Godlyke, our official distributor in the USA, had a booth at NAMM 2011 (http://www.namm.org/thenammshow/2011) where they displayed and demonstrated Providence products. They made a special Providence effector board and visitors could try out Providence pedals. It attracted a lot of attention from visitors and the Godlyke booth was packed with many visitors who came to see the Providence products.
Also, Matt Schofield, Guthrie Govan and Carl Verheyen visited the booth to try out our new drive Providence Flame Drive FDR-1F. We would like to introduce some of the highlights of the NAMM 2011 show.

Godlyke booth, Providence official distributor in the USA, crowded with many visitors.

Providence effectors and routing systems displayed at the booth.
Also, PEC-04 and PEC-2 were set for the other effectors Godlyke is handling. Customers could try them out easily in whatever way they wanted to.

Providence effectors connected to the PEC-2.

Godlyke staff were busy answering questions for a magazine interview. The interview lasted about an hour and focused on the characteristics and functions of Providence pedals. They also did a sound check of Providence pedals.

Yuki Hayashi, chief development engineer, exchanged a lot of detailed information with Matt about his settings for Providence effectors, especially the Stampede OD (SOV-2).
Matt loves the Stampede SOV-2 but he also fell in love with the new Flame Drive FDR-1F as soon as he tried it. Matt will try it out in his system in the future.

P.J. Zitarosa demonstrates Providence effectors at the Godlyke booth. He answered all questions from visitors.

Here are some of the artists who visited the Godlyke booth to try out Providence products.

Guthrie Govan with P.J. Zitarosa

P.J. Zitarosa with Bob Balducchi

Godlyke's Kevin with Jeff Kendrick of Devildriver

Carl Verheyen, Godlyke's Kevin and Dave Marotta

Godlyke's Kevin、Matt Schofield and P.J. Zitarosa

Last year, Mr. Masaki Murashita who endorses Providence products, visited the Providence head office.
Although he has the appearance of a nice, clean-cut and polite young man, he is the vocalist and guitarist of the metal band Hemoptysis, from the Phoenix area of Arizona, in the United States.
They have opened shows for Warbringer, Obituary, Krisiun and Goatwhre, and were named Metal Artist of the Year by Phoenix/Los Angeles Music Awards. The band is actually a unique combination of Japanese and American artists who are rapidly expanding the evolution of their music.

We received quotes on the Providence Sonic Drive SDR-5 and Chrono Delay DLY-4 from Masaki, and he also sent us a video introducing his gear including Providence products.
（http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSrXw12BziA）

"The SDR-5 is a versatile over drive pedal. Rich and warm gain with low noise, and the best part is your tone is still there without getting blurred. The SDR-5 is the way to go."

"The Chrono Delay is the future of the compact Delay pedal. Easy to find your favorite setting though it has many different options to choose from. Just like the other pedals, your tone is still there and so clean.This is my new weapon."

We look forward his continued success and prosperity in the United States as a Japanese metal artists.

British Bluesman Matt Schofield is widely regarded as one of the most distinctive and innovative guitarists to have emerged on the world scene for several generations. In an interview in the December issue of Guitarist Magazine, he made a great comment on the Providence Stampede OD SOV-2.

Here we would like to introduce part of his interview.

Q: And effects- we know you don't tend to use many....
A: The best overdrive I've ever found is a Providence SOV-2 from Japan. I've red some cool reviews of their pedals in Guitarist and I've been using them for six or seven years. I got this one three or four years ago and it's untouchable I think.

Thanks Matt for your support of Providence!!

source : Guitarist Magazine December issue

The SOV-2 on his pedal board is the Free the Tone custom
He also uses the Providence cable P203 (purple patch).

Our UK distributor, Guitar XS, had a booth at the Guitar Nation show where they displayed and demonstrated Providence products. Many people visited the booth. This was the first time for Providence to display our products at a show overseas and we ended the show on a high note. We are very excited about this opportunity and would like to introduce some of the highlights here.

Many visitors had questions for Chris Newman who demonstrated Providence products at the booth.

The Providence Sonic Drive SDR-5 was reviewed in the October issue of Guitarist Magazine, a monthly music magazine published by Future Publishing in the United Kingdom, and received the "Guitarist Choice" award.
We also recently received the "Guitarist Choice" award for both the Providence Heat Blaster HBL-2 and the Chrono Delay DLY-4, so we are especially proud of winning this award again for the Sonic Drive SDR-5.

Please click on the thumbnails to view the Guitarist Magazine article on the Providence Sonic Drive SDR-5.