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Originally Posted by 67goat
When one company buys another, the purchased company doesn't automatically cease to exist. I mean, if we are going that route, there are no more Gibson guitars. KKR owns Gibson, so....
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That might actually be a good thing...
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Originally Posted by 67goat
Like all Mesa amps, the PCBs are wave soldered. So even if the parts are placed on the CB by hand, these amps don't match what anybody would call hand-wired (well, except Gibson/Mesa).
Does that mean they are inherently better or worse? No. But both hand-wired and PTP are features that, justified or not, are premium and can command higher prices. In that sense, yes, the prices of these Gibson amps are inflated using deceptive marketing.
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Yeah, the PCB are wave-soldered (I watched it in action in '07 when we got a great tour of the joint
), but everything else is very much hand-wired.