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  • #46
    Re: "Aftermarket/Boutique" Amp Companies

    Originally posted by mwalluk View Post
    Genz Benz was another. ANyone ever play the EL Diablo? I occasionally see them around
    One member owns one ..... I just don't remember who it is. You can probably do a search and find him.

    I know the Black Pearls are very highly regarded. I tested one in a music store and know I'd be pleased to own one, but I have no experience and have read almost nothing about their high gain stuff. The BP is more in the AC-30 zone.
    Last edited by Lazarus1140; 04-26-2011, 10:24 AM.
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    • #47
      Re: "Aftermarket/Boutique" Amp Companies

      Originally posted by mwalluk View Post
      Genz Benz was another. ANyone ever play the EL Diablo? I occasionally see them around
      Pretty sure the Genz-Benz stuff is all manufactured in China. I could be wrong. Smaller company, yes, but hardly what anyone would consider "boutique," imho.
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      • #48
        Re: "Aftermarket/Boutique" Amp Companies

        You can call me Batman for briging back the tread but after reading all of it I noticed ome of my favorite brand of boutique amplifiers was not there, Brunetti http://www.brunetti.it/index_en.php Made in Italy and extremely rare to find in the US (Like it usually happens with European amp brands like Framus and such. I also saw an advertisement for Framus http://www.framus.com/modules/start/start.php in Guitar Player magazine, so they must still be in production, I can't wait to test one of those. Another thing, I always believed Genz Benz was fully made in US, but I agree that he might not quite fit the description of the high end Boutique amp industry, he does definitely fits the independent quality amplifier maker. I need to find out if they are american made or not because I'm curious to know.
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        • #49
          Re: "Aftermarket/Boutique" Amp Companies

          Wizard
          Baron

          I play in a hipster band, with an amp that isn't even made yet
          good deals with:

          Buyers - Allstarme, Savage_Distorton, Lerxst6, KingIZZO))), Powerglide350, Donnievaz, SrDeMaFp, Guston7, Ayrton, IndySG, eclecticsynergy, eaeolian, Jolly

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          • #50
            Re: "Aftermarket/Boutique" Amp Companies

            East Amps
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            • #51
              Re: "Aftermarket/Boutique" Amp Companies

              Originally posted by sosomething View Post
              aight here we go

              from the top of me head

              Bogner
              Splawn
              Germino
              Bad Cat
              Top Hat
              Greer
              Metro
              Bruno
              65amps
              ÷13
              Goodsell
              Mad Professor
              Celtic
              Electric
              Matamp
              THD
              Fryette
              Peters
              Alessandro
              Carr
              Reinhardt
              Swart
              Zinky
              Cornford
              Matchless
              Carol Ann
              Xits
              Fargen
              Mojave
              Koch
              Roccaforte


              Have fun
              Thank you for beating me to mentioning "Matchless". Whenever I think of boutique stuff, they're the first company to come to mind. They were one of the first true boutique amplifiers on the market and I was shocked at how many posts it took to get someone to type it.

              I've been guilty of giving into the boutique trend. I've owned a Bad Cat Hot Cat 30, Bogners (2 Shivas), Hughes & Kettners (Duotone and Triamp Mk I) and a Fargen Epic 30 DC before. Still have my old EL-34 non reverb Bogner Shiva. I've played a fair share of the above listed boutique stuff as well. I've been underwhelmed by a lot of stuff, but there is some stuff that just blew me away. One tone I'll never forget was actually from a Savage Blitz 50, it was a "jumped Marshall" setting and to this day that crunch/overdrive tone still haunts me.

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              Last edited by That90'sGuy; 11-28-2011, 10:05 PM.
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              • #52
                Re: "Aftermarket/Boutique" Amp Companies

                I think you can add Matchless to the list. even though they are still being made they are not the same as the "Sampson" era amps. Still very very good, but the originals were/are much more vocal IMHO.

                I have a very close friend who owns two A Lightning & Spitfire. Both are 15W amps but are built like a 50W. The speakers and transformers can easily handle twice the output they are rated for.
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                • #53
                  Re: "Aftermarket/Boutique" Amp Companies

                  Dr. Z amps are great and sold only in a handfull of stores. Great amps. Also, Avatar Speakers are now selling rockin' little 18 watt handwired amps that sound pretty good. Only sold through Avatar themselves.

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                  • #54
                    Re: "Aftermarket/Boutique" Amp Companies

                    Achillies Amps
                    Amwatts
                    BarWatt Amplification
                    BJ Amplifiers
                    George Evans Custom Amplifiers
                    Ivan Richards Audio
                    Lab Systems
                    Ledford Amplification
                    MI AUDIO Amplification
                    Neale Amplifiers
                    Reynolds Valveart
                    Sherlock Amplifiers
                    SWD Amplifiers
                    Tym
                    Ulbrick
                    Valvetone
                    VASE Amplifiers
                    Woogie Amplifiers

                    All Australian made.
                    Last edited by Animal; 11-29-2011, 01:50 PM.

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