Metropoulos Factory Visit

[DetroitBlues]

I was offered a chance yesterday to visit Metropoulos Amplification yesterday.  The purpose was to replace the cabinet of the Metroplex with the correct orientation.  Original cabinet was an early prototype and it was built upside down.

I was able to meet George yesterday and most of his staff.  Very nice people and all guitar players!

In a way it reminded me of how Heritage used to be.  Odd collections of machinery; some in use and some covered in dust.    They not only hand wire the amps, they also build their own cabinets from void-free birch plywood (9 layers deep), custom tolex, all of which is done with such pride that every detail is taken in account.  In the room where the cabinets were made, there was lots of saw dust and some things covered in tarps and cobwebs.  Reminded so much of the factory floor of Heritage years and years ago.

There were old vintage Marshall Amps and cabinets everywhere.  Plus many other vintage amps, I think I even saw a tweed Bassman. In every corner it seemed to be vintage and new speakers, guitars, and guitar cases everywhere for testing out this amps.   Most of which were rather old and probably valuable.  The guitars reminded me of the prototype rack that contained everything Heritage worked on including the ghost builds. 

i didn’t take any photos of the manufacturing areas out of respect to the company, but I did get a few photos of their demo room after asking permission.

This alone was worth the price of admission…

Check out this vintage Marshall amps and cabinets

Edited 8 hours ago by DetroitBlues

[pressure]

Fun tour, I have great respect for Metropoulos amps.That reminds me of Jim Ws front room. Ha.