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01-06-2021 12:13 PM
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Glad I bought my Mesa Rosette last year.
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Wow!!! Didnt see that coming!
But good for Randy.
Originally Posted by L50EF15
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This is, IMO, a good move for both. Randy Smith needs to start planning his retirement and Gibson needs to expand back into amps, as they are mostly an electric guitar company.
I have long been a fan of Gibson electric guitars and Mesa amps and I hope that this consolidation enables both iconic brands to move forward and prosper.
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All I want to see is Gibson archtops in stock again in music stores and the 175 back in production. The Hendrix limited addition Flying V doesn’t float my boat.
Sadly I am eating my words about my dislike for Henry J.
This new guy needs to go back to blue jeans.
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Mesa Boogie amps are next...
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wow..the end of an era...didn't expect that one! kind of a strange one
cheers
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Let's hope the bean counters don't do their worst.
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not the first time gibson has bought an amp company...they bought the uk's trace elliot...then widely popular (esp with bass players) and considered to be fine amps..and drove them into the dirt
cheers
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So now Boogies will become lifestyle amps? Worse quality and triple the price...?
End of an era....
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There was a time Gibson made really fine amps. I used to have one. They should've taken care of what they had to begin with.
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Suddenly, I'm really starting to miss my Studio Calibre .22.
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Man, I remember Genz-Benz being absorbed into Fender, then Fender killing them and pushing their Rumble series. Different situation and chronology, but I sure hope Gibson doesn't have similar plans.
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More reasons to keep my 79 Mesa
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My first thought is that, in terms of eventually issuing an IPO and taking Gibson public, this is certainly an interesting move.
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As tube amps fade into the sunset and modelers take over, Gibson buys Mesa/Boogie.
One of the primary reasons for the last bankruptcy was poor investments.
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Well, good luck to them. A toast!
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That will not make Mesa amps cheaper :-(
(They are incredibly expensive here in Europe, you find them used for the price you pay for a new one in the US !)
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well at least fender did "pretty good" with their own fender amps!!! haha Originally Posted by Woody Sound
70 years strong!
cheers
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I wish I still had my early 80's MK II B Simul-Class. Was my favorite amp ever and at 60 years young I've had pretty much all the popular ones and some lesser knowns that sounded pretty amazing.
I hope Gibson does right by this iconic brand.
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I am agnostic about the Mesa amps. But I agree 100% bring back the 175!! (I am irrationally jonesing for another one...) Originally Posted by vinnyv1k
Firebird X with wonky tuners and software? Not even remotely useful for jazz...having a hard time working up some outrage over this... Originally Posted by BigDaddyLoveHandles
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I just want to say how impressed I am with my new USA Gibson ES-335. I've owned CS as well as Memphis Historic Gibson's. And this is maybe even better in all areas. So although I'm sad Gibson isn't making Archtops currently, I think they get it!
Also a good match for both brands. Excellent products built for professionals!
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I hope they come with a Gibson RI-line, starting with this one:
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Originally Posted by Doctor Jeff
I’m agnostic over Mesa amps I couldn’t hemp my self. Truth is I like my Mesa yes love it no. I’d rather a smaller vox or smaller fender with tremolo and reverb
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Okay, I'll look for the video clip where they bulldoze ES-175s and L-5s. Originally Posted by Doctor Jeff
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I bought three Dual Rectifier amplifiers in the 1990s when they first came out. Still have them and use them. I got a Tremoverb head & cab , a Blue Angel 4x10 combo and a Maverick 2x12 combo.
The intent was to have every tube and speaker combination I could ever want.
Tremoverb 6L6 or EL34, Tube or SS rectifier
Blue Angel EL84 or 6V6 or Both
Maverick 2 channel EL84 Tube or SS rectifier
Rectfier cab = Closed 2 Vintage 30s
Maverick = Open back 2 Vintage 30s
Blue Angel = Open back 4 AlnicoLast edited by icr; 01-07-2021 at 08:21 PM.
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Originally Posted by Spook410
Here in Spain in the muso forums, Mesas sell hardly if at all. I could afford my former dream amp now.
Will I?
No way....
(And that's without considering lockdowns an the no-gigs-situation)
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You want to see me cry, don’t you?? Originally Posted by BigDaddyLoveHandles
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My Boogie just became a Pre-Gibson Boogie.
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"Gibson Brands, Inc."
Tells a lot.
Try to find American-made Levi's jeans.
In other news, the market anxiously awaits
a line of "Disney Princesses" Fender Stratocasters.
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Originally Posted by rpjazzguitar
Maybe I should keep mine a while longer... Originally Posted by Flat
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Tube amps aren't fading and modelers aren't taking over - Mesa amps are selling better than ever. But . . . Gibson has a history of buying successful brands and running them into the ground - Valley Arts, Tobias, Steinberger, Garrison - to name a few. Now, this was under Mad Henry so I hope Mr. Blue Jean Blues does better. Originally Posted by Spook410
I have my pre-Gibson Mark V 25 so I'm OK, jack.
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Would be nice if they brought back the tweed amps.
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I better buy a mark 5/25 soon, before the prices get nuts
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Perhaps Gibson will be Toast, ? Originally Posted by BigDaddyLoveHandles
Well, good luck to them. A toast!
007
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If I remember correctly, Gibson bought Philips A/V division in 2014
too bad they didn't reissue the 2808
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For the REAL cork-sniffers! Originally Posted by BigDaddyLoveHandles
Well, good luck to them. A toast!
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Fender's tube amps, and GB's acoustic & bass SS lines were completely different animals. Originally Posted by neatomic
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Originally Posted by DRS
I don't think anybody in this forum has actual insight into new Mesa amp sales over the last few years. And if they do, they are not at liberty to disclose. In any case, we do know that more and more modelers are for sale and presumably being sold. It's counterintuitive to think Mesa sales have not been impacted.
Tech works on the principle of better, faster, cheaper and that will run it's course. Modelers keep getting better. Tube amps with their weight, maintenance requirements, cost, and weight remain static. Mesa will either compete in the modeling market (e.g. Fender Tonemaster) which requires investment and risk or they will fade to the a niche tube amp market. Which makes you wonder if Gibson paid a niche manufacturer price for them.
And of course.. it's all speculation. But over the last few decades predicting that new tech will win out over old tech has been a pretty safe bet.
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I just bought a GibsonES-335 a little less than a month ago and the little silver insert that says volume came off already. I noticed it on my floor. I bought some super glue but I sme
ared a tiny bit and ruined the knob. I have around 4000$ in this instrument. While calling gibson to obtain a replacement I noticed a one pickup white Brian Ray SG with Vibrola bar costs over 4 Thousand dollars. I went to a music store the other day and compared my guitar with a 1969 Gibson340 and the older guitar sounded quite a bit better to everyones ears present so next I guess I will have to buy some better pickups to get the sound quality I want. Well at least the guy working in customer relations once I had to tell what color knob since serial number was not enough told me to have a great day.
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It looks like Gordon Gecko bought Gibson because I think their new motto is GREED IS GOOD!!!
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How has new tech won in the amp world? Genuinely curious Originally Posted by Spook410
Old tube amps are still in high demand. Over the past few decades old Fender's, Marshall's, and Vox's have increased many fold in value.
The brown Fender Princeton and Princeton Reverb's have almost doubled in value the past 8 years.
All three manufacturers still make new tube amps. Currently, Fender offers more tube amp models on its site than digital.
Mesa doesn't offer any digital amps, afik.
The amount of boutique tube amp builders exploded in the late 90s early 2000s.
On the TGP forum, the "Amps & Cabs" subforum has 3.1m threads. The "Digital Modeling" subforum has 970k threads.
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i'd be more intrigued if gibson bought vinatge47 amps! then we might get an eh-185 repro!
also, there are probably more boutique tube amps being made today than ever before
how many solid state amps will be around in 70 years...like fender tweeds are!??
we just had a thread from someone junking their 2008 fender modeler amp cause the dsp fails...disposable gear...doesn't happen with ptp tube amps!
cheers
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Bigger companies rarely buy a smaller company to make it stronger. Like record companies, when they signed up-and-coming artists then buried them because they might compete with their top acts. Still, Gibson hasn't had its own amp line for a while, you'd think they'd take better care of the ones they do buy! In any event, I think that most of us are having difficulty leaving the 20th century behind...
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[QUOTE=ronjazz;1088781 In any event, I think that most of us are having difficulty leaving the 20th century behind...[/QUOTE]
after 2020...is it any wonder! hah
cheers
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But are they “authentic”?
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Hmm.. my 1980 Fender Concert hasn't increased many fold in value in the past few decades and I've had it since new. Or were you just referring to amps made in the 60's/70's that old guys buy and over time have even more limited availability? Overall seems a 2000 (or so) model Fender DeLuxe is still in the realm of the used prices we're used to. In any case, Gibson L5's have certainly gone up in value. And now they don't make them any more. I don't think I would buy an archtop company. Originally Posted by HeyNow
And I don't think modelers have taken over yet. Rock guitar players are a conservative bunch. If you want to look at the number of TGP posts, assuming no group bias and that the split represents new gear purchases (it doesn't but we'll skip to the chase), you have to look at the new tube amp purchase threads and inquiries vs modelers as they have changed over the last 5 years or so. Modelers growing faster than tube amps? That's the metric. Not the total number on all topics.
In any case I think modelers in the various forms will continue to trend higher. And tube amps will lose market share. Because modelers keep getting better and cheaper. And that indicates an outcome in any market.Last edited by Spook410; 01-08-2021 at 01:13 AM.
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Fender's from the late 50s-mid 60s (with some exceptions) Originally Posted by Spook410
Marshall's from the mid 60s-early 70s
Vox's from the early to mid 60s
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Fender modeler amp? Originally Posted by neatomic
That gotta be a Mustang of sorts, right? ... Those are dirt cheap and offer a wide number of options ... and apparently last for 12 years
The most expensive of those are 400-500 bucks, they're loud enough to gig, will function in a variety of genres and give me 12 years of service .. Am I really to be appalled?
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The mustangs poor spot it their speakers Originally Posted by Lobomov
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