If MJW Amps started up again, would anybody buy one?

Bridgehouse

martinw said:

Bridgehouse said:

Would you do a bass amp head? Or are you guitar only?

I can and have done bass heads. The Taranis is a standard model, but not everybody wants a heavy 200W+ beasty like that. A bass head is basically a guitar amp with a different frequency optimisation and a different range of features that bassists prefer, such as DI outputs and more focus on midrange control. (If that's what they want, you can of course have a more vintage feature set - the first bass amps were of course  exactly the same as guitar amps apart from, well, more bass). You could easily have something like a little Ampeg.

It does have to be a valve amp though. I don't think there's any point in me developing SS stuff, even just for the power amp.

Understood. I'm looking for a smallish high quality valve head with DI that can give a really good classic valve bass tone for recording and possibly even live use with a DI to PA. Like you say, a 200w monster is going to be too heavy, but a small low watter good enough for monitoring and with an out for FOH would be perfect. 

Maybe we should have a more detailed conversation off thread, if it was of interest of course

musteatbrain

No.
my wife would kill me
edit:
but probably

juansolo

horsehead said:

@juansolo is it the one we discussed?

Yup. I'd have been leaning on Martin's knowledge hugely if we'd decided to built it ourselves. Martin back in business I'd definitely get him to build it.

horsehead

juansolo said:

horsehead said:

@juansolo is it the one we discussed?

Yup. I'd have been leaning on Martin's knowledge hugely if we'd decided to built it ourselves. Martin back in business I'd definitely get him to build it.

So, two for us then!

Jimbro66

Will you relaunch the website Martin or initially keep it as-is with prices changed?

Winny_Pooh

If you did something like Allen amp's brownface Princeton with verb then that would be great. That and British 20 & 50 watt version of the Friedman thing at a lower price. 

Good sounclips are a must. I was interested in the modded plexi style amp but the videos did not sound good, which could be the video or the amp but no way to tell. This is a no1 priority IMO if you are buying direct over the internet. 

DavidRees

proud owner of a Roadstar head - makes me sound better than I really am - my avatar might just give away how highly I regard the work of the man who is MJW ...

Modulus_Amps

Yes, do it! and if you need a hand with anything let me know

martinw

Thanks again all. I will be in touch soon with those who've enquired.

Modulus_Amps said:

Yes, do it! and if you need a hand with anything let me know

Cheers, I will be in touch!

horsehead

totally ignore this comment...it's the ramblings of a sad lonely old man

DiscoStu

@martinw would you be looking for locally built cabinets or buying them in from a manufacturer? 

martinw

DiscoStu said:

@martinw would you be looking for locally built cabinets or buying them in from a manufacturer? 

Well, I'll be buying them in from somewhere, hopefully local. It'd be nice if you knew someone up here!

marauder

Not after anything right now.
But you would be the first port of call in future.

martinw

Jimbro66 said:

Will you relaunch the website Martin or initially keep it as-is with prices changed?

The latter. Websites can be really time consuming, and I can update that later. I think it will become ore important to sustain the business than it will be to launch (re-launch) it, if that makes sense.

Sporky

I'd just add that what I really liked about dealing with you was that I said "I tried one of these and liked it, but I've got two 10" neodymium speakers and some sparkly blue tolex", and with no drama at all I got an amp that made exactly the right noise and looked glorious.

In particular I liked that I didn't get questions about what circuit or valves I wanted - I'd explained the sound and what it was I liked about it, and I got that. No pointless extra decisions.

martinw

Sporky said:

I'd just add that what I really liked about dealing with you was that I said "I tried one of these and liked it, but I've got two 10" neodymium speakers and some sparkly blue tolex", and with no drama at all I got an amp that made exactly the right noise and looked glorious.

In particular I liked that I didn't get questions about what circuit or valves I wanted - I'd explained the sound and what it was I liked about it, and I got that. No pointless extra decisions.

Thank you.

Your post made me look at the pics of that amp again. 7 years ago! Time flies.

martinw

Well that didn't take long. Already got the first order, and some expressions of interest.

Feels good to be under way again.

Jimbro66

martinw said:

Well that didn't take long. Already got the first order, and some expressions of interest.

Feels good to be under way again.

That's pretty good considering that most folks' cash is going on Christmas at present.

Good luck Martin. It's great to see you back building amps again  

Bridgehouse

Just replied to your mail  

FelineGuitars

Great to see you back Martin