guitarguy510 said:
Well here's a prime example. I love the tone of Mesa two channel Dual Rectifiers. I tried out Bruce's E'Rect module.... never bought a Mesa because I liked the module through the MOD50 better. Mesa is now officially out a sale. Same thing could happen to guys like John Suhr and Andy Fuchs if they chose to make module, IMO. Not saying it would, but if I were in their shoes I would be thinking about something like that quite seriously. However, with the modules you can only approximate the tone anyways, it's up to your fingers to get you the rest of the way there! :lol:
I really think the goal here is to just open up the system. That would be up to Bruce Egnator or whoever holds the rights to the design.
At that point, prospective module builders (be it established amp companies or ones we have never heard of yet) have an established set of specs to work from.
The framework is already there.
The market is there.
The demand is there.
So there is opportunity.... for the right product.
To nix the idea just because one does not see how it would benefit a particular established amp maker does not really make sense to me.
If they see it might work for them, they will jump in. If it does not make good business sense, they won't. Pretty simple.
Opening up the system is the only way to get that process started.
I have a feeling some of the most interesting designs might come from people we have never heard of or are less well known and would have never had the opportunity to start an amp company themselves.
Look at how many little distortion pedals there are out there.
The very first example given of the API preamp lunchbox concept is really a perfect example of how all this could work.
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