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Re: Carvin baby...
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Then they decided to make a Mesa clone! ... [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img] </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Well, the X100B was a Mesa clone and they
sold a lot of them, so why not do it again? Ripping off Mesa was classier than ripping off Fender at the time, too!
Hey, if it works, go with it, right?
Originally posted by rodrigo_echeverri:
Hahaha.. this is hilarious!...
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> At the outset of the Quad X-Amp project we knew we wanted to do something new with tubes.
We surveyed every significant tube guitar amp ever made and came to a surprising conclusion.
They were all basically the same. Yes, they had their minor differences in features and
packaging but by and large everybody had just copied the early Fender circuits. Most
importantly, there was little new design work being performed on the actual overdrive sound.
The overdrive sound of most amps was not much more than an accident. We were not content to
simply place another Fender clone in pretty packaging along with some extra features."
Hahaha.. this is hilarious!...
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> At the outset of the Quad X-Amp project we knew we wanted to do something new with tubes.
We surveyed every significant tube guitar amp ever made and came to a surprising conclusion.
They were all basically the same. Yes, they had their minor differences in features and
packaging but by and large everybody had just copied the early Fender circuits. Most
importantly, there was little new design work being performed on the actual overdrive sound.
The overdrive sound of most amps was not much more than an accident. We were not content to
simply place another Fender clone in pretty packaging along with some extra features."
sold a lot of them, so why not do it again? Ripping off Mesa was classier than ripping off Fender at the time, too!
Hey, if it works, go with it, right?
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