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About Me

Aguilar Amplification is a manufacturer of high quality bass amplifiers, speaker cabinets and accessories located in NYC. Our goal is to make products that sound great and have features that are useful to bass players.
Many of the world's greatest musicians have chosen to use Aguilar. Our list of endorsers includes jazz greats like Gary Willis and John Patitucci as well as rock and roll heroes like Willie Weeks (Eric Clapton), Matt Rubano (Taking Back Sunday), and Jeph Howard (The Used).
Over the course of 2007 many new artists joined the Aguilar Family - Rickey Minor (American Idol, etc), Ethan Farmer (Christina Aguilara, Babyface, etc...), Eric Smith (Rihanna), Jeff Caxide (Isis), Troy Oftedal (Cattle Decapitation) and many others. We'd like to welcome them all to the family!
At the recent 2008 Winter NAMM Show we introduced the DB 115, DB 212, and the DB 412 speaker cabinets. Following in the DB cabinet tradition they are all full in the low end, very focused in the midrange and smooth in the top end.
We also debuted the DB 285JC that was co-designed with Jack Casady. This cabinet captures the nuance of a hollow body or upright bass while still being full bodied for a standard bass guitar.
Everyone who came by the booth was also very excited about the new Tone Hammer pedal. This footswitchable preamp/DI features 3 bands of EQ with sweepable midrange, an XLR output selectable for "Pre" or "Post" EQ, and our new AGS Circuit (Adaptive Gain Shaping). AGS allows the player to boost the gain into clipping by stepping on a footswitch. As you turn up the gain knob the EQ shape adapts to the amount of gain - tightening up the low end and smoothing out the highs - to give you a wide range of overdriven sounds. 18 volt operation gives this pedal plenty of headroom to reproduce the dynamic range of a demanding musician.
2008 is off to a good start for Aguilar and we are looking foward to seeing where the year takes us! We hope you enjoy the site and we look forward to hearing from you and adding you to the Aguilar family.

My Interests

Music:

Cute Is What We Aim For: Fred Cimato, The Early November: Serge Anello, Taking Back Sunday: Matt Rubano, Matchbook Romance: Ryan Kienle

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Owen Biddle (The Roots) with Aguilar on Letterman!

The Roots were on The David Letterman Show recently and bassist Owen Biddle got fonky with his DB 750 and GS 412 cabinets!Check out the video here...
Posted by Aguilar Amplification on Tue, 06 May 2008 03:08:00 PST

AGUILAR DB 285 JC CABINET NOW SHIPPING

Aguilar Amplification is pleased to announce that their new, DB 285 JC cabinet is now shipping. The DB 285 JC was designed with legendary Hot Tuna/Jefferson Airplane bassist Jack Casady who was lo...
Posted by Aguilar Amplification on Tue, 06 May 2008 01:09:00 PST

Preston Crump on Ellen Degeneres with Alice Smith

We have been very proud to have Preston Crump using Aguilar for the last few years now. You can catch him touring with Citizen Cope (an amazing group!) or with the new artist Alice Smith. ...
Posted by Aguilar Amplification on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:59:00 PST

October Artist of the Month - Bryan Donahue - Boys Like Girls

ARTIST OF THE MONTH Bryan Donahue of Boys Like Girls A lot of songwriting skills come from experience but some musicians just have a natural talent for it. Considering how young the guys from Boys L...
Posted by Aguilar Amplification on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 01:21:00 PST

AGRO Review in Bass Musician Magazine

The AGRO (Aguilar Rack Overdrive) has been shipping for a couple of weeks now and the response has been great. We're kind of surprised at how many times we've heard the term "...
Posted by Aguilar Amplification on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 08:05:00 PST

Will.i.am. on Letterman and Jimmy Kimmel Live

Did you miss Vivi Rama and her Aguilar rig playing with Will.i.am on Letterman or Jimmy Kimmel?Letterman Jimmy Kimmel LiveVivi is a great bass player from Los Angeles who has played with Alana D...
Posted by Aguilar Amplification on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 06:55:00 PST

Pat Monahan on The Today Show

Check out Brett Simons using his DB 750 and GS 412 on the Today show Friday Sept 14th.
Posted by Aguilar Amplification on Fri, 14 Sep 2007 09:28:00 PST

The Used on Late Night with Conan O’Brien

Check out Jeph Howard using his DB 750 and two DB 810's in Chocolate Thunder on Late Night with Conan O'Brien Friday Sept 14th
Posted by Aguilar Amplification on Fri, 14 Sep 2007 09:26:00 PST

Artist Of The Month - Bakithi Kumalo

ARTIST SPOTLIGHT Bakithi Kumalo Bakithi Kumalo is an inspirational bassist both because of his amazing ability on the instrument and because he is such a positive person. Anyone who has the opportu...
Posted by Aguilar Amplification on Fri, 07 Sep 2007 02:29:00 PST

Travis Tritt on Jay Leno

Check out Scotty Simpson playing with Travis Tritt tonight on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Scotty tours with a DB 750 and a GS 412 ...
Posted by Aguilar Amplification on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 06:40:00 PST