Phil O'Keefe Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 This certainly surprised me! No, it's not a Fender, or a Marshall... https://reverb.com/news/the-best-selling-amps-of-2016?utm_campaign=50a366d9ff-rn161209_content&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_term=0_5889ed6702-50a366d9ff-58136921 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mikeo Posted December 13, 2016 Members Share Posted December 13, 2016 This certainly surprised me! No, it's not a Fender, or a Marshall... https://reverb.com/news/the-best-sel...6d9ff-58136921 Sold mine ( #1 combo on that list) when I bought the Maz 18. I think the key to the real vox sound is a Celestion Blue speaker on the edge of blowing up. I bought no amps this year, but I'm thinking I might need a Supro down the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted December 13, 2016 Author Share Posted December 13, 2016 Sold mine ( #1 combo on that list) when I bought the Maz 18. I think the key to the real vox sound is a Celestion Blue speaker on the edge of blowing up. I put a Weber Blue Dog AlNiCo into mine and have been very happy with it. I bought no amps this year, but I'm thinking I might need a Supro down the road. Dude... I'm working on a Supro Comet review ATM, and the thing is a little firecracker. Great sounding little amp. Check one out if you get the opportunity! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mikeo Posted December 13, 2016 Members Share Posted December 13, 2016 I put a Weber Blue Dog AlNiCo into mine and have been very happy with it. Dude... I'm working on a Supro Comet review ATM, and the thing is a little firecracker. Great sounding little amp. Check one out if you get the opportunity! The Weber should be good. I just had way to many amps, and weeded out the stuff I really didn't want. The Supro I have been eyeing is the Tremloverb. Just want I need is another amp. [video=youtube;oMcw79K2tDI] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted December 14, 2016 Author Share Posted December 14, 2016 The Weber should be good. I just had way to many amps, and weeded out the stuff I really didn't want. The Supro I have been eyeing is the Tremloverb. Just want I need is another amp. [video=youtube;oMcw79K2tDI] Yeah, I have enough amps too, but I hear you about eyeing a Supro - they make some really cool sounding amps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tomm Williams Posted December 14, 2016 Members Share Posted December 14, 2016 Phil I had one of those for a bit, very nice amp. Then I got hold of a 67 Bassman and Bandmaster and everything changed. I would not hesitate for a second to recommend the Vox to anyone. And concerning Supro..... I scored a '65 Thunderbolt in immaculate condition for $750 up in Portland. Original Jensens, tolex still very nice. 19 amps later, I've become a pathetic, addicted vintage amp collector. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted December 14, 2016 Author Share Posted December 14, 2016 Tomm, do you have some pictures of your amps? I'd love to see them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tomm Williams Posted December 14, 2016 Members Share Posted December 14, 2016 Phil my PC is down at the moment, I'm on the iPhone 😀. I need to use the PC to post from photobucket but a repair tech is due to show up around 1pm today. I'll start a new thread and post some pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Radar-Love Posted December 18, 2016 Members Share Posted December 18, 2016 Here I was thinking that the Line 6 Spider series were the best selling guitar amplifier of all time... Well, paint me suspicious, but I think maybe there were vastly more of those little Line 6 Spider combo amps sold each year in recent times than Vox and Marshall combined and by a factor of 5 over the same period of time. PS: I'm not really much of a Line 6 fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mbengs1 Posted December 19, 2016 Members Share Posted December 19, 2016 mesa mark V is a predictable winner. that sounds fantastic. but most of the others are low wattage amps. for me 100 watts or higher is the only way to go to be surely heard with a raging loud band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ancient Mariner Posted December 20, 2016 Members Share Posted December 20, 2016 Here I was thinking that the Line 6 Spider series were the best selling guitar amplifier of all time... Well, paint me suspicious, but I think maybe there were vastly more of those little Line 6 Spider combo amps sold each year in recent times than Vox and Marshall combined and by a factor of 5 over the same period of time. PS: I'm not really much of a Line 6 fan. I wonder if there's some kind of filter for what counts as an amp, because Line 6 shouldn't be outsold in terms of units shifted by Bogner etc. Not a Line 6 fan either, but something's not right here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Radar-Love Posted December 22, 2016 Members Share Posted December 22, 2016 I wonder if there's some kind of filter for what counts as an amp' date=' because Line 6 shouldn't be outsold in terms of units shifted by Bogner etc. Not a Line 6 fan either, but something's not right here.[/quote'] I believe the lowly little Line 6 Spider IV 15 (pictured below) sold somewhere in the hundreds of thousands during its lifetime. And, that's just one model from the Spider IV lineup of about seven or eight amp models in total. Line 6 recently ended the Spider IV model lineup and have debuted the Spider V models. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted December 22, 2016 Moderators Share Posted December 22, 2016 To keep this in perspective, this list is based solely on sales completed through Reverb.com, not an industry wide list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WRGKMC Posted December 22, 2016 Members Share Posted December 22, 2016 To keep this in perspective' date=' this list is based solely on sales completed through Reverb.com, not an industry wide list.[/quote'] I was going to say the same thing. If you read the whole article it clearly states Fender has the lions share of the amp market in both new and used. Marshall is second in dollars and third in number of units. Orange, Vox and Mesa are up there in number of units and dollars, but this is only that one companies sales. If you were to add in the sales of all other retailers I think the picture would be different. Reverb sells allot of used gear so their numbers will be slanted to older gear. Places like MF, GC and Sweetwater sell mostly new so their categories will be slanted towards the amps they had on sale in the past year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted December 22, 2016 Members Share Posted December 22, 2016 To keep this in perspective' date=' this list is based solely on sales completed through Reverb.com, not an industry wide list.[/quote'] So in other words it's essentially meaningless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted December 22, 2016 Moderators Share Posted December 22, 2016 no, it is a fairly good read on the used market, but not the overall US amplifier marketplace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted December 22, 2016 Members Share Posted December 22, 2016 In terms of the overall amp market it doesn't tell you much. It's only meaningful relative to a limited segment.A week or so ago my wife and I were leaving a restaurant and I noticed that every vehicle on the lot was a Toyota, including mine. Meaningful? No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ancient Mariner Posted December 23, 2016 Members Share Posted December 23, 2016 I guess what it does tell us is that the mass produced budget amps don't get sold on, while those with some value (possibly also those that are bought for the name instead of sound) shift much more easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Minning Around Posted January 6, 2017 Members Share Posted January 6, 2017 WHAT!? No Metropoulos Metro-Plex? I bought a AC10 so I contributed to the list. A nice, affordable amp.It's no Metro-Plex though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members badpenguin Posted January 24, 2017 Members Share Posted January 24, 2017 Ever hear of a sound man? you'll be deaf in 5 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mbengs1 Posted January 24, 2017 Members Share Posted January 24, 2017 but sometimes there is no sound man. or even a PA system. coz in my case my 60 watt marshall has to be cranked up at about 50% just to be heard with a drummer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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