How about those Chinese Marshalls?

To be honest, I don't think I'll ever buy another "real" amp. I get a much more manageable and consistent Marshall experience from my Fractal and owning good amps to record with is not really a need for me anymore.
 
Mark Wein said:
To be honest, I don't think I'll ever buy another "real" amp. I get a much more manageable and consistent Marshall experience from my Fractal and owning good amps to record with is not really a need for me anymore.
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Exactly. ...and people will still buy real amps but, that market will be smaller and smaller. On top of that, how much more do they have to charge per amp to pay off $1.6 billion?
 
Bob411 said:
Exactly. ...and people will still buy real amps but, that market will be smaller and smaller. On top of that, how much more do they have to charge per amp to pay off $1.6 billion?
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I know I can't afford $3500 for a 100 watt head (sans speaker cab) for one of the new Plexi or JCM 800 mod amps that I'd actually want.
 
Bob411 said:
Exactly. ...and people will still buy real amps but, that market will be smaller and smaller. On top of that, how much more do they have to charge per amp to pay off $1.6 billion?
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Because, as I said before, 1.6bln was not paid for just an amp company.

"The Marshall Group" is basically a Swedish headphone/bluetooth speaker company that bought Marshall amps and renamed itself.

Amplifiers are just a tiny fraction of their business: https://guitar.com/news/industry-news/marshall-group-reveals-push-for-digital-amps/
 
Mark Wein said:
To be honest, I don't think I'll ever buy another "real" amp. I get a much more manageable and consistent Marshall experience from my Fractal and owning good amps to record with is not really a need for me anymore.
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I went to jam session last weekend with some older guys. The other guitarist could not wrap his head around my modeler + frfr rig. He was like, "What kinda amp is that?!?!" I explained the whole thing, to which he replied, "Sure sounds like an amp!"
 
Acadiafall said:
Most stuff in the world today is made in China, no matter what brand name is on something.
They seem to do a good job id say
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100%. They do as good a job as they are contracted to do and take the blame for low quality when the responsibility often lies on the company that decided to maximize profit margins by offshoring & sacrificing quality in that process. Sure there's a whole host of issues that come from labor exploitation & the constant copy cat products but today your consumer goods need to be made in a low cost/labor/mfg country to be competitive in our race to the bottom markets.
 
micwalt said:
I went to jam session last weekend with some older guys. The other guitarist could not wrap his head around my modeler + frfr rig. He was like, "What kinda amp is that?!?!" I explained the whole thing, to which he replied, "Sure sounds like an amp!"
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I love throwing my gear on stage, getting the hairy eyeball from some boomer and then two songs in having them tell me how good my sound is. At the end of the day, none of it matters if it doesn't sound any good. And most of that comes from the player knowing his gear and playing well.
 
Mark Wein said:
I love throwing my gear on stage, getting the hairy eyeball from some boomer and then two songs in having them tell me how good my sound is. At the end of the day, none of it matters if it doesn't sound any good. And most of that comes from the player knowing his gear and playing well.
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I would tell you it doesn’t sound as good, but you and I would both know I am full of shit, and you wouldn’t care and hopefully buy me a drink anyway.
 
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