bring you the ultimate player rigs!

admin — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 15:05:59 +0000

Nord USA has partnered with Speakeasy Vintage Music to produce custom player packages consisting of Nord Electro keyboards and Speakeasy sound systems.

Multi-level packages are planned ranging from entry level keyboard and preamp packages, all the way up to stereo Roadbox IIIB systems - and standard Roadbox III and IIIC systems for those who want real moving sound.

Watch this space for more details as they become available - and have a look at the extensive line of quality keyboard instruments from Nord USA

Bruce Katz, Performing Artist for Nord USA and Speakeasy Vintage Music, rounds out his Nord and Speakeasy Vintage Tube Preamp rig with the addition of a Roadbox SE122MkIII tone cabinet

Speakeasy Grand 200 Wurlitzer Piano

admin — Thu, 24 May 2007 17:08:30 +0000

The Grand 200 is a classic Wurlitzer Electro-piano, re-manufactured by Speakeasy, with a recolored top in your choice of colors. Same top notch re-manufacturing as always and the top is professionally re-colored using multi-layered base coat and covered with a multi-layered clear coat for years of durability.

Unlike any “homemade” jobs you may have seen, this isn’t going to be flaking and chipping of the cover.

For more, see our Wurli page

Ladies and Gentlemen, Steve Hayes on the Hammond!!

admin — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 15:19:01 +0000

Steve sat down this week and did some on camera playing of a crusty old A100 from our “Boneyard” piped through the Roadbox III (SE122) and Submon subwoofer. This “roadbox system” really kicks ass as the organ’s speaker system - So if you have a good clone, and wonder what our speaker sounds like, CLICK HERE for the video!

Steve Hayes Demos the Road Box III and Submon in a new Video

admin — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 15:19:01 +0000

Video posted for the Guitar RBIII

admin — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 05:04:06 +0000

Interested in the RBIII for guitar? Take a look at the demo video (Flash required)

Special thanks again to Joe Tracey for coming by to play with the new cabinet.

NEW Roadbox III for Guitarists

admin — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 05:49:42 +0000

We’ve taken the now popular Roadbox MKIII and designed a new edition especially for guitar players. Now you can get that famous rotary speaker sound in a NEW piece of gear using YOUR amplifier, and as an added bonus it comes with an additional foot switch to switch between our two way rotary speaker system and a straight connection to the 12″ speaker. If your fav amp is an amp head, this is the only speaker you’ll need.

New News Format

admin — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 03:58:43 +0000

Our “News Department” is now updated and using the Wordpress CMS to post and organize news and announcements.

Users of FireFox and the latest Internet Explorer can stay up to date by subscribing the the RSS news feed on this page.

The URI is H E R E

New 250watt Roadbox Mk III

admin — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 17:51:58 +0000

Introducing, a roadbox with a little bit more! We’ve teamed our Roadbox III with our AMA (Absolute Modeling Amplfiier) and added a 250watt solid state amplifier to bring you the same great tone in a higher power range.

Best of all, with this configuration, you can get quite clean tone or grunge! Now you get your full tilt rock organ sound without waking the neighbors!

New 1122SE Connector Kit

admin — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 17:48:42 +0000

To fulfil the request of one of our customers, we tackled the challenge of doing it better. Pictured here is our newest item, the 1122 SE connector kit. Designed to connect modern clonewheel keyboards and organs to vintage 122 tone cabinets.

Built in one of our now classic enclosures, with no sharp points and designed to sit on the floor. We’ve taken a fully discrete approach - NO opamps, NO chips, and NO low voltage power supply. This all old school analog unit taps the 122’s B+ power to support it’s built in amplifier and *Transformer Coupled* output stage.

The transformer, and it’s driver provide a punchy yet smooth tone while you have EASY ACCESS to the volume and tone controls. Other units need a screw driver for the volume and have no tone control at all!

This unit also supports both speed switching, and power on/off to your 122, all controlled from the 11 pin input.

Click Here to order from our webstore today.

Chuck Leavell’s Piano at Speakeasy Vintage Music

admin — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 17:00:26 +0000

For those of you who may not know, Chuck Leavell is a master of the piano and has been with the Rolling Stones since about 1988.

One of the staple instruments he uses with the Stones is a Wurlitzer piano - just like the ones we restore and sell here at Speakeasy. So, when the time came for one of his Wurlitzers to be overhauled, Speakeasy was chosen for the restoration.

We’ll post a pic or two later as time permits, but in the meantime we’re thrilled to be able to serve up our level of expertise to such a consummate professional as Mr. Leavell.

In the mean time, if you’re looking for more information on Chuck Leavell, take a look at his website, you’ll find that being the keyboardist/piano player for the Rolling Stones is just the tip of the iceberg for this mans impressive list of achievements!