went and plugged in my gibson and played a bit
got to thinking also, many of the gibsons people have played are likely older than many of the fenders out there....
fender started, under the fender name, around '47, gained more popularity once the 50's hit, and never stopped making amps. lots of newer amps, without age problems, have influenced the general opinion of fenders.
gibson made amps before fender, and for the most part, stopped making amps of any note in the early 70s (pretty sure at least on that one) up until these new goldtone amps have been coming out, which is only like 6 or 7 years old iirc.
anyway.... just saying i have a feeling there are way less out there, and most that are are older on average, and probably noisier and hummi-er.
plus they were never bought out and put into big time production like fender.
but man... i love this amp with loudness way up and tone all the way to treble... it really is a sweet sound, great high's... the highs on my blackface bassman and bandmaster sound much harsher.
but they all probably need some attention.
