 How y'all doing? My name is Jared James Nichols. I'm here with Black Star Amps in New York City at Webster Hall, ready to rock and roll with Zach Wilde. The US tour has been amazing. You know, honestly, we've been out with Zach all over Europe and to be able to come to the States and do a proper tour, it's been amazing. If you're really ready to dedicate yourself to life on the road as a musician, you know, you got to be ready to travel, travel, travel. In the past two weeks, you know, we've been on the road, we've done almost 15 shows. So, you know, I say to anyone like the greatest stories I have are, you're tired, you're hungry, you smell like you've been on the road, but you know what? When you hit the stage, the music makes it all worth it. The biggest thing I always look for in an amp, first and foremost, is the tone. It's got to be versatile. You know, I want an amp that's gonna perform on any stage, anywhere in the world. You know, the best part about the artist series, you know, the Black Star Amps is the fact that they do just that. They perform, they deliver every night. I've played these things all over the world now and every single day I plug it in, it still sounds as consistent and as clear as the day before. So, the series won 50 watt heads I've been using forever. The artist is still very new to me, but what I love about the two amps is, this takes the bite of a series 150 watt, but it also takes the earthy undertones and all of the boutique things that make the artisan so classic. This is like the perfect middle ground where I can still get all of the rock bite, but I still have that real blues tube warmth, which I love. With the artist, I do use a few pedals. The best part about this amp is it takes pedals so well. For me, I can put a simple overdrive in front of it and it just basically takes the tone of the amp and it just gives it more. It's almost like any pedal I throw in front of it. It takes the best characteristics of that pedal and incorporates it into the amp. And for me, I'm more of a purist, but even with a delay, I can run a delay through the effects loop and it's just, it's an amazing addition to the tone. It's not covering anything up. Every pedal just gives you more of what you already have.