marshall amp tour

[LerxstLee]

My only take on the original post is, if you advertise something as handwired, I take it as a hand put the wire there
and soldered it. I take most things literally and hope I get what I pay for. If I pay extra to buy something that is hand wired, I would expect just that. Then, again in black and white, the hand wires it, and the hand holds the gun to solder it, but to people who see in grey, I guess hand wired is subjective.
When I look in my eight year old RK, there is NO doubt that that was not hand wired. Maybe a few boards to others,
but way to much machine spit in there. Does'nt matter to me, but I was not buying a hand wired amp.
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[TimeSignature]

That was a very cool video!

Mesa doesnt claim to "handwire" amps, do they?

 

[stephen sawall]

That was a very cool video!

Mesa doesnt claim to "handwire" amps, do they?

No they do not and never did.

 

[fluff191]

That was a very cool video!

Mesa doesnt claim to "handwire" amps, do they?

Tricky question. My amp still has it's "handmade in the U.S.A." sticker on it. Or at least did the last time I looked at the back.

Not the same as hand wired though.

 

[stephen sawall]

Hand made and hand wired are very different things.

 

[lailer75]

That was a very cool video!

Mesa doesnt claim to "handwire" amps, do they?

Tricky question. My amp still has it's "handmade in the U.S.A." sticker on it. Or at least did the last time I looked at the back.

Not the same as hand wired though.

it was reffering to the leather corners

 

[Heritage Softail]

Working in the management team at a manufacturing plant, I can agree that CNC is excellent for repetitive quality pieces. The more accurate tooling you have, the closer to perfect you get, every time. Look at Taylor, they took high end manufacturing equipment with CNC and have produced excellent guitars that have a cult like following. I have a Taylor Grand Auditorium and love it. The thermal mapping you can to with robotic soldering of boards is much better and again closer to a predictable perfect output every time than hand work. Didn't Fender outsource to Japan, and they used CNC and produced a better Squier guitar than Fender Stateside? Memory is a bit fuzzy on that, maybe wrote to a bad sector. Anyway, I like the hand assembly and hand functional testing aspect. They have to find ways to make them a little cheaper though. Mesa makes a great amp. Somebody's 200K a year job depends on keeping it that way. :wink: If I could just get on out there... I wonder what the employee discount is :?: