glpg80
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It doesn’t help Marshall amplifiers themselves are imported items and subject to tariffs.
Tariffs have been hard on all small businesses.
George is right - modelers are getting good enough that the price saving alone makes them formidable replacements. The cost of entrance into the market of real tube amps is hard for many to even bother. However there is still a demand for those that need real amps where modelers don’t model everything perfectly - otherwise places like studios would be liquidating everything.
stratjacket
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Double post….
Hiwatts-n-Gibsons
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I would also add a diet rich in fresh fish cooked in healthier oils like EVOO, and avocado oil will go far. Cut out the rich sauces, and nutritionally empty starches, add lots of green leafy veggies.
When I started cooking for my grandmother after my son and I moved in with her over a few years she lost 50 lbs, her blood pressure improved immensely, and her doctor was able to put her on a much milder cholesterol medication. All the fishing also helped improve my blood pressure and mental health.
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Hiwatts-n-Gibsons
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This is a sad ass day. George is a legend, and I wish him nothing but the best. Especially if the best is a rich as fuck person with a passion for guitar bank rolling Metropolous V2, so I can maybe buy one eventually without paying the soon to hit the ceiling used prices to be asked by anyone stupid or desperate enough to sell theirs.
glpg80
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I used to own the very first serial number 001 metroplex. I can only imagine how much that amp just increased in value overnight.
ners
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Oh fuck, that's a bummer; but sounds like he needs the break so good for him prioritizing the right things.
The power amp distortion simulator circuit on his MKII sounds like such a sick idea (clips I caught were great too). I hope he can license it to someone like Friedman or Suhr or someone else that does a good Plexi clone.
The power amp distortion simulator circuit on his MKII sounds like such a sick idea (clips I caught were great too). I hope he can license it to someone like Friedman or Suhr or someone else that does a good Plexi clone.
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tallcoolone
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In the US a 2203x cost $3199 in 2022. They are $2899 now.
glpg80
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That assumes the quality hasn’t changed. They don’t use Dagnall transformers anymore.
I’m sure there are other corners cut that we aren’t aware of since they never made an announcement officially to anyone originally anyway.
skoora
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Yeah, Vietnamese iron for a few years now.
cobrahead1030
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Sad to hear. It’s a tough business to run, even with a fantastic product.
shar-vell Dan
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Our "dishwashers" make 18 to 22 an hour. $41,000 a year to wash dishes thats more than my wife makes w/a College degree.Fixed
Not attacking your situation personally, more a general statement on the reality of employment in the U.S. and why many have given up.
Our waitstaff make $150 to $300 a night in 4 hours.
I started at $1.60 an hour in the 1970's Bro. Who made who ?
Some days i may only make $45 to $75 bucks. The homeless guy standing on the corner on my way home prolly makes $100 a day.
My Boss's rent is $20,000 a month thats before salaries or supplies.
Small business is the backbone of the nation. Nobody is lining up to take the places of the folks hanging it up.
There is no Corporate or Gov't jobs to save people. There is no plan "B". The nation is being destroyed one business at a time.
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Geo
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Big pharma doesn't want you to know that you can be healthy without their products, but you can be with a little pie hole control.
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Geo
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So lets all attack the only one guy in the last 40 years trying to fix exactly that.
Not attacking your situation personally, more a general statement on the reality of employment in the U.S. and why many have given up.
PDC
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Incredibly well written post by George. Really lays it out there without sounding the least bit bitter. My 2 cents: Thing 1 - when I stumbled across one of Mark Abrahamian's first ground-up builds, I just reached out to George to see if he could poke around the amp and verify its provenance. (Mark sourced his parts from George) George readily agreed and went through the amp for me - assured me it was Mark's work - and even came up with a creative location for a Zero-Loss FX Loop to minimize the harsh artifacts that loops often reproduce in PPIMV applications. He was an absolute prince and a gentleman to work with.
