Where's SWR?

Used to love SWR's in the late 90's. Lost track of them after that.

 

Dead.


Nah idk. Just saying that because that's what it seems like.

 

I think this has been done already quite a bit on here (also with Genz Benz). Not the first brands that Fender has bought only to kill off. FMIC themselves are not in the greatest shape either if you believe what's being said around here.

 

Agreed

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f15/swr-going-out-business-946984/

Not sure where the confusion lies here unless the OP is fishing for a Fender suit to come on and post.

If you don't see any products for sale and the website only has supporting manuals...well, draw your own conclusion.

 

SWR is gone, kaput, gesphincto. Genz Benz I still don't know about, but you can pretty well kiss SWR goodbye.

 

Man. Fender sucks.

 

Man, don't know what that means, but it sounds bad...

 

It's a word I heard David Letterman make up a long time ago on his show, and for a few years, he always used it to mean "gone and kaput." I liked it so now I use it sometimes.

 

I still have my pre Fender Super Red Head. Absolute killer amp. Boutique gear for bass. Sold a Goliath senior stack that was the ultimate in SPL.

Now My main amp is an Eden 264 with a 10" speaker. Times change!

 

I've always wanted to check out an SWR amp. Which model you do you recommend for loud rock gigs?

 

i think the root of the word is SPHINCTER.draw your own conclusions

 

SWR have always been my go-to amps and cabs. It makes me kind of sick really, since in my neck of the woods, all you can find in the shops now are your typical GC brands (Ampeg, G-K (Backline), Acoustic, and Fender). One of our shops might have an Ashdown on occasion, and another stocks Peavey. That's about it. So, I'd better make sure my 550X gets plenty of love and care, because it's going to be hard to replace it. (Makes me wish I'd gotten the 750X for just a little more power, though...)

 

Whatever you find used and has high power. All of SWR's products are pretty good but given the amazing used prices we've seen these days I'd stay away from the Workingmans series.Not that it's at all bad, its just the other stuff is so cheap and is built to genuine Pro Level touring standards.

Many of SWR's amps sound very similar because of the Aural Enhancer circuit that's imparts it's own sound. Really, they offered more or less EQ options and more or less power. Pick whatever you can find cheap. Repairs are usually easy on SWR gear if anything goes wrong down the road so buying used shouldn't be an issue.

 

Let's leave Leo out of this. It's FMI that sucks!.

 

Apparently SWR was left to rot in the sun under FMIC and failed to do anything new and exciting until it was too little too late. Shame. I've been an SWR guy for 25 years. Can't tell you howe many grilled cheese sandwiches I've cooked on my trusty 'ol SM900. Or how many times I've had to kill the mold on my crusty 'ol Goliath cab. That finally stopped once the last of the rat fur wore off. It was good stuff.
Even as they circled the drain they had some new good stuff--the Amplite stuff was so-so but the Golight 4x10 I purchased a couple of years ago is my new #1 cab, great tone, easy schlep. I'm a little surprised those cabs alone didn't keep them around. Really excellent cab if you can find one.
Innovate or die. And could they innovate. They produced the first 4x10/tweeter cabs. Mo' Bass, Intersteller Overdrive, Redhead, Baby Blue, California Blonde? Henry the 8x8? Great stuff. But then it just stopped and the 'Workingman's' crap appeared.
They just lost the spark. RIP, SWR.

 

I still love my twin SM-900's running through 12 10's (2 4x10 and 2 2x10), one of these days I may have to downsize. Anyhow, I am looking for a head to use with one of the 2x10 cabs for upright. Ideas?