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The Drama Dude
Egnater seems to be a bit dysfunctional in terms of their announcements of new products and following it up with firm production deadlines.
The Detroit 18W & 40W amps that were announced at last year's winter NAMM were slated to be on the market by fall. People were excited about those amps. But fall came and went, and nobody got to buy a Detroit series amp. People have been clamoring for them, have contacted Egnater directly and there seems to be absolutely zero response from the company about the status of these amps, let alone if the production run schedule even exists.
Granted, these were supposed to herald the "return to 100% USA" production for Egnater, so maybe the logistics of setting up a US production facility is slowing them down.
Did anyone at NAMM this year happen to check out the Egnater booth and find out wtf is the deal with these amps?
They just sound too good on paper (and the few sparse demos from NAMM 2013 sounded great too):
Detroit 18:
18 watts using 2x6V6
2 channels
Reverb, bass, mid, treble, volume gain, torque, tone, gain
variable wattage and home/stage setting as well
Detroit 40:
40 watts using 2x6L6
2 channels - independent EQ stacks
Reverb, boost, bass, mid, treble, volume, gain, torque, bass, mid, treble, gain
variable wattage and home/stage setting
Supposed to be more aggressive sounding than the Rebel or Tweaker.
The Detroit 18W & 40W amps that were announced at last year's winter NAMM were slated to be on the market by fall. People were excited about those amps. But fall came and went, and nobody got to buy a Detroit series amp. People have been clamoring for them, have contacted Egnater directly and there seems to be absolutely zero response from the company about the status of these amps, let alone if the production run schedule even exists.
Granted, these were supposed to herald the "return to 100% USA" production for Egnater, so maybe the logistics of setting up a US production facility is slowing them down.
Did anyone at NAMM this year happen to check out the Egnater booth and find out wtf is the deal with these amps?
They just sound too good on paper (and the few sparse demos from NAMM 2013 sounded great too):
Detroit 18:
18 watts using 2x6V6
2 channels
Reverb, bass, mid, treble, volume gain, torque, tone, gain
variable wattage and home/stage setting as well
Detroit 40:
40 watts using 2x6L6
2 channels - independent EQ stacks
Reverb, boost, bass, mid, treble, volume, gain, torque, bass, mid, treble, gain
variable wattage and home/stage setting
Supposed to be more aggressive sounding than the Rebel or Tweaker.
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