311splawndude":3ov8jit0 said:
cardinal":3ov8jit0 said:
Cameron stuff obviously has baggage, and it seems understandable for people to be upset over pretty much anything he does.
But it has seemed that the forum has been a bit negative lately. It used to be just a wild amp-flipping celebration of kick ass gear, expensive or not. Seems different lately. I know at least one guy who has an undeniably killer amp but decided not to post it because he figured he'd actually get bashed for it since "it's too expensive" or whatever.
I totally agree. Except I honestly believe things have been very positive around here lately. There was a time when there were all kinds of shitstorm threads revolving around Blades, Phaez, pedal builders, CharvelWho, Bugera and of course Cameron. I think Brad at one point banned all Cameron threads and tried to shut that down. Can't blame him.
BTW - I think EXPCustom is trying to do the right thing by getting Mark busy again. But at 2 per year it could be awhile - if I read that right.
Just sayin'
Just to clarify a few things, It's not 2 amps per a year, most of the amps we do are straight custom orders for individual buyers so the only amps you guys actually see are if the original buyer backs out so we just put it up for general sale. We are not making amps at a Bogner or Friedman rate but once we do and get the CCV into production the intent is to reimburse those owed amps.
I have stayed in touch with the original buyers of the CCVs to keep them up to date and many will be receiving either an amp or cash refund once those go back into production.
Our first regular production product will be coming in the next 4-6 weeks and will be Mark's plug in module that I think many will be impressed with. If that one is successful then we hope to ramp up production of regular amps including CCVs.
If someone wants to produce the CCVs for us well then they can send me a private message here and we will got the ball rolling. Problem is many contract manufacturers no longer have the soldering skill set available in the USA since this type of production went over seas for most companies in the last 10-15 years.
This leaves Mark and I in a position that we have to hire and train such employees one at a time and hope the turn over rate isn't too high.
I know lots of people think pizza jokes and why isn't he building CCVs right now comments are funny or proactive, but they really aren't because we need funds to be able to establish a production line. Most of you don't know that Barrang went bankrupt mid production and sold off many of the CCV components and schematics that I was franticly buying back from electronics recyclers in the state with my own personal money to hopefully make something happen with the Cameron brand.
Hope this answers most of the posters comments in this thread.