New Gibson Falcon amps

[CBHScott]

Officially announced today:

https://www.gibson.com/en-US/Collection/gibson-amps

Falcon 5 at $1499 and the 20 at $1799 and built by Mesa? Yeah, there should be a little side-eye at this with it being Gibson, but if these are good, this is exactly the kind of stuff I hoped for with Gibson's Mesa acquisition.

 

[JiveTurkey]

@Boudoir Guitar

 

[CBHScott]

Already showing "in stock" at CME:

Gibson

Gibson is the world’s premier manufacturer of semi-hollow and hollow body electric guitars and electric basses, as well as a celebrated innovator of solid-body guitars and acoustic guitars. Shop the 100-plus-year-old brand today.

www.chicagomusicexchange.com

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

@Boudoir Guitar

You know me well! Watching release video now.

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

Fender jab? “Nothing compares to a tube amp; not even the best modern digital modeling” (paraphrased)

 

[JiveTurkey]

Fender jab? “Nothing compares to a tube amp; not even the best modern digital modeling” (paraphrased)

Best
Modern

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

Best
Modern

He may not have said “best”, I dunno.

These sound killer.

 

[Achilles]

Gibson new amp line marketing meeting......

"Ok team, I want ideas. What do today's players want in an amp?"

- no master volume!
- no tone stack, only a single tone knob!
- a really cute but ridiculously shitty amp handle!
- a retro Jensen speaker instead of a Celestion rocker!
- only 5 and 20 watt options!



Although, with Mesa Boogie in their back pocket I guess it sorta makes sense.

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

Gibson new amp line marketing meeting......

"Ok team, I want ideas. What do today's players want in an amp?"

- no master volume!
- no tone stack, only a single tone knob!
- a really cute but ridiculously shitty amp handle!
- a retro Jensen speaker instead of a Celestion rocker!
- only 5 and 20 watt options!

It’s Gibson - of course they’re going to go with “look like a vintage Gibson amp, even in the ways it’s annoying”. See their subsidiary. Mesa Boogie, for all those other options.

 

[Achilles]

Mesa Boogie, for all those other options.

Ya missed my addendum by this much.....

 

[metropolis_4]

Gibson new amp line marketing meeting......

"Ok team, I want ideas. What do today's players want in an amp?"

- no master volume!
- no tone stack, only a single tone knob!
- a really cute but ridiculously shitty amp handle!
- a retro Jensen speaker instead of a Celestion rocker!
- only 5 and 20 watt options!



Although, with Mesa Boogie in their back pocket I guess it sorta makes sense.

Nothing you listed seems like a bad thing to me at all.

My Matchless had the same kind of handle and I didn’t have any problems with it.

I also spent many years gigging 15-20 watt amps, several with no tone stack and only a tone knob.

All these things are common in the world of sub-30 watt boutique amps.

Not every guitarist is looking for a high wattage “rock” amp

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

Just buy the Cali Tweed 20.

I dunno - these sound a little raunchier in the fully cranked area (way too loud for home use, even in low wattage mode).

Add tremolo, subtract 15 pounds (and some bulk).

 

[Achilles]

Not every guitarist is looking for a high wattage “rock” amp

I more than get it. Just passing the time and shooting the shit here.

Proud past owner of a Carr Mercury. fwiw.

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

Jensen is a pretty poo-flavored speaker though, IMO.

I like the blackbird?

 

[the-trooper]

Nothing you listed seems like a bad thing to me at all, on amps from 350 years ago.

FTFY

 

[metropolis_4]

Jensen is a pretty poo-flavored speaker though, IMO.

I like Jensen speakers in general. I’ve never used the one in this amp though, so I don’t know.

FTFY

Benson is a modern company making new amps with even less features than these that sell for over $3,000 and they can’t make them fast enough to keep up with all the demand for them.

Many many other modern boutique amp makers also make similar amps and are in very high demand…

But of course this is a forum so if Gibson does the exact same thing we all have to pile on them and complain about being stuck in the past

 

[Orvillain]

Not for me. Glad they're making them though.

 

[the-trooper]

Benson is a modern company making new amps with even less features than these that sell for over $3,000

People are idiots.

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

(Would really like to see a gut-shot on these, though - Fender’s 5-watt tube amp is a lot less than $1500)

 

[spawnofthesith]

Not an amp of interest to me, but I think this is very cool and fully support this


Points awarded to gibson, and demerits applied to gibson acquisition naysayers