Silver Jubilees are back (Page 3 of 3)

I have an original, it's PCB. I gigged with it as my main amp until I recently bought a Friedman BE. As a Reissue of an iconic amp that was made for one year, and making some build quality improvements to boot, this amp seems to be priced right on. Any bets on how fast they sell?

I do/have had several amps of all flavors, and I know Ron has too. PCB, hand wired, boutique, vintage, etc.. Never had any quality issues with any of them.

You keep insisting on this $3,000 thing. Look at the link to Sweetwater...$1899.00. That's what they are selling for, and that's before you call them or another retailer and get it for even less. Anyone who pays what they are asking isn't trying hard enough. I'm sure you could end up with one for $1700 or so.

Another point is this....Most all of the "Jubilee clones" are all $2000 and up, some going up as high as 4k. Again, I paid $1500 for my original in near mint condition 3 years ago. So, now what's over priced? LOL.

You will not convince me, as a gigging musician, that hand wired is superior in quality to a well built PCB amp. Also, did you forget where you are? I don't think Joe would have gigged with these amps for years if they were so terribly built and were failing him all of the time, would he? He certainly has the choice of any amp he wants. That alone kind of deflates your argument.

The end result will be in the sales numbers, and, I bet it's not long before they are sold out. Time will tell.

Great that jubs will be around. Although I do think the old ones will still be in demand. Hey their old now the vintage folks will want them. Who knows time will tell. I have a few jubs and will be picking up a new one. Looking forward to do a side by side comparison
Cheers Ron

A friend of mine is at NAMMs and said they are awesome. Well I will not hold my breath until I try it

I don't understand the complaints about the price. It's in the same price bracket as several other Marshall 100W heads...some PCB some hand-wired, though the HW ones are all more expensive...

http://www.andertons.co.uk/guitar-amp-h … 2246page-1

There are tons of amazing PCB amps out there that are priced really high and worth every penny. As was mentioned in an earlier post, as long as the PCB is properly laid out it will be as good if not better. I've never heard anyone bash a Soldano or Tone King for not being worth their price tag. Those are just the first two that came to mind. Anywho, I'm stoked that Jubs are back too!

lol, nicely done.

Just to be clear,

Joe B and Category 5 do not have a contract of any kind.  For that matter, we don't have a contract of any description with anyone.  We are very old school.  Anything we have ever done with any artist has been a handshake and non-exclusive.  Joe uses Category 5 amps because he likes them for whatever application he chooses. We build him some special amps from time to time, and he graciously allows us to offer them to the public.  He is a very good personal friend.  Joe remains an active Marshall endorsee and user as well.  No one needs to read into the tea leaves on whether there is any commercial issues driving anything (at least with Category 5). 

By the way, our Jub style amps are hand wired, unlike the originals.  And the clean channel is much different than the original, so its really a different amp.  I doubt the new reissues will have any effect on the ones we sell.  Ours were priced above originals, so we don't see this as the same market.  And I'm going to stay out of the Hand Wired vs PCB discussion:)

DonR

those sound clips on the sweetwater site are awesome! man, what a rock n roll amp!