Doc3 Posted April 18, 2014 Posted April 18, 2014 There is to be a rebirth of the Supro line of amps, said to be released this month: http://suprousa.com/press-release/ Anyone know anything about the models that will be rolled out?
ScottNaylor Posted April 18, 2014 Posted April 18, 2014 Lots of speculation about this and this Supro rebirth has been internet buzz for some time. AFAIK, Bruce Zinky is stilled involved as head of engineering, (he sold the rights to the Supro name and the company that bought them retained his very capable services). it would seem they are in kind of a no man's land as many of the classic old Supro designs are already addressed in near exact reproduction elsewhere in the boutique amp market. Why retain someone of Bruce Zinky's talent if you aren't going to at least improve on the old, and then you run afoul of the purest for wrapping it up in a vintage Supro wrapper. The competition in the smallish, no-compromise combo market is TOUGH.
fxdx99 Posted April 18, 2014 Posted April 18, 2014 A local dealer picked up the line after seeing/hearing them at NAMM. Intend to stop by and give a listen. Vintage47 one of the boutique builders following the supro designs, some cool models in his lineup. http://www.guitarplayer.com/miscellaneous/1139/supro-dual-tone-and-thunderbolt/14894
TalismanRich Posted April 18, 2014 Posted April 18, 2014 This will be interesting. Valco/Supro designs are pretty basic, at least until you get into the late 50s/early 60s when the guitar market started to explode. Then they started to add reverb and tremolo, and up the power. All the ones I've seen are pure p-t-p wire, and most were somewhat of a spaghetti fest inside! At PSP a couple of years ago, we had my 53 Valco and compared it to a Vintage47. It wasn't an exact replica, but you could definitely get the family resemblance. Nobody was going to confuse the sound with a Fender or a Marshall.
FredZepp Posted April 18, 2014 Posted April 18, 2014 I had a Supro Thunderbolt head only many years ago. That thing was great... I ended up selling it to our bass player after I got a Dual Showman, that is one I wish I'd kept. Put a boost in the front and great tone was ensured.
rockabilly69 Posted April 18, 2014 Posted April 18, 2014 The new Supros are going to be PCB amps which is a shame to me. And none of the Supro amps that Zinky sold in the past even remotely sounded like a Supro. The company that nailed that tone to me was Magic, and the Goodsell Valproux gets it too.
bolero Posted April 19, 2014 Posted April 19, 2014 all the more common amps have been done-to-death on the boutique market, it was only a metter of time before ppl jumped on the Supro & Magnatone wagon they are very cool amps for sure, real ones can be hard to find. for certain models and the Led Zep connection surely adds to the mystique
bolero Posted April 20, 2014 Posted April 20, 2014 that clip above sounds awesome! all this talk of supros & teles inspired me to dig out my MIM tele & plug into the supro, it's a great little recording amp, IMO anytime I've tried to use my phone to record it sounds like crap...so I threw a drum loop into garageband & miked it up instead, the amp gets a nice grindy sound: https://soundcloud.com/roofleaks/riffage-clip-tele-supro pic:
H Posted April 20, 2014 Posted April 20, 2014 Me too I can sort of hear a Janis Joplin vocal over that.
rockabilly69 Posted April 20, 2014 Posted April 20, 2014 Me too I can sort of hear a Janis Joplin vocal over that. Yep, I hear the Janis thing too!
bolero Posted April 20, 2014 Posted April 20, 2014 bah, I should give myself 24 hrs before posting stuff in public..that is way too fast deleted it thx though
Doc3 Posted April 20, 2014 Author Posted April 20, 2014 Saw this on the local Craig's list RARE Zinky / Supro Belmont 50-watt 1x12 combo amp - $900 (bernal heights): https://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/msg/4391717341.html
Gitfiddler Posted April 20, 2014 Posted April 20, 2014 Saw this on the local Craig's list RARE Zinky / Supro Belmont 50-watt 1x12 combo amp - $900 (bernal heights): https://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/msg/4391717341.html That little beast is crazy cool!
rockabilly69 Posted April 20, 2014 Posted April 20, 2014 My partner in my duet used a Belmont for a few years, and it sounded good, but was not Supro sounding.
bolero Posted April 27, 2014 Posted April 27, 2014 ok here is a clip of that tele + supro...stumbled onto that beatles lick....then started screaming into the room mic hard to play that tune & sing at the same time....oh well. plus some obligatory zep riffs. warts & all, as JP would say https://soundcloud.com/roofleaks/suprotele
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