Orange is outsourcing to Asia too? Is nothing sacred??
Fuck companies outsourcing to Asia. I am so fucking sick of this ghetto Chinese crap... Nothing against people from these countries, they just have no manufacturing standards, and China has no human rights.
We're in the middle of a fucking economic crisis in the USA, I think largely because we're outsourcing a bunch of jobs overseas that should be done by Americans with American manufacturing standards. This is especially important with things like tube amps!!!!
Personally I couldn't give a flying fuck where instruments etc are made, or who makes them. If it puts world class instruments and amps in the hands of the masses, and not just spoilt kids and people with lots of disposable income, then its all good for me.
I also get very tired of this whole argument that no one in the world is capable of making anything other than Americans and Brits.
The fact is, its nonsense. The most reliable and most technologically advanced cars come from Asia, the most advanced electronics come from Asia, the vast majority of electrical goods come from Asia. Even electrical goods from other countries are only assembled there, the parts come from Asia. If the Chinese can build the biggest wall ever, I don't think its beyond them to knock a few amps together in a factory. They do have factories you know, some of the biggest and most modern in the world. They don't make them in a kitchen while the rice is cooking.
I remember 25-30 years ago this argument was being used against Japanese manufacturers because of all the replicas that were flooding the market. The truth was, they were kicking Gibson and Fenders ass at their own game for half the price. Nowdays, its a given that some of the best luthiers, and some of the most prestigious brands on the plannet are Japanese.
10 years from now, China will be making the best guitars, the best amps etc, get used to it.
When I was working in retail, it was a period when a lot of stuff was being farmed out to China and Korea, and most people didn't even notice the difference.............so much for them not having manufacturing standards. And, most of the amp repairs that went through the shop were either British made Marshalls, or American made Mesa's.
BTW, Orange is a British company, so either way no American jobs are being lost.
And I doubt anything above this in their product line is made in Asia, and this seems to be ridiculously well-built (and South Korea is an OK place I think, we just watched a video about it in my Polisci class and Kim Dae Jung, their current president, is apparently considered like the Asian Nelson Mandela).
