Jim Gamble & Associates

Jim Gamble envisioned a console that would give an engineer ultimate control of the audio being mixed.  He started by working for one of the original sound reinforcement companies and helped write the book on the touring industry.  The experiences that he had working with some of the most revered  bands of all time, over decades, helped influence his consoles designs.  The number of bands are too numerous to mention but were many of the leading acts in each decade for the last fifty years.  Mr. Gamble designs and manufactures both house and monitor consoles.

Peter Kowalczyk found an old Silver Tone Guitar in his attic as a kid that belonged to his father, who encouraged Peter to play.  He surrounded himself with music and found a position years later in high school in the school play as a music tech.  It was there that Peter first put his hands on a mixing console.  And the rest wasn’t quite history, but close.  Peter found his passion in audio engineering.  Hired by Meyer Sound, Peter found great satisfaction in working with loud speaker technology as a driver tester as well as acoustic research and testing within the R&D of loud

Charles Mallett is the audio engineer for Jim Gamble and Associates in Lake Tahoe.  Since working with Jim, Charles has worked on the DCX products and mixes Front Of House on a Gamble board at the Crystal Bay Casino.  The casino, located on the north shore of Lake Tahoe, includes two performance rooms, both with Gamble boards.  As a result of the yearlong performance line up, Charles mixes a wide range of styles and band sizes and gear.  Working with Jim and gaining his insights as to why the board was designed in certain ways, makes the mixing for Charles a thrill and a wonderful

Michael Paul, known as MP, always had an interest in the visual arts, especially those that could involve multiple formats.  When he had the chance to create light and color programs for live musical acts in the 1960s, MP found his true passion!  He worked on countless shows including those for the Grateful Dead and Janis Joplin as well as for Country Joe and the Fish and other rock groups in and around the San Francisco music scene.  Soon after discovering the use of colorized liquids and overhead projectors, MP established his own pro lighting business, which pioneered tools and