Lou Reed

William Bartolini and his wife, Patricia, are among the world’s foremost experts on the science of acoustics. Their early publications on the subject in the 1960s and 1970s have since become standard reference materials on the subject of waveforms and acoustic sound patterns. Their names are equally well known for their innovative line of guitar and bass pickups and electronics. The Bartolini Pickup and Electronics Company began in 1973 and has since developed products played by a host of endorsees including the Novax series played by John Mayer and the MTD bass played by Lou Reed

Mike Soldano says he was late to game, picking up the guitar when he was 20, but soon made up for lost time by jumping in with both feet! He studied the instrument and listened to live and recorded guitar heroes at every chance he got. Next he fell into building guitars and took a woodworking class at Western University where he received an A for his first guitar. As friends would ask him to repair their guitars, the request often ended with “would you fix my amp too?” which led Mike into the world of designing his own amplifiers. Mike established Soldano Custom Amplification by r