AudioFred Messages: 377 Registered: May 2009 Location: Houston
Illuminati (1st Degree)
Here are my thoughts on designing, building and marketing a tube guitar amp: The market appears to be saturated with cheap tube guitar amps. I believe if you attempt to build an amp to sell at a "reasonably competitive" price point you won't be able to compete with large high volume brands. Your reputation will sell a few to musicans who already know about your audio products, but not many musicians are into audio, and it will be a labor of love rather than a succcessful business venture.
Here in Houston among the more successful local musicians there is a small market niche for very high quality tube amps. This niche is covered by Scott Waugh, a local musician-turned-amp-builder who builds custom amps. I suspect the key to his success is that he is well known and trusted by all the serious guitarists,and his product is recognized as a premium brand.
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