Does a " Made in China" sticker bring a potential amp purchase to a screeching halt ?

Telejester

Wazmeister said:

There might be a pattern emerging with Telejester maybe;

He did launch "the biggest pile of scrap" car and the "DESPISE" Tv  thread....

Sometimes, its easier just to moan...

Wazmeister said:

There might be a pattern emerging with Telejester maybe;

He did launch "the biggest pile of scrap" car and the "DESPISE" Tv  thread....

Sometimes, its easier just to moan...

I sure did and the pile of scrap cars thread is an absolute hoot, give it a read.

Wazmeister

Telejester said:

Wazmeister said:

There might be a pattern emerging with Telejester maybe;

He did launch "the biggest pile of scrap" car and the "DESPISE" Tv  thread....

Sometimes, its easier just to moan...

Wazmeister said:

There might be a pattern emerging with Telejester maybe;

He did launch "the biggest pile of scrap" car and the "DESPISE" Tv  thread....

Sometimes, its easier just to moan...

I sure did and the pile of scrap cars thread is an absolute hoot, give it a read.

I must admit, I owned a few crap uns in my time

professorben

What if the US manufacturers employ workers of Chinese ethnicity?

ICBM

professorben said:

What if the US manufacturers employ workers of Chinese ethnicity?

There's an infamous case where a Rickenbacker factory photo from the early days showing exactly that, was later 'doctored' to apparently show a white worker, when used in one of their catalogues.

prh777

The company that commissions the work, wherever it may be done, is generally responsible for the quality.  They set out which components to use and are well aware of the quality of workmanship. Your issue is with the IP owner whoever that may be. Perhaps it would be useful to clarify that. 

Teetonetal

John_A said:

Nationality has nothing to do with it. There are craftsmen everywhere, probably more in China simply because of the population. Obviously a guitar that comes out of a Chinese factory and sells for £100 isn't going to be amazing but I have no doubt they could knock out a custom shop quality guitar for half the cost of a USA one and it would be as good or better

100% agree.

I have a Japanese black paisley custom shop strat. It's the best guitar I've ever played. It's all about who made it vs cost. Not where.

Reverend

Buying Chinese now would awful. It would be like buying a Japanese guitar or pedal from around 1980. No one would want that, would they?

John_A

Reverend said:

Buying Chinese now would awful. It would be like buying a Japanese guitar or pedal from around 1980. No one would want that, would they?

Dead right!  I'm about to drop my 1979 Tokai LS80 in the skip

english_bob

John_A said:

Reverend said:

Buying Chinese now would awful. It would be like buying a Japanese guitar or pedal from around 1980. No one would want that, would they?

Dead right!  I'm about to drop my 1979 Tokai LS80 in the skip

Which skip?

Jalapeno

On the OP - depends what I'm looking for. No qualms buying Behringer anything for a specific purpose, their 19" DI, Limiters, graphic EQ etc are just the job.

The 2 amps I have that need fixing are both US made (Mesa Boogie) - re-valved them both but farting noises persist.

english_bob

Jalapeno said:

The 2 amps I have that need fixing are both US made (Mesa Boogie) - re-valved them both but farting noises persist.

Are you sure it's the amps?

57Deluxe

Aren't the Chinese setting foot on the Moon soon??

ICBM

57Deluxe said:

Aren't the Chinese setting foot on the Moon soon??

I'd take a bet they will before the Americans (if ever) go back, and that they'll be the first to send people to Mars too.

Jalapeno

english_bob said:

Jalapeno said:

The 2 amps I have that need fixing are both US made (Mesa Boogie) - re-valved them both but farting noises persist.

Are you sure it's the amps?

Very good !

Yep - one's a Nomad, notorious for going wonky (although it gave 10yrs faultless service).  The other a Subway Rocket that works on clean but doesn't on dirty - I want the Rocket fixed, but the Mini Rectifier has killed the need for getting the Nomad fixed (for the umpteenth time).

Telejester

Jalapeno said:

On the OP - depends what I'm looking for. No qualms buying Behringer anything for a specific purpose, their 19" DI, Limiters, graphic EQ etc are just the job.

The 2 amps I have that need fixing are both US made (Mesa Boogie) - re-valved them both but farting noises persist.

Well if you insist on playing after you have had a curry, what do you expect ?

p90fool

I've gone over to using Jet City amps exclusively over the last couple of years and own three of them at the moment with a couple more looking likely in the near future. 

But let's not get too nostalgic about older Japanese goods, my first car was a Datsun Cherry and was one of the shittiest things ever made. 

John_A

Had a Datsun Cherry too, but it hasn't stopped me wanting a Nissan GTR   I think the point is companies wherever they are will make things to a price-point to suit a certain market whether that's low-end or high-end.

ecc83

DasTurnip said:

Also I recently got a look inside a handwired Chinese Blackstar Artisan and it was immaculate. The idea that everything from China is terribly made seems quite outdated, there's good and bad.

And! "we" had a sample Artisan made in UK (famous'ish but no names) and it was a mess. Worked but NOT pretty.

Dave.

Boromedic

I've had gear thats been manufactured in various parts of the world and like guys above say its down to the company specifying what they want and qc'ing the products. My Orange Dual Terror was made in China and sounded mint, as mint as the TT Hard Wired I bought eventually, no but it was very minor differences. Neither was put together better than the other. 

Away from amps I have a Freshman acoustic that was made in China, £450rrp and the equal of any sub £1300 US made acoustic sound and playablility wise. Love that guitar!

pintspiller

There was a time when I stayed clear of Chinese guitars. Not now though.