Best looking amp you have ever seen ...

[Philly Q]

Check out http://www.electrosonicamplifiers.com/customs.php

I knew you'd find us some cool retro-futuristic Jetsons amps, Ratrod!  :D

Very, very cool!

[Lew]

hehe I wasn't having a dig. But, honestly, I do think it's a bit hypocritcal.

I agree with you for the most part about marketing, but, I don't see why an amp can't be just as 'organic'. Sure, we could argue about wood choice. As could we transformers and valves and layout etc etc... ad nauseum.

I really don't see the modern eagle as a different beast to this amp, in essence they're offering the buyer the same thing. The modern eagle is just a souped up McCarty (or whatever) anyway. OK it's a design PRS came up with but a dyed in the wool Lespaul player will tell you a Mcarty is just a fancy Lespaul, likely unaware of the longer scale etc etc. I'm not saying that's right, and it's a daft generalization but it's the same as your souped up Marshall argument.

It's a given that when you start spending this amount of money on gear you're buying into the builders taste and intellectual property just as much as you are the actual parts and labour.

[hunter]

It's £5000 for a slightly souped up Marshall....

It's 5K for a fully handwired amp with 3 channels and 2 boosts (5 sounds), variable boost adjustments, switchable tube buffered FX loop with send and return level, remote controllable master volume (via expression pedal), custom UK made transformers, selected, partly NOS caps and resistors, hand built from A-Z on turret boards and equipped with NOS tubes which alone have a market value of around 500-600€.

A comparable amp in terms of features would for example be an Engl Invader, but that is series production with mass industrial parts and completely built on pcbs. I don't say that the Engl is a bad amp, as it offers similar functionality at half price, but it plays in a different league build wise.

I stick to it, it's a fair price. And I am confident that the experience is breathtaking (I will see).
Again, I cannot imagine otherwise that Tim would shell out 5K for an amp.

[shaman]

..i love the classic design of these...
..and I love my GTS designed Mesa Boogie Coli 2C+ (1 of 86 ever made..)..wino red-hell,its mine, so I have to post it :D

[CaptainDesslock]

After scrolling through this thread i have come to  the conclusion amps are neither particularly attractive or good looking.

To be honest, I don't think you can love an amp the same way you can a guitar, or at least the average person.

[shaman]

I don't think you can love an amp the same way you can a guitar, or at least the average person.

...I agree..that I am NOT average!

[hunter]

To be honest, I don't think you can love an amp the same way you can a guitar, or at least the average person.

Dude you have no idea. Amp love is burning hot and strong in my heart!
Only a young fella of your age who hasn't yet experienced The Tone in the flesh can say that  :lol:

[Philly Q]

To be honest, I don't think you can love an amp the same way you can a guitar, or at least the average person.

Dude you have no idea. Amp love is burning hot and strong in my heart!
Only a young fella of your age who hasn't yet experienced The Tone in the flesh can say that  :lol:

I don't think I can love an amp the same way I can a guitar...


...but I'm pretty sure Hunter ain't fakin' it.  :lol:

[d1dsj]

I thought this was a thread about "the best looking amp"???? Not the most expensive, one with most knobs, the most classic looking etc etc  :?

[Twinfan]

Classic thread derail going on Don!  ;)

I take everyone's points about the Modern Eagle and I can't really argue against it can I?  :lol:

Again, I cannot imagine otherwise that Tim would shell out 5K for an amp.

Just because Tim likes it, doesn't mean you will Hunter  ;)

[d1dsj]

Hey Dave I know, but I just had to lol when the topic went onto guitars in the "best looking amp" thread. Not really about tone, volume or whatever regarding amps let alone guitars  :lol:

[Ratrod]

Check out http://www.electrosonicamplifiers.com/customs.php

I knew you'd find us some cool retro-futuristic Jetsons amps, Ratrod!  :D

Very, very cool!

More retro-futuristic-Jetson amps: http://mergili.com/index.htm

[Supernaught]

How bout this:

[Rob Stobbs]

Boring in some people's eyes no doubt, but I still get a buzz out of this every time I walk into the room where it lives


"The Breadbox"  :D

[Philly Q]

Check out http://www.electrosonicamplifiers.com/customs.php

I knew you'd find us some cool retro-futuristic Jetsons amps, Ratrod!  :D

Very, very cool!

More retro-futuristic-Jetson amps: http://mergili.com/index.htm

I really love the look of those things and the other ones you posted.

Regardless of what they may sound like, they'd look great just sitting in your living room.  I just wish I had a nicer living room to show one off in!