Randall Smith Told To Boogie Off By Gibson?…

Amp Mad Scientist said:
Channel switch was invented by Acoustic.
Foot switch and separate boost control.
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Wow, I never knew the Acoustic gain boost had a separate master volume! Cool.
I had a couple of Acoustic amps, back in the blue stripe / aluminum knob days.
Used a 150 for a while, then a 260 with the two Altec 15s and a blue fiberglass horn.
That thing could make your ears itch.
It had a built-in oscillator "for tuning," but the pitch drifted so it was only useful as a special effect.
 
eclecticsynergy said:
Wow, I never knew the Acoustic gain boost had a separate master volume! Cool.
I had a couple of Acoustic amps, back in the blue stripe / aluminum knob days.
Used a 150 for a while, then a 260 with the two Altec 15s and a blue fiberglass horn.
That thing could make your ears itch.
It had a built-in oscillator "for tuning," but the pitch drifted so it was only useful as a special effect.
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it wasn't a separate master volume it was a separate foot switch boost volume.
but the master volume on tube audio amps was started in the 1940s or earlier.
 
My guess it's Mesa brand will be replaced by Gibson amplifiers. Same amps but different logo. There is a lot of EGO in Gibson. I hope still manufacturer them in USA.
 
gball said:
I mean, is this in any way surprising? He sold the company, was probably contractually obligated to stick around a while for the transition, and now he gets to retire and enjoy the money. Seems pretty standard to me.
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Yep, pretty standard. In 2001 GE came along and bought a small company I was working for. They did the golden handcuffs, meaning they gave us 4 engineering directors a two year large bonus package to stick around while they sucked the advanced technology we had developed into their products. I left after that 2 years.
 
What does Gibson do ??? Reissue guitars from the past nothing new look at all the different Mesa models Gibson will reissue
before the Gibson buyout I could get any transformer Mesa used in all their amps not now.
 
syscokid said:
I still don’t think that Randall Smith was fired.
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Yeah, I'm holding off on the "Randall Smith was fired" story line until we know more and hear from Smith, himself.

I mean, I'm not categorically denying that he was fired. Maybe he was. But, as others have already noted, his departure doesn't seem out of the ordinary for these types of transitions when a company is purchased.

The rumor has made it's way around the block; we'll have to see what the truth says when it gets out of the front door. Maybe it will confirm the rumor; maybe not.
 
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