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One thing we forgot to ask in the rush to derail the thread; what sort of fancy amp would be likely to spin your wheels? Well, what started this was acting too slow on the handwired DR that was for sale on here - been looking for one of these for a while but also lusting for the big brother vibrolu...

Well to summarise, fancy amps turned digital, not all cracked up to be, hard to buy in living crisis, all owned by Conway, run out of parts, temptresses for playing with ones 9 lber and something about crunchy pants. A worthy discussion, thanks all. I'll keep my eyes out to match the swart and redp...

Interesting - 65Amps did well for a while, but ultimately the market is fickle. Often there's a bloom in sales rising from some OTT reviews on YouTube etc, and them a steady decline. When I purchased my RedPlate, that's what the builder told me. He had some reviews show up on TGP, nek minute he has...

seems like there are very few classy amps - boutique, handwired mainstream - amps going for sale in recent times. I've managed to collect a bunch over the years but hardly ever see anything popping up these days. What's with the amp hogging or am I looking in the wrong places? Check Conway's stable...

I recon those responsible for most of the boutique amp rolling have all gone digital - the ultimate scratch to their itch. I haven't headed down the digital path yet. Still working with mostly fender and Marshall old school amps or reissues of these and a VOx AC15 TVHW. As far digital as I have gon...

I do wonder if people are also starting to realise that some of these expensive amps really aren't "all that" anyway, you can build (or have built locally) just as good, if not better for way less. This is the thing. You just don't need a boutique super expensive thing when the off the sh...

seems like there are very few classy amps - boutique, handwired mainstream - amps going for sale in recent times. I've managed to collect a bunch over the years but hardly ever see anything popping up these days. What's with the amp hogging or am I looking in the wrong places?