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Re: Sisters using ENGL amps?

Quiff Boy — Fri Sep 24, 2010 11:36 am

Author: Quiff Boy

Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2010 11:36 am

now that we actually have an answer, i might stick this thread in FAQs

Re: Sisters using ENGL amps?

Quiff Boy — Fri Sep 24, 2010 11:08 am

Author: Quiff Boy

Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2010 11:08 am

euphoria wrote:

Fair enough

I have a feeling if this guy ran The Sisters we would never have to wait for anything. Unlike now

i couldn't possibly comment. again.

Re: Sisters using ENGL amps?

euphoria — Fri Sep 24, 2010 11:01 am

Author: euphoria

Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2010 11:01 am

Fair enough

I have a feeling if this guy ran The Sisters we would never have to wait for anything. Unlike now

Re: Sisters using ENGL amps?

Quiff Boy — Fri Sep 24, 2010 10:45 am

Author: Quiff Boy

Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2010 10:45 am

euphoria wrote:

Quiff Boy wrote:

I was chatting with Chris the other day and I mentioned the discussion on here about amps etc, and he has put together the official explanation

Thanks for that, now I feel much more comfortable with all this

Did he say anything else?

i couldn't possibly comment.

Re: Sisters using ENGL amps?

euphoria — Fri Sep 24, 2010 10:38 am

Author: euphoria

Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2010 10:38 am

Quiff Boy wrote:

I was chatting with Chris the other day and I mentioned the discussion on here about amps etc, and he has put together the official explanation

Thanks for that, now I feel much more comfortable with all this

Did he say anything else?

Re: Sisters using ENGL amps?

paul — Fri Sep 24, 2010 10:30 am

Author: paul

Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2010 10:30 am

Quiff Boy wrote:

They are fiercely independent and very cool (just like your beloved Sisters)

How patronizing

Re: Sisters using ENGL amps?

Quiff Boy — Fri Sep 24, 2010 10:22 am

Author: Quiff Boy

Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2010 10:22 am

I was chatting with Chris the other day and I mentioned the discussion on here about amps etc, and he has put together the official explanation

Mr Catalyst wrote:

ENGL very kindly lent us some amps and cabs for the most recent US tour, so we reciprocated with a link on the Sisters site. They make very good, very loud amps, and they're surprisingly versatile. They're not just metal amps. Ben liked them so much that he bought one.

Blackstar are a small UK company who make brilliant amps which are perfect for the Sisters. They've really looked after us and we've looked after them a bit too. Probably not enough, now I think about it. They are fiercely independent and very cool (just like your beloved Sisters) and for that we love them. I liked them so much that I bought... three.

So there you go.

Cheers for the info Chris

Re: Sisters using ENGL amps?

DasPerltAber — Wed Sep 22, 2010 9:55 am

Author: DasPerltAber

Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 9:55 am

*drum roll*

Memphis Rich wrote:

I tried to 'em about Marx and ENGL's

Re: Sisters using ENGL amps?

Memphis Rich — Wed Sep 22, 2010 12:17 am

Author: Memphis Rich

Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 12:17 am

I tried to 'em about Marx and ENGL's

Re: Sisters using ENGL amps?

Ian P. Christ — Tue Sep 21, 2010 2:49 am

Author: Ian P. Christ

Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 2:49 am

actually it's just ben who's using the engl amp.

he is also mentioned on the engl website:

http://www.engl-amps.com/notedusersmain.html

i guess he already used the amp before he even joined the sisters.

now, being in a big band, it's easier to get a sponsoring contract. not a that huge sisters/engl-connection after all...

chris is using a blackstar amp:

http://www.blackstaramps.co.uk

Re: Sisters using ENGL amps?

DasPerltAber — Mon Sep 20, 2010 1:39 pm

Author: DasPerltAber

Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 1:39 pm

Unless you, like mr. Van Halen, own the rights to the 5150 name and part of the circuitry used in those amps. In that case you get a percentage of the *manufacture* price of every one that is sold or an x amount if your patented design is licensed to a company. However..EVH is an exception though...as it's amps/strings/pu's/guitars/d-tuna/colour schemes/shoes that all contribute to him having a pretty nice monthly income based upon endorsements and patents alone.

For instance.. Adrian Vandenberg received a mere $10 per guitar that was shipped. It takes a lot of guitars making their way to the stores to be able to live off that. Unless you are EVH/George Lynch/Floyd Rose or the like and have a finger in a lot of different pies..it's definitely not gonna fly.

paul wrote:

Yep, every musician gets horny if an endorser commits their name to a product. Not that interesting IMO...

They usually send you a free amp or in worst case you get a reduction in exchange for mentioning your name on their website or in their catalogue. In best case they let you be involved in the making of the product. In that case the product mostly carries the musician's name (like the Van Halen 5150 amp or the Marshall Lemmy signature amp).

You can't make a living out of an endorsement though...

Re: Sisters using ENGL amps?

jande — Sun Sep 19, 2010 7:25 pm

Author: jande

Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2010 7:25 pm

not in boxing, healthy eating !!!

Ladies and Gentlemen in the kitchen corner it's.....

...George Foreman's Lean Mean Fat Reducing Grilling Machine
http://www.georgeforeman.co.uk/history.html

Re: Sisters using ENGL amps?

paul — Sun Sep 19, 2010 6:51 pm

Author: paul

Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2010 6:51 pm

In boxing maybe, not in music

Re: Sisters using ENGL amps?

jande — Sun Sep 19, 2010 6:08 pm

Author: jande

Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2010 6:08 pm

paul wrote:

You can't make a living out of an endorsement though...

I don't know, George Foreman seems to have alright out of it

Re: Sisters using ENGL amps?

paul — Sun Sep 19, 2010 5:22 pm

Author: paul

Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2010 5:22 pm

Yep, every musician gets horny if an endorser commits their name to a product. Not that interesting IMO...

They usually send you a free amp or in worst case you get a reduction in exchange for mentioning your name on their website or in their catalogue. In best case they let you be involved in the making of the product. In that case the product mostly carries the musician's name (like the Van Halen 5150 amp or the Marshall Lemmy signature amp).

You can't make a living out of an endorsement though...