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Indeed.
Also, they were trendy because they were a little bit exclusive, very well built and great sounding. It's currently a lot trendier to go for "boutique" versions of old, classic circuits.
I suspect they'll be back in fashion one day. They're not exactly out of fashion, I suspect they're more common on the touring circuit because of the reliability and tough build.
Buy the Mesa Dual Rec's cheap while you can. Because of it's reputation i think that when it does come back around it will be (Rightly) heralded in the same way the 800 is now.
Do you remember orange amps going cheap in the naughties?
Then they released the tiny terror...
Is it also not helping that we are getting to Christmas when most people don't spend as much.
They retail at well over £2000 now - so well under half-price for one of the best sounding clean amps you'll ever find....
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I've seen more of a swing from big, multi channel kit like a dual rec (which is a good amp for basically every genre, from funk to blues to jazz to metal) to single channel vintage style boutique amps that like having tubeacreamers in front of them.
Most common seems to be blackface fender and tweed fender style amps, but there have been reworked voxes and marshalls too.
1: movement away from multichannel do it all amps to single channel amps with pedals.
2: movement towards smaller amps with lower volumes because of the noise police.
3: movement towards digital (Axe FX, Kemper, Helix etc.) for those who do want the flexibility of a multichannel set up.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I noticed the trend too, I missed out on a nice Wooden cab Mesa back in the summer which was very local to me (I forget the exact model) It went for an absolute song something like £600..........
EDIT: those fancy wooden cabs and tan grilles are sheer amp porn!
Such is the Dual Rec's reputation as purely a metal amp, that many people don't even realise the Trem-o-verb is the same amp but with reverb and tremolo.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein