{"id":792,"date":"2007-08-14T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2007-08-14T04:01:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2007-08-14T16:31:07","modified_gmt":"2007-08-14T16:31:07","slug":"sam-ash-sound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/sam-ash-sound\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Ash Sound"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Under the guidance and wisdom of Townsman E. Pluribus Gergeley, we have officially defined the oft-cited <strong>Sam Ash Sound<\/strong>.<\/em><br \/><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KoQ53TXIBPM?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><br \/>\nThe <strong>Sam Ash Sound<\/strong> is the sound produced by any brand new instrument sold at any Sam Ash music store. A typical Sam Ash electric guitar sound can be heard when a brand new electric with <strong>super-light strings<\/strong> is removed from a rack and amplified by a <strong>Crate<\/strong>-like monstrosity with control settings all at &#8220;5,&#8221; except for treble, which is consistently set at &#8220;8&#8221; or &#8220;9.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Drumwise, the <strong>Tama Corporation<\/strong> does it&#8217;s best to deliver the goods (see video following jump). As stated previously, there is a heavy emphasis on <strong>treble and cleanliness<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>Recording equipment sold at Sam Ash stores magically captures the Sam Ash Sound, even when recording instruments that were not purchased at one of their locations! However, Sam Ash sales representatives strongly recommend recording with the <strong>full arsenal<\/strong> of Sam Ash-approved instruments. Although the chain will not confirm this, some believe that the Sam Ash manages to maintain its distinctive level of quality through an exclusive deal with major instrument manufacturers on their factory rejects.<br \/><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XDIrJ7NNwmY?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><br \/>\nThe Sam Ash Sound is captured in all its glory at Karaoke bars across the country and, specifically, in <strong>New Hope, Pennsylvania<\/strong>, where it is played in all it&#8217;s techincal perfection by balding musicians with pony tails and macrame belts.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<em>The Distorted Sam Ash Sound<\/em><br \/><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/umGV006Z_SM?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Keeping the Beat the Sam Ash Sound Way<\/em><br \/><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AT_rv0hKxTU?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Under the guidance and wisdom of Townsman E. Pluribus Gergeley, we have officially defined the oft-cited Sam Ash Sound. The Sam Ash Sound is the sound produced by any brand new instrument sold at any Sam Ash music store. A typical Sam Ash electric guitar sound can be heard when a brand new electric with <a href='https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/sam-ash-sound\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}