I could definitely be wrong, I truly have no idea why but I've always believed that he adopted the scarce/mystique business model. Nike does it too along with many others im sure. I've seen other companies say theyre done only to continue to the foreseeable future. Hype sales basically, that's my thought on it anyway.
Make something super limited and rare, add some word of mouth buzz and now everybody wants one and you get to keep the prices high.
Regardless, congrats on the amp. I had some GAS very bad when they were first announced but after the very long covid delay and incredibly large price increase after I lost all interest tbh. Would still love to try one.
Ive only had one Fortin, the Cali. It was definitely cool. Had it sounding great but.....for me it took way too much work to get it where I wanted, must have tested a dozen speakers with it and that "Jose" type clipping would have been much cooler as an option vs. Mandatory. Other amps can do it, others may disagree of course.
For the price tag of the Cali. There are much better amps, for my taste of course.
Would love to hear more clips of the EP.