Krank Revolution +

[moltenmetalburn]

combined with the shady business practices of one employee led to their downfall.

Are you talking about how a Krank employee was on forums pumping how great Krank was as if they were a regular Joe? I don't think forum cred had anything to do with Krank's name vanishing from mainstream conscienceness. That was ill received, but likely not the reason they "went down".

Tony Krank was a local AZ amp guy making/modding cool amps. A successful water treatment guy wanted to hang out with stars, so he backed Krank which then hit the scene with people like Dimebag and Metallica using their gear and hanging out. On a side note, Chapman was a talented guy who made the Krank Chapman model- which is a way cool Marshally amp with awesome cleans if you never played one. Chapman eventually went into a non musical field, some kind of high level engineering thing I think.

A few years go by and the water treatment guy got bored and left. Without the big corporate bucks, all star power/big marketing/big production left too.
Tony Krank still kept making amps (Revolution) and eventually has the Krank name back now (I think). I believe he is still working, but on a much smaller scale.

yup thats what I meant, I am also aware of all of that. you are correct, I should have said "started the downfall." . I didnt mean forum cred haha, knowledge of this practice QUICKLY spread through the industry, everyone was talking about it and wanting to distance themselves from Krank. He also gave the amps away like candy, once he was gone so were the free amps and then the players move on to the next free amp they like the sound of.

I was heavily touring when Krank was huge, everyone had an endorsement deal via SAID employee/Artist Rep. I even got the artist pricing back then .

I talked to Rita thoroughly about the history, Dime really did ask her to call them back, he loved the revolution they sent him!

I agree the Chadwick amp was cool for those sounds.

 

[moltenmetalburn]

I know Tony started STIFF amps after leaving KRANK. I'm not really up to date on either companies current status though.

http://orbitelectronix.com/stiff/


still going.

 

[RaceU4her]

i need to grab a krank cab at some point to match my Kerry King prototype. always heard good things about their cabs. i remember ozzfest 05 where everyone was commenting how great bands who were actually playing kranks sounded through their 5150s. even with pics of said rigs no one believe me

 

[crankyrayhanky]

combined with the shady business practices of one employee led to their downfall.

Are you talking about how a Krank employee was on forums pumping how great Krank was as if they were a regular Joe? I don't think forum cred had anything to do with Krank's name vanishing from mainstream conscienceness. That was ill received, but likely not the reason they "went down".

Tony Krank was a local AZ amp guy making/modding cool amps. A successful water treatment guy wanted to hang out with stars, so he backed Krank which then hit the scene with people like Dimebag and Metallica using their gear and hanging out. On a side note, Chapman was a talented guy who made the Krank Chapman model- which is a way cool Marshally amp with awesome cleans if you never played one. Chapman eventually went into a non musical field, some kind of high level engineering thing I think.

A few years go by and the water treatment guy got bored and left. Without the big corporate bucks, all star power/big marketing/big production left too.
Tony Krank still kept making amps (Revolution) and eventually has the Krank name back now (I think). I believe he is still working, but on a much smaller scale.

Are you talking about the Krank Chadwick amp? That was co-designed with Allan Chadwick. Here's the schematic and some history concerning the Krank Chadwick amp: http://www.achadwick.com/ElectronicsBlog/Result/Krank Chadwick Series Schematic

Guitar George

Oh, yes Chadwick