What Amp are you playing today?

PelliX said:
Yes, the charges are also a guess - well, shipping can be calculated, but I was charged a couple of hundred for buying a storage server from the US once - they deemed it a stereo amplifier. Couldn't argue, coughed up. The 300 for the jackplug (YES, A FRIGGIN' JACK PLUG) was the biscuit, I'm being more careful now. If I understand you correctly, no import tariffs in the US currently then?

The thing is, I'd need "most" of the parts for the amp. Apart from some caps, resistors, pots and maybe valve sockets I'm missing most of it. If you can't order them as a kit, you end up paying a lot more, plus often I'd have to order from outside the EU (think Modulus, UK) and I get farked again. When ordering from the UK, about 50% of the time stuff actually gets here and about half of those instances come with a hefty import tax for a fictiously generated value.

I wouldn't kick myself for buying or building a clone, but I would kick myself for that if it worked out more expensive than the real deal, you know?
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I have never built a amp kit only scratch builds with the best mil spec parts I could find 23 amps so far
the last two amps cost $15,000.00 in parts and shipping total for both amps
in the amp world Nik is a troll he copied our work never gave back one way street using Chinese and Taiwan parts
we stopped sharing information on the internet in my past I would service private amp collections
my friend Robert was my go to for transformers he is the amp tech of the stars the 2010 Nashville flood wiped out his transformer stock
I did get to repair Dumbles angel's breath amp one of the best sounding amps ever made
funny out of my 60 or so guitar amps I only play 3
 
Ampeq said:
Did they promise you a part in a movie that you would be “just right for”
Were there midgets involved, or a clown undressing in the hall?
Did they at least buy you dinner?

I bought quite a few things from Ceriatone but no extra charges, just shipping.
Don’t you live in the USA?
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Yes I live in TN. I looked up the email I got from UPS. It was an import fee and I was wrong about the $50.

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DirtySteve said:
Yes I live in TN. I looked up the email I got from UPS. It was an import fee and I was wrong about the $50.

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Where did the pup’s come from? I thought they were made in the USA. Maybe Nik pays the fees and doesn’t say anything about them. I have bought about 6 amps and a pedal from them, but never got an extra charge. It’s also funny UPS would be collecting fees. Between all the fees and taxes you have to pay now, to people that have nothing to do with it, it’s getting ridiculous.
 
Ampeq said:
Where did the pup’s come from? I thought they were made in the USA.
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Ostensibly made in the UK. I've only bought them second hand, so I skipped the tax.

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67plexi said:
the last two amps cost $15,000.00 in parts and shipping total for both amps
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That's a hefty BOM for an amp. I'd be interested in a little more detail.

67plexi said:
in the amp world Nik is a troll he copied our work never gave back one way street using Chinese and Taiwan parts
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Sure, I see where you're coming from. On the other hand, he's not really competing, is he? If you're using the most expensive parts and he's using "fairly" cheap ones, then you're targeting different price brackets or parts of the market?

67plexi said:
my friend Robert was my go to for transformers he is the amp tech of the stars the 2010 Nashville flood wiped out his transformer stock
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Oh, that's rough. Sorry to hear that.
 
Ampeq said:
Where did the pup’s come from? I thought they were made in the USA. Maybe Nik pays the fees and doesn’t say anything about them. I have bought about 6 amps and a pedal from them, but never got an extra charge. It’s also funny UPS would be collecting fees. Between all the fees and taxes you have to pay now, to people that have nothing to do with it, it’s getting ridiculous.
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They were received by carrier in Bodmin, United Kingdom. That's the first time I've ever had to pay an import fee. There was no import fee when I ordered my last set of BKs, but that was a few years ago.
 
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