Wildwoodians, we are pleased to announce that our dreams have become reality: we have partnered with the amp company 45 RPM to produce a Wildwood-exclusive proprietary amp called the Sky 5e3. Our friends at 45 RPM have spent a year filled with blood, sweat, tears, elbow grease, and solder fumes refining the Sky 5e3’s design, and their hard work has paid off, because the Sky 5e3 is one of the finest amplifiers ever to grace Wildwood’s shelves.
In fact, the Sky 5e3 is completely unprecedented. Few amps have ever offered such a wide range of authentic, inspiring tones. It’s one thing for an amp to nail a single sound so perfectly that it takes you places and inspires you, but it’s quite another to capture six or seven iconic tones with obsessive accuracy and fit them all into one amp. That’s exactly what our friends at 45 RPM have done, and we could not be more excited to show their creation off to the world.
But before we get into tech talk and start examining the revolutionary design that makes the Sky 5e3 so special, I want to focus on something that trumps all specs: inspiration. Playing through a 45 RPM Sky 5e3 is one of the most magical experiences a guitar player can have. It’s the sort of amplifier that connects you to the elemental, visceral joy of playing guitar. When a piece of gear nails the sound of an era, I like to say that it makes me feel like I stepped through an enchanted door into a classic record. The Sky 5e3 is like a whole hallway of such doors, each leading to total immersion in an iconic sound.
Speaking of total immersion, I (Trevor, the resident Wildwood Scribe) have been lucky enough to have a Sky 5e3 parked next to my desk for the last two days (hey, I’ve gotta play it to write about it!). I can say for certain that they have been the greatest two days of my entire working adult life. I’ve had more “whoah, did I play that?” moments while playing through the Sky 5e3 than I can count. Now, I’m not saying that it made me a better player—only practice does that. But, some gear is so inspirational that it makes you dig deep and play at the limits of your technical ability while using all your creative powers. The Sky 5e3 is one of those rare amps that take you to that wonderful place.
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