It seems that they have had a gazillion models of amp (all cost an arm and a leg of course because they is booteek) but 44 legacy models? Isn’t that’s 1.75 new amps a year? Can’t make their mind up or is it about making them betterer all the time? You have to have this new model coz it’s betterer than the last two previous models?
Come on I know some of you lot have them.
Explain to me the thinking behind it………………
Ive never seen one let alone played one.
Will they really make me sound like Matt Scoffield or John at Peach guitars?
Stands back after lighting the blue touch paper!
Comments
• Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@Goldeneraguitars
They're great sounding amps *if* you're a great guitar player. Otherwise....
They seem to be doing something right
With fender custom shop guitars for example each one they make has something different about it they can share on instagram etc, this is a green over paisley 55 with a gold anodised guard and such and such pickups… if two rock just keep showing off the same couple of models in black tolex it might seem a bit dull maybe?
Also, noticeably cheaper and without claims of mojo.
To be clear, I'm not knocking anybody's purchase. I just find that there's nothing new under the sun when it comes to amps, and almost all useful designs have already been built and rebuilt many times over the years.
In fact, modelling aside, I think the last genuinely innovative and unique amp I've seen was the HT-5.
The number of legacy models must be in a large part their business plan I guess. They brand on best of best, and there must be a limited market of people to sell to - so I`m sure the Gibson CS way of `this years best is even better than last yrs best` they get repeat sales from the same small demographic?
Maybe I`m wrong, old and cynical!. Actually, I`m def old and cynical - maybe I'm just wrong!
Anyway - years ago saw Matt Schofield play his in our local pub music venue - it did sound very, very nice!
Punting out the same product year after year when you are an employee is "a job", but doing the same when you are in control of your destiny is wasting your life.
FWIW I had a Two Rock and kept it maybe six months. It was ok, but for me it did nothing special. People rave about the clean sounds but back to back with a Tone King Imperial and a Louis Electric Columbia in the studio it was just kinda lifeless and 2D-sounding. Mine wasn't one of the mega expensive models, though, it was a Studio Pro 35. Maybe the magic is reserved for the top-end ones.
Then a few years back two new owners bought back the name and I think Bill Krinard still acts as a consultant.
We all experience guitars and amps in different ways, I find Matchless and Dr z amps to be very uncompromising and not at all what I'm looking for tonally or feel wise but other players can make them sound magical.
There were quite models introduced a couple of years into the PBG era and lots of power variations, from memory most amps had 22/35/50 and 100w variations which made the range a bit wieldy to say the least.
By all means come in and try them, see if they work for you, they might, or they might not.
Jack Burton: I don't get this at all. I thought Lo Pan—
Lo Pan: Shut up, Mr. Burton! You were not brought upon this world to get it!