Have you guys heard of this amp? It costs an arm and a leg but it sounds great. I didn't know Keith had endorsed an amp. I have never heard of an official Keith guitar or amp? Perhaps I am wrong. Does keith ever play this live or what about on stage? I know I haven't seen it.

[www.louisamps.com]

Go Dawgs!

Well thats News to me too.
How did you come across the link?
I haven't heard of louis amps before - so, thank you.

sorry guyz for the stupid question but i can't see that amp in keith pics on the site! What's the connection with keef, apart the pics? seems he doesn't have so much to do with it..! Did they do it for him?



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2006-04-27 00:17 by farawayeyes2.

Yes, he built an amp for Keith. follow and read the pdf review
[www.louisamps.com]

thanks didn't read it...that's cool!

So how much is an arm and a leg worth, today?
I haven't seen any prices for those amps - but it must be big bucks, no doubt.
Those Hubert Sumlin mp3 clips are really worth listening. what a great sounding amp.

nice read
"get a table ready, Keith Richads is coming" hehe

An arm and a leg try about a grand a piece ...over $2000 grand for the amp. I think I crapped in my pants when I heard this. I emailed them and one of the techs phoned me back (Left a message I was in dispose). Very courteous from the message but I was thinking maybe several hundred but not over $2000 grand. Maybe he would cut some one a deal but I still can't afford.

Open-G, I don't know how I found it. I think I was just Googling Keith and sumbled across it!!!

Go Dawgs!

First, Keith doesn't endorse these amps. The founder of the company built a low watt Fender Twin copy, gave it to Keith and Keith used it on the (terrible) Les Paul and Friends CD. The amp doesn't bear Keith's name, it's named the "KR model". Musicians like Keith recieve free gear all the time, as the manufacturer of course hopes he will play it in public, boosting sale.

Second, these amps do not cost that much. A boutique amp (meaning hand built with the best components) all start around $2000. For the build quality and sound, this isn't that high, especially since these kind of amps sound so much better than PCB based factory build amps. Aso, $2000 is still far less than original Fender's from the '50's. But all hand built Fender clones (Victoria, Carr, Cornford, Fargen and many more) start around $2000. If you want you can pay much more for an amp: Matchless build amps starting from $3000, Fuchs start with $3000, and a handmade Dumble amp starts at around $10.000.

The thing is: if you play a handbuild amp once, you will never go back to factory made PCB based amps. The same goes for example for Custom Shop Gibson's: if you once played a Custom Shop Les Paul, you will never touch a regular production model again. No matter what the price is of that hand made instrument.

Mathijs

Hey Mathijs,

I understand your point and your right. You go with the good stuff and it's hard to go back.. I am just a poor college student who spent all his money going around the US following our boys and I am hoping to figure out a way to go to Europe provided Keith is okay. The price is why I will never touch a custom Gibson, Howver I did pick up a Greco Zemaitis (similar to some of ronnie's faces models) and had to put it down after strumming a chord. It was awesome.

I spoke with the owner about these amps and he was very helpful and knowledgeable and it was excellent to hear his view on these amps and the custom amp market. IT seems like they sound great. If Keith formally endorsed an amp, I would buy it.

Go Dawgs!

Well, you say you want to follow the Stones to Europe. If you don't do that you save roughly the amount of money needed for a Custom Shop Gibson '58 Les Paul.

Now you understand why I don't go to any Stones show. I think they have becomne a terrible band, and I'd rather spend the money on the more expensive equipment.

Mathijs