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Sunn Amps Are Back???

Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2023 8:36 pm
by kingkiller
Plops sharing stories of his friend with a Sunn amp on the zoom call last Saturday must have been some sort of incantation… because I guess I bunch of people licensed the Sunn name from Fender and are going to produce amps again

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Re: Sunn Amps Are Back???

Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2023 10:06 pm
by plopswagon
This could be very exciting!

Somewhere I have a picture of one of the first Sunn bass amps from a guitar show.

Re: Sunn Amps Are Back???

Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2023 6:37 am
by NickD
I'd forgotten Fender owned the name. I remember Sunn Mustang guitars from when I was a kid.

Re: Sunn Amps Are Back???

Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2023 9:07 am
by Freddy V-C
I got excited until I saw the price tag lmao.

Re: Sunn Amps Are Back???

Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2023 10:39 am
by Hurb
yeah fuck that price.

Re: Sunn Amps Are Back???

Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2023 12:43 pm
by plopswagon
Ouch! Yes but I think they’re going to be more boutique quality then the current cheap amp quality.

Re: Sunn Amps Are Back???

Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2023 3:20 pm
by Doog
'Doom lawyer' prices

Re: Sunn Amps Are Back???

Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2023 4:58 pm
by Nick
In Pog form!

Re: Sunn Amps Are Back???

Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2023 5:40 pm
by plopswagon
Ha ha!

I should’ve bought that Scepter for $200 back 20 years ago

Re: Sunn Amps Are Back???

Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2023 9:40 am
by dub
the beta's are around the same price as current boutique versions, but with less output:
http://www.hilbishdesign.com/shop/beta ... 200w-scw84


personally not interested unless they put out a 300 watt Model T that will never leave my house.

Re: Sunn Amps Are Back???

Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2023 9:43 pm
by kingkiller
Yeah 3 big ones for a tube amp is definitely a pipe dream for me but I’m sorely tempted by the solid states. Though I’ve looked at Hilbish Design stuff as well, and was considering going that route before these were announced.

Re: Sunn Amps Are Back???

Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2023 3:00 am
by sunshiner
Yeah, I've always thought Sunn were some quirky solid state amps from the 70s or 80s, not super boutique tube amps.

Re: Sunn Amps Are Back???

Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2023 10:49 am
by rahbro
Yooooooooooooooooo
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Re: Sunn Amps Are Back???

Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2023 1:10 pm
by Bacchus
A lot of people are complaining about the eye watering prices, but I sort of think this is the right approach. Sunn should be making boutique valve monsters, not anything boring or average. I'd never be in the market for one anyway, so it sort of doesn't matter to me, but I'd have thought the sensible market space to occupy is in there with Matamp, Orange etc.

Re: Sunn Amps Are Back???

Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2023 1:14 pm
by Freddy V-C
To be fair the solid state prices are reasonable-ish. I think when I first looked I saw the price of the tube heads and immediately closed the window, my bad.

Re: Sunn Amps Are Back???

Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2023 7:10 pm
by kingkiller
Freddy V-C wrote: Fri Aug 04, 2023 1:14 pm To be fair the solid state prices are reasonable-ish. I think when I first looked I saw the price of the tube heads and immediately closed the window, my bad.
I scrolled past the tube ones immediately, as I was looking for solid state, then I scrolled back up to the tube amps and had the same reaction, but not until after I’d posted the LANK

Re: Sunn Amps Are Back???

Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2023 7:11 pm
by kingkiller
rahbro wrote: Fri Aug 04, 2023 10:49 am Yooooooooooooooooo

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