FENDER IS MAKING AMPS OUT OF WHISKEYBARRELS

[Mark Wein]

http://www.supercompressor.com/tech/fender-80-proof-amplifiers-reclaimed-whiskey-barrel-wood-uses

 

[Mark Wein]

WHY AM I YELLING!?!?!?!?!?

 

[CBHScott]

Kinda cool. Not $1900 cool, though.

 

[baimun]

Why do I want one? Really bad?

 

[Coralkong]

I usually hate shit like that, but that is fucking COOL.

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

Fuck that

 

[jaxn slim]

I always heard that oak makes a bad tone wood.

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[Chad]

Kinda cool. Not $1900 cool, though.

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This.

 

[dodgechargerfan]

*eyes wine barrels on back patio*

 

[Grant Gross]

Cool looking, but expensive.

 

[Flamencology]

I usually hate shit like that, but that is fucking COOL.

This. Sexy. I want one in a Princeton or Deluxe.

 

[jaxn slim]

I wonder if they're actually made from whiskey barrels, or they're just made to look like it. The staves on a barrel are curved and charred on the inside. Neither of those attributes would lend well to use in an amp IMO.

 

[Ignored Member]

WHY AM I YELLING!?!?!?!?!?

Because you apparently just visited the most obnoxious fucking website in the world?

 

[IamSeaDevil]

Because that's going to sell them 10 more amplifiers at the end of the year

 

[Mark Wein]

Because you apparently just visited the most obnoxious fucking website in the world?

Oh yeah.


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[jp_nyc]

I wonder if they're actually made from whiskey barrels, or they're just made to look like it. The staves on a barrel are curved and charred on the inside. Neither of those attributes would lend well to use in an amp IMO.

I was wondering that, too. Cutting and sanding away the inside wouldn’t be hard, but straightening out the oak seems like it would add a lot of labor costs.

Anyway, they look cool. And doing this as an edition of 100 from the custom shop will probably keep it from watering down the brand.

 

[Knox in Box]

That's all we need. Folks that will now come around claiming they can tell the difference between proofs of whiskey in the tone of their fucking amps.

 

[Bob411]

I wonder if they're actually made from whiskey barrels, or they're just made to look like it. The staves on a barrel are curved and charred on the inside. Neither of those attributes would lend well to use in an amp IMO.

Another wondering too. That would be a huge pain in the ass.

 

[Lerxst]

I was wondering that, too. Cutting and sanding away the inside wouldn’t be hard, but straightening out the oak seems like it would add a lot of labor costs.

Anyway, they look cool. And doing this as an edition of 100 from the custom shop will probably keep it from watering down the brand.

My guess is that once you dissemble the barrel, you can plane out limited lengths of flat stock from the center portion out of each stave.

The company supplying the wood for Fender sells millwork in up to 30" lengths
http://www.riverdrive.co/products/millwork/

 

[Tig]

That's all we need. Folks that will now come around claiming they can tell the difference between proofs of whiskey in the tone of their fucking amps.

I for one will be able to discern the various tone palette flavors including entry (attack), mid-palette, (blossom), and aftertaste (sustain) of the many amp cabinet offerings. :snooty: