Bobzilla Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 (edited) One of their ranges killed them. I think it was the gp7sm range, was it? I need to replace my 600smx with something cheaper and quieter, but what can I downgrade to without buying rubbish? Are the smc amps any good? I have the smx compressor pedal so less bothered about it not being smx. Thoughts? Edited April 14, 2012 by Bobzilla Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thodrik Posted April 14, 2012 Share Posted April 14, 2012 I've had a GP7SM amp for over ten years and it still works. I may be wrong but I think that the SMC range was introduced during the Gibson era and aren't really as sought after, probably even less so than the GP7SM range which I think is Kamen era and generally 'alright' without being as good as the earlier ranges. You could try the Series 6 stuff, which are often regarded as Trace's best efforts in terms of solid state amps. I always thought that the Boxer/Commando experiment into practice combos were more a reason for their death, but even then I think the demise of TE was a multi-faceted problem. It usually takes more than one bad amp to kill off a company, otherwise Ashdown would have gone under after the Superfly/Little Giant was introduced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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