Thing 2 - for my ears, the clip that Jim Gaustad posted in the 'addendum' video of the Metro-II where is is demonstrating the amps Master as opposed to running everything wide open like he did in his first Metro-II video is the absolute best sounding, closest sounding early VH tone I have ever heard online. Some will argue that there is another rabbit hole video out there that gets closer, but from a new production amp that gives you reliability, consistency and repeatability with that tone stack, filtering, and master... to my ears it is just amazing.
I'd really love to snap up a Metro-II after reading this.
I hope George gets a big step down in stress, and enjoys the hell out of every minute of every day looking forward.
Thing 2 - for my ears, the clip that Jim Gaustad posted in the 'addendum' video of the Metro-II where is is demonstrating the amps Master as opposed to running everything wide open like he did in his first Metro-II video is the absolute best sounding, closest sounding early VH tone I have ever heard online. Some will argue that there is another rabbit hole video out there that gets closer, but from a new production amp that gives you reliability, consistency and repeatability with that tone stack, filtering, and master... to my ears it is just amazing.
I'd really love to snap up a Metro-II after reading this.
I hope George gets a big step down in stress, and enjoys the hell out of every minute of every day looking forward.
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Geo
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That's because they cause many other health problems that guarantee more doctor visits.
311boogieman
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Our "dishwashers" make 18 to 22 an hour. $41,000 a year to wash dishes thats more than my wife makes w/a College degree.
Our waitstaff make $150 to $300 a night in 4 hours.
I started at $1.60 an hour in the 1970's Bro. Who made who ?
Some days i may only make $45 to $75 bucks. The homeless guy standing on the corner on my way home prolly makes $100 a day.
My Boss's rent is $20,000 a month thats before salaries or supplies.
Small business is the backbone of the nation. Nobody is lining up to take the places of the folks hanging it up.
There is no Corporate or Gov't jobs to save people. There is no plan "B". The nation is being destroyed one business at a time.
So you don't own your own business. That's what I thought. Sorry your glass is half empty. You have some nice amps and quite a few nice guitars. Be happy. No one put a gun to your head to force your career choices.
That, and forums like this are not good for lowering blood pressure
Rocker68
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True Dat 311
Hiwatts-n-Gibsons
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As a long time server and bartender I have to say that 4 hours is only the time the restaurant is open for guest seatings. Many shifts I have had groups that stay an hour to two or more after the last settings, there is also the pre-shift setup, sidework, and clean up reset, and closing work. There is also the manic and high stress nature of the work that many people simply cannot cope with.Our "dishwashers" make 18 to 22 an hour. $41,000 a year to wash dishes thats more than my wife makes w/a College degree.
Our waitstaff make $150 to $300 a night in 4 hours.
I started at $1.60 an hour in the 1970's Bro. Who made who ?
Some days i may only make $45 to $75 bucks. The homeless guy standing on the corner on my way home prolly makes $100 a day.
My Boss's rent is $20,000 a month thats before salaries or supplies.
Small business is the backbone of the nation. Nobody is lining up to take the places of the folks hanging it up.
There is no Corporate or Gov't jobs to save people. There is no plan "B". The nation is being destroyed one business at a time.
It is not easy work. At my previous job we were a two story establishment, with the upstairs only open for dinner. Try running up and down a flight of stairs that's maybe two inches wider than your serving tray and with upwards of 25 lbs of food and porcelain carried above your head on the fingertips of one hand maybe forty times a night without spilling or breaking anything. Big glass bowls full of oysters and King Crab, huge bone in Tomahawk Ribeyes on huge serving platters, bowls of stews and soups. Oh, and bring an encyclopedic knowledge of food and wine knowledge along with it which you can convey with panache in-between reps of your stair master workout. Now try that on your second shift of a double in which you already did like 10,000 + steps carrying loads above your head all afternoon with maybe 1/2 to a full hour between shifts on what amounts to a 10-13 hour work day.
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