Marshall's U.S.A. Sales

Jethro Rocker said:
I love me my Marshalls. I also play other stuff.
In terms of pricing, the Mesa stuff is ludicrously priced in Canada.
Peavey? Better price wise but ZERO, and I mean sero, support. Cannot even get parts. No one wants to handle it.
So...
Marshall isn't all that ridiculous price wise. The DSL ones are less than locally made Traynors.
I spose if one was on more of a budget it would make more difference.
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Sadly, it seems that Peavey has decided to go the route of "disposable" amplifiers. Those things used to be built for absolute durability (just look how many from the early days are still running strong) but now, just Chinese-made, price point stuff that's destined to fail early and so cheap you won't be inclined to spend the money to fix it anyway, just buy another. A lot of them sound great, some models World-class, but I don't think I would put my money into a Peavey any more.
 
I disagree on the Marshall's . This is where the hype should really be...


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gball said:
Sadly, it seems that Peavey has decided to go the route of "disposable" amplifiers. Those things used to be built for absolute durability (just look how many from the early days are still running strong) but now, just Chinese-made, price point stuff that's destined to fail early and so cheap you won't be inclined to spend the money to fix it anyway, just buy another. A lot of them sound great, some models World-class, but I don't think I would put my money into a Peavey any more.
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gball, as we who are in the know -know, Peavey is now owned by Fender.

Robert's exposay explained why the "disposable" business model is in play here.

Yup, it was the older Peavey's that are the ones of better repute and built better if I understand the skuttlebutt.
 
gball said:
Oranges kick butt, but they are not the most versatile things, which is why I think they are not more popular. If you are playing Stoner Rock they are almost a requirement.
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I like the original Orange amps. They were more high fidelity, as the Hiwatts, Matamps, Simms-Watts and other high powered amps of that era. The new ones aren't the same, and don't really do anything for me.
 
SG John said:
I like the original Orange amps. They were more high fidelity, as the Hiwatts, Matamps, Simms-Watts and other high powered amps of that era. The new ones aren't the same, and don't really do anything for me.
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Oh yeah, those things just BARK at you, with lots of headroom. Not many amps around in that vein these days. A buddy of mine got a 100-watt Reeves and it more or less resurrected that kind of super loud/clean British-flavored tone but I can't think of too many that aren't designed to quickly push into some kind of saturation or distortion.

Modern Oranges are good for what they are but I find they are EQ'd way too dark for my taste, even ostensily clean, high headroom ones like the Tremlord. I need a bit more upper-midrange bite to be in my own sweet spot.
 
gball said:
Oh yeah, those things just BARK at you, with lots of headroom. Not many amps around in that vein these days. A buddy of mine got a 100-watt Reeves and it more or less resurrected that kind of super loud/clean British-flavored tone but I can't think of too many that aren't designed to quickly push into some kind of saturation or distortion.

Modern Oranges are good for what they are but I find they are EQ'd way too dark for my taste, even ostensily clean, high headroom ones like the Tremlord. I need a bit more upper-midrange bite to be in my own sweet spot.
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gball, I would not mind getting some sound clips of some of your tunes. Be awesome to hear how you make your amps do their magic.
 
gball said:
Oh yeah, those things just BARK at you, with lots of headroom. Not many amps around in that vein these days. A buddy of mine got a 100-watt Reeves and it more or less resurrected that kind of super loud/clean British-flavored tone but I can't think of too many that aren't designed to quickly push into some kind of saturation or distortion.

Modern Oranges are good for what they are but I find they are EQ'd way too dark for my taste, even ostensily clean, high headroom ones like the Tremlord. I need a bit more upper-midrange bite to be in my own sweet spot.
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We're using Guitar Rig 6 at least 90% of the time now....it's making a lot of this stuff obsolete...

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