Sunn Amps make a come back!

impmann

RickLucas said:

You'll not get many of these in the back of a Fiesta. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-L7lYLTSPF4

Yeah... but what a sound. :-)

DartmoorHedgehog

I'd never heard of Sunn amps - to me Sunn means cheap Fender-style basses.  And I'm quite a fan of that sort of fuzzy blues-rock as in the video above.

TTBZ

Was quite excited about these til I saw the price. The Beta Lead sounds great for sludgy stoner stuff. But for that money I'd rather just get one of the many preamp pedals into a power amp, or look for a used original one.

Aidanspaghetti

Here comes the Sunn.

p90fool

DartmoorHedgehog said:

I'd never heard of Sunn amps - to me Sunn means cheap Fender-style basses.  And I'm quite a fan of that sort of fuzzy blues-rock as in the video above.

My only knowledge of them is that Jimi Hendrix signed an ill-advised exclusive contract with them in around 1968 and had to hide his Marshall heads behind Sunn cabinets because he hated the Sunn amps so much. 

Reverend

I associate them with obscure bands like The Who. 

Sassafras

How different can they be from all the hundreds of other amps on the market - apart from the price?

guitargeek62

Interesting interview here:

https://guitar.com/features/interviews/sunn-ceo-james-lebihan-relaunch-brand-model-t-irs-modelling-amplifiers/