Sunn Amplifiers – the brand used by Jimi Hendrix, Pete Townshend and countless doom metal heroes – has been revived with the help of Fender
Sunn Amplifiers – the brand used by Jimi Hendrix, Pete Townshend and countless doom metal heroes – has been revived with the help of Fender
All-new models and “historic reproductions of the classic Sunn designs” are expected to arrive later this year
Here's the challenge, do they try to capitalize on the Doom nerds (like me) who will spend $3K for "the head" used (not like me), or will they actually try to be competitive in the market with their reissues.
They've announced pricing:
- 100s/200s $3,199
- beta lead/bass $799
Not cheap. Those betas look pretty tempting though.
Hmmm, a good start with the Beta Lead. We will see spec wise where it stacks up against boutique copies like From Hillbish Design.
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I'm not too knowledgeable about Sunn amps, but from what I've seen, Fender set themselves up for a flop. It's not only NOT the amp that doom metal people wanted, it's also extremely expensive at $3,200 on a limited run.
I guess you mean the Doomers wanted a Model T instead of the S100? I'm also not very excited about the S100. However the beta lead/bass are also popular stoner/doom amps (Red Fang uses them for the whole band) and at $800 those are priced less than what vintage ones seem to go for on Reverb these days.
I like this, although i won’t probably be ever able to use one of these at the volume they’re intended to be used. Still i like tha fusz