MistaGuitah
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Is it true that Carol-Ann amps are no more? Was looking to pull the trigger on a Triptik-2 but found out they're not being made anymore. That's kind of sad because that guy was making some awesome amps.
BackCrack":f05fv066 said:A good friend of mine in Moline, IL that is a very well known and respected guitarist in that Quad Cities region sent Carol Ann money for an amp a few years ago and it never got delivered. No refund was given, either. Communications have been ignored by Carol Ann since the money was received. My buddy has been finding out lately that he's not the only one. Be careful if you're dealing directly with this crook.
BackCrack":30u48xit said:A good friend of mine in Moline, IL that is a very well known and respected guitarist in that Quad Cities region sent Carol Ann money for an amp a few years ago and it never got delivered. No refund was given, either. Communications have been ignored by Carol Ann since the money was received. My buddy has been finding out lately that he's not the only one. Be careful if you're dealing directly with this crook.
journeyman73":1c6jznis said:yep, burned out
rstites":1wzagnk4 said:journeyman73":1wzagnk4 said:yep, burned out
According to the posts at TPG it wasn't burn out. It was just that the market had contracted. He shut his doors and went back to work in industry as an engineer. There are two amp builders out there who are degree-holding EE's that i'm aware of and both returned to working as an EE because of pay. I think he's designing PCB's for industrial robots/automation or something akin to that.
Outstanding orders were addressed in the thread over there where he basically said he'd take care of things as he could, but was way too busy to deal daily with amp building. He said something about finishing outstanding orders as he had time. That's been a while, so it's unfortunate if he still hasn't taken care of everything.
BackCrack":32p0rs2x said:My buddy has all the emails and receipt to prove it.
Devin":2ltcss2v said:I’d personally never trust a dude named Carol Ann
journeyman73":2qz5x4n5 said:in don't deny that the general market backdrop was an issue - if you look at some of Alan's other TGP posts, however, he himself admits to not enjoying the process of dealing with customers, dealers, orders, etc and used the term 'burnout', himself.
that was more what I was referring to.
Separately, it was very clear over the last couple years the tonality of his responses spoke to lack of passion and enjoyment that was more recently lacking compared to when he started. He was a bit of an a**hole sometimes, frankly, even when addressing supposed lack of delivery on orders.
I don't doubt at all the post above that suggests someone (and maybe some others) are getting shafted.
rstites":3lg32r9r said:journeyman73":3lg32r9r said:in don't deny that the general market backdrop was an issue - if you look at some of Alan's other TGP posts, however, he himself admits to not enjoying the process of dealing with customers, dealers, orders, etc and used the term 'burnout', himself.
that was more what I was referring to.
Separately, it was very clear over the last couple years the tonality of his responses spoke to lack of passion and enjoyment that was more recently lacking compared to when he started. He was a bit of an a**hole sometimes, frankly, even when addressing supposed lack of delivery on orders.
I don't doubt at all the post above that suggests someone (and maybe some others) are getting shafted.
To be clear, I'm not arguing for him. I really know nothing about the company or the man. I was just giving my recollection, which admittedly isn't perfect!