“If we can turn out for (a protest), how can we not support black-owned businesses?” Smiley asked. Lindsey Breer, also 22 and a fellow ’16 JHS grad, joined Smiley at the protest.

JHS 189 in Flushing, Queens, has three married couples who met at the school, as well as five former students who are now teachers there.

As JHS Pedals says, it “puts a half-million dollars of tone at your feet”, and that’s no exaggeration. There is no amp that’s more sought-after. The price of an original Dumble tube amp runs into a ...