EXTREME: Closer Look At NUNO BETTENCOURT's Signature Amp

January 28, 2009

Premier Guitar's Rebecca Dirks stopped by the Randall Amplifiers booth at this year's NAMM show, which was held January 15-18, 2009 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California, to take a closer look at Randall's latest signature amp for EXTREME guitarist Nuno Bettencourt, which is the first Randall amp to be built with all tubes and it also features a VU meter. Watch her report below.

Commented Nuno: "There is a reason that I have never endorsed any amplifier company exclusively. Because I have always had to jump back and forth from amp to amp. One for rhythm... Another for solos. A different amp on every recording and tour... constantly searching... unsatisfied. Always good... but not great. Never finding that perfect tone. There was always something missing. Basically, I gave in and truly believed that Marshall would be the staple to fall back on... The constant. Until now. The words... 'I've got an amp that I will put my name on and have put it up against any other amplifier and blew them away.' I thought those words would not come out of my mouth. But they have. And it's true. I've worked on this amp for over three years. We've delayed release of the amp until it was perfect. Mission accomplished. It's not fancy. It just sounds killer. It's a workhorse. One clean channel. One dirty channel. And a boost solo channel... with its own volume and drive controls, because when it's time to let loose... you should be heard loud and clear. As a bonus, it looks like no other amp and cabinet before it... the look takes the past into the future."

"Saudades de Rock", the new album from EXTREME, sold 6,500 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 78 on The Billboard 200 chart. The CD recently entered the UK chart at position No. 80.

The band's first studio album in thirteen years, "Saudades de Rock" (pronounced "sow-dodge") was released in the U.S. on August 12 on Open E Records and distributed by Fontana. The European version of the CD, which came out on August 1, includes a bonus track, the "Americocaine" demo from 1985, the very first studio recording of EXTREME.

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