Nominations for the next "Flavour of The Month" amplifier manufacturer ?

Telejester

Go to the gear page and read many posts singing the praises of the latest fotm amp manufacturer only to see the classifieds flooded with said fotm amps when a new fotm amp is released. 

Who is going to carry the fotm mantle currently in Friedman arsonry and become the next fotm amp for forumites on a global basis ?

Chalky

Whichever new amp builder that Coda begins stocking in the autumn?

richardhomer

I was hoping Milkman just so I could get some more puns in....

Gassage

richardhomer said:

I was hoping Milkman just so I could get some more puns in....

But you bottled it.

StuartMac290

Jokes aside, Milkman is probably a decent shout. 

ThePrettyDamned

Whatever new manufacturer pgs demos.  

Sassafras

This month's answer to all questions has been Boss Katana.

merlin

WEM. 

Telejester

Milkman looks a decent proposition, whichever brand it turns out to be just watch all the Friedman's appear in the classifieds, especially at the gear page.

guitarfishbay

It's going to be something aimed at music styles generally recorded before 2000.

english_bob

guitarfishbay said:

It's going to be something aimed at music styles generally recorded before 2000.

You're being generous. I'd have gone for 1980.

Although having said that, there's a sort of rolling "midlife crisis wish fulfilment" thing with expensive guitar gear. As each generation reaches that stage in life where expensive toys come to the top of the "to-buy" pile, a market arises for the gear their guitar heroes used- first it was the Hank Marvin shit, then the Hendrix/Clapton stuff, then the Gilmour stuff, now it's modded Marshalls for that Van Halen/hair metal sound.

 Give it a few more years and someone will be making the boutique version of Kurt Cobain's Boogie preamp / Crown poweramp stage amp.

Sassafras

Quilter Aviator or Session Blues Baby.

bingefeller

english_bob said:

guitarfishbay said:

It's going to be something aimed at music styles generally recorded before 2000.

You're being generous. I'd have gone for 1980.

Although having said that, there's a sort of rolling "midlife crisis wish fulfilment" thing with expensive guitar gear. As each generation reaches that stage in life where expensive toys come to the top of the "to-buy" pile, a market arises for the gear their guitar heroes used- first it was the Hank Marvin shit, then the Hendrix/Clapton stuff, then the Gilmour stuff, now it's modded Marshalls for that Van Halen/hair metal sound. 

So much wisdom. 

lustycourtier

I always loved 'ugly', but they never appear on ebay.....

darthed1981

english_bob said:

Although having said that, there's a sort of rolling "midlife crisis wish fulfilment" thing with expensive guitar gear. As each generation reaches that stage in life where expensive toys come to the top of the "to-buy" pile, a market arises for the gear their guitar heroes used- first it was the Hank Marvin shit, then the Hendrix/Clapton stuff, then the Gilmour stuff, now it's modded Marshalls for that Van Halen/hair metal sound.

 Give it a few more years and someone will be making the boutique version of Kurt Cobain's Boogie preamp / Crown poweramp stage amp.

Wiz - correct!

These days it's just great to make the toy every kid wants, but if you made enough that every kid could have them, they would be too cheap to be worth bothering with.

But sell things to wealthy boomers?  Guitar and amp manufacturers have nothing on the people who make cars!  

"Hey, successful?  Middle aged? Far more money than you know what to do with because we are f**king over our own kids so we don't have to pay any of the money we don't need out in tax or fair wages?  HAVE WE GOT THE PRODUCT FOR YOU!!!"

I love guitars but it seems to be one of the few industries where people don't acknowledge how much better a modern product should/can be, given modern production methods.

shaunm

@darthed1981 I am not sure that people don't accept that a modern product is better than an old one. Take Lazy J, they have a huge amount of respect. I think it's the chasing of old sounds but then why wouldn't we because modern music is rubbish (sarcasm).

darthed1981

shaunm said:

@darthed1981 I am not sure that people don't accept that a modern product is better than an old one. Take Lazy J, they have a huge amount of respect. I think it's the chasing of old sounds but then why wouldn't we because modern music is rubbish (sarcasm).

I was thinking mostly in the context of the flavour of the month boutique amps or the other thread on the historic custom gibsons, rather than generally.

You are quite right of course and the Katana up thread is a superb example of modern technology bringing quality to lower price points.

MartinB

merlin said:

WEM. 

I'm surprised someone hasn't bought the name and used it for something underwhelmingly generic yet...

Lebarque

Benson Amps

Bridgehouse

richardhomer said:

I was hoping Milkman just so I could get some more puns in....

Do you get 10p deposit back if you return the valves when they've blown?

Kebabkid

Supros? Mark Letteri of Snarky Puppy is using them and there's a couple of demos around and they sound good and prices are reasonable, too