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We left the NAMM convention floor, and its associated inevitable sickness behind and ventured out to spend a few evenings at Desert Dome Studio in Yucca Valley.

That Thing In The Desert is our yearly gathering of musicians, builders, engineers, and friends at Rancho De La Luna in Joshua Tree. We left the NAMM convention floor, and its associated inevitable sickness behind.

Pulled together in a single day at the studio, this track is a snapshot of what can happen when the right players, the right room, and the right amps collide.

For David Catching, inspiration almost never starts with a specific chord or note. It starts with a feeling. The room, the light, the way an amp sits in a space. Aesthetics are not just decoration, they are a constant invitation to enter a creative flow state.

Captured live at Rancho De La Luna, this session brings together David Catching, Joey Castillo and Jonathan Hischke for a raw, unfiltered jam powered by Valhalla Amplification. The trio locks into a heavy, hypnotic groove as the amp handles everything David throws at it.

A familiar room. Guitars leaning where they always lean, scarred from years of use, waiting their turn. Amps are already warm before anyone presses record, lights glowing low, the space settled into its usual rhythm.

The Valhalla team congregates in the Desert around David Catching’s birthday celebration with a special prototype amp.

Our friend Alain offered to sit down in the blistering heat for a quick run on the Rancho De La Luna prototype 2×12 combo.