Gibson Falcon 20 making a comeback

stonevibe

Looks like Gibson Amplifiers is back

https://guitarbomb.com/2024/01/09/namm-2024-gibson-amplifiers-falcon-20-all-set-for-a-comeback/

chrisj1602

Just saw an ad hinting at this on Facebook.

guitargeek62

Ah yes, that famous amp we've all been raving about for years and begging for a reissue of…

ElectricXII

It’ll be fun finding replacement valves for that bad boy. 

Power_Freak

I love the old gibson amps... I don't love that Randall Smith might go and Mesa-ize them... But we'll see.

If they make an eh185 replacement I'd likely just buy unseen though tbh

stonevibe

I'm not sure these will be that authentic... 

euan

Didn’t they constantly change the Falcon circuit?

ICBM

Why would anyone purposely design an amp around obscure and difficult to find valve types in the 21st century? Stupid.

p90fool

ICBM said:

Why would anyone purposely design an amp around obscure and difficult to find valve types in the 21st century? Stupid.

Hopefully the blurb is only referring to the original 1961 Falcon and the new one will have more sensible valves?

idiotwindow

Very unlikely to be anything like an accurate reissue. Probably a completely modern design (if a valve based product can be described as modern) with Falcon styling. I wouldn’t be surprised if it isn’t even made in the USA. 

Stuckfast

That photo suggests the new amp has some sort of power scaling, which presumably isn't a feature of the original? So unlikely to be a faithful recreation.

bertie

ICBM said:

Why would anyone purposely design an amp around obscure and difficult to find valve types in the 21st century? Stupid.

to widen even more, the gap between normal people and cork sniffing rich and/or famous ?

PAL

A little misleading and as you can see and probably already know these amps are designed by Mesa-Boogie so may be quite good !

Dominic

PAL said:

A little misleading and as you can see and probably already know these amps are designed by Mesa-Boogie so may be quite good !

In the same way a Gibson Goldtone was a Trace Elliott Velocette

ICBM

Dominic said:

In the same way a Gibson Goldtone was a Trace Elliott Velocette

Which wasn’t exactly a good thing, until Gibson properly redesigned it. (And consequently doubled the price.)

Habanero

Has there ever been a Gibson Falcon model in any of the modellers???

impmann

Actually, I'm excited to hear it.

TBH, I think its more interesting *BECAUSE* its not an amp everyone bleats on about - it should be a unique voice in a market full of clones and "sounds a bit like" amps.

Litterick

MusicRadar reminds us:

"Randy is working on the design of what are going to be the next evolution of Gibson amplifiers as well," the CEO revealed. "They are going to be made in Petaluma, California. So Randy's been leading that."

stonevibe

They are here

https://guitarbomb.com/2024/01/16/namm-2024-gibson-falcon-amps-a-blend-of-vintage-charm-and-modern-innovation/

stonevibe

Looks like a new Gibson Theodore model in the promo video for Falcon amps is being teased as well. 

willo

Sounds cool but given the lack of Mesa amps outside the US, I'm not sure how many of these will make it over here.