IanA Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 [quote name='LewisK1975' timestamp='1451912064' post='2944446'] OK does this mean you now get bragging rights if you own what's going to be described as an 'original german-made' Tecamp? [/quote] Yeah of course it does.. Mine is German mine is German mine is German lol My Puma 900 (German) is going nowhere, love it to bits Oh and did I mention it is German Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlfer Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Ian, that TecAmp PUMA 900 you have. Is it German ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ordep Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 (edited) [font=tahoma,geneva,sans-serif][size=4]hah, meine TecAmp ist Deutsch too. [/size][/font] Edited January 4, 2016 by ordep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twigman Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 [quote name='ordep' timestamp='1451916624' post='2944534'] [font=tahoma,geneva,sans-serif][size=4]hah, meine TecAmp ist Deutsch too. [/size][/font] [/quote] [quote name='karlfer' timestamp='1451916386' post='2944528'] Ian, that TecAmp PUMA 900 you have. Is it German ? [/quote] ja mein ist Deutsch auch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanA Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 [quote name='karlfer' timestamp='1451916386' post='2944528'] Ian, that TecAmp PUMA 900 you have. Is it German ? [/quote] Lol how are the TKS? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlfer Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Tomorrow or Wednesday Ian. Who'se going to be the 1st with the Basil picture then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanA Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Basil! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlfer Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Classic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Japhet Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Love my Tecamp stuff. My Black Jag is my 'go to' amp and is always 100% reliable. Great shame if they disappear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 [font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Mein Puma ist ein berliner.[/font] [font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]And Thomas helped me out with instructions on fitting a fan to it, as the later Puma 900s have (I'm not sure it's necessary after all that, I think that I misdiagnosed a speaker issue).[/font] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Incidentally, Puma 900 at Thomann (get 'em while they're hot) is about £650 inc VAT. Puma 900 from TecAmp USA is about £680 + VAT + duty + shipping, so they've jacked the price up by 25% (£30 + VAT). A Puma 900 will now cost a UK buyer about £835 plus postage. That should help destroy Tecamp's European market. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GILLY Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 I have a 6 month old Puma 500 and sent Bass direct an email to ask if the warranty is sound in view of the situation. Here is Mark's reply: [color=#444444][font=Calibri, sans-serif][size=4]Hi -= your warranty is fine, Tecamp are just changing their name to Eich Amplification.[/size][/font][/color] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanA Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Short, sweet and too the point🤓 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldman Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 I just traded my Bona never had an issue with it and still have a Puma 300 as a back up and three cabs. But I got an interesting mail Jan 2 from a USA Contact giving me a heads up on all this TecAmp kerfuffle; [i]" [/i][size=3][i]I don't know if I mentioned it in my email, but the Tecamp site is down, only a resignation letter from Thomas is up; his facebook site changed from Tecamp USA to Thomas Eich amplification well, let's see what happens; the weird thing is that Tecamp USA is selling here direct and they are practically now giving the Pumas away, which makes me a bit weary; Bona alleged that Thomas used cheaper Chinese made parts; some consumers here already have issues with the Puma 500, what a mess."[/i][/size] [size=3]Rumour has it that Behringer may have something to do with this.....[/size] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 "Giving the Pumas away"? When they're considerably more expensive than they were when they were made in Germany? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete.young Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Here's a wild idea - how about we hold off posting unsubstantiated rumours, gossip, conjecture, unattributed emails and allegations from former endorsers until we actually have some substantial facts to discuss? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 [quote name='pete.young' timestamp='1451941343' post='2944921'] Here's a wild idea - how about we hold off posting unsubstantiated rumours, gossip, conjecture, unattributed emails and allegations from former endorsers until we actually have some substantial facts to discuss? [/quote] Umm.. you know this is the internet, don't you..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectoremg Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 [quote name='deepbass5' timestamp='1451840653' post='2943892'] I have more than a slight issue with "artists" who prostitute themselves from company to company, Gear that was the Dogs whatsits last week can't just become stttty* gear the next week. [/quote]This was my first thought. Remember the days when you had to buy your own gear Richard? Clearly not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Sounds like the guy has lost a board room battle and is throwing his toys out of the pram. Possibly not the most professional response. It happens. . . a lot. It's the staple of board rooms. Fender, Eden, GB and Lakland for example. Whatever Eiche does, if Tecamp is profitable it will continue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72deluxe Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Very fluid, this music industry is! (says Yoda) Perhaps Jeff Genzler and Thomas Eich should call each other and create some form of super bass amp company. Tecamp now American, TC bought by Behringer, who's next? Warwick? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 The timing of Thomas Eich's announcement (New Year's Day) does make me wonder if there was some sort of agreement in place that prevented him doing anything until the end of 2015, much like there's gardening leave for F1 engineers when they move from one team to another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72deluxe Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 [size=4][font=trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif]I queried Mark at Bass Direct and he says: "[i]Tecamp are changing their name to Eich Amplification (due to some idiot in the USA messing Tecamp around) and products will be rebadged with Eich Amplification - all warranties etc are valid so just a company name change[/i]"[/font][/size] [size=4][font=trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif]Interesting eh! I wonder who owns the "intellectual property" on the amps, particularly as the Tecamp USA site says they will be making them in the USA...[/font][/size] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crez5150 Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 I wonder if its the same for THC Amplification? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crez5150 Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 and there is this.... https://www.facebook.com/tecampglobal/timeline Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 The thing with these small esoteric bass amplification brands is that they are much more about the people who design and and create them then they are about the brand name. So when a big company comes along and buys up one of them, all they seem to end up with is some no longer cutter edge designs, and as soon as the old owners non-compete period expires, they are back with newer and better products under a new name. Fender and Genz Benz being a case in point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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