Here's our interview with Mason Marangella of Vertex Effects. Mason gives a run down through Vertex's product line and talks a little shop with us. This was actually our first interview of the day.
UPDATE:
Ryan posted this episode on TGP and we took some hits for it. It got reposted and here's the result.
At the time of the interview I (Steve) was only aware of the Axis wah issues (Ryan had completely forgotten about it), and not everything else that was detailed in Mason's TGP confession here. Shortly after that, Michael Landau (who was mentioned in the episode) made the following post here, and Vertex's story about board assembly is refuted here. Joe Bonamassa also has a story to tell here. There's also some back and forth on another site here. There are some really big red flags here that we weren't fully aware of. In the eyes of those who were involved with his past, Vertex/Mason is not a brand that should ever be trusted by the gear world.
Those of you who are long time listeners know that we consistently err on giving someone a second chance when it comes to reforming their brand. For those who got burned, or watched others get burned in this debacle, the second, third, fourth, etc. chances have all been spent. Please check out the above links to get the background and history behind some of the stuff discussed in this interview.
If you got burned in this, we'd love to hear your take. Give us a call on our voice mail (619-363-HUMM) or shoot us an email:
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