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KC · March 1st, 2008, 08:41 PM

I don't know why everybody's so confused about origin here. Gibson makes amps here in the USA, among them the GA-5, and tries to sell them for a lot of money. When they don't sell, they blow them out for cheap. If you want one of these dawgs for $299 (and my bet is that you might), better get one now, because the next time they turn up, they're either going to be (a) made in China or (b) really expensive again.

You could argue with Gibson's business model, which seems mildly insane. It's fine with me; I've gotten a GA-15 and a GA-5 on closeout, and they're both pretty lovable amps. But it's really not legal to label something as made in the USA when it's not.

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KC Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Missoula, Montana Posts: 1,213 15 Photos	I don't know why everybody's so confused about origin here. Gibson makes amps here in the USA, among them the GA-5, and tries to sell them for a lot of money. When they don't sell, they blow them out for cheap. If you want one of these dawgs for $299 (and my bet is that you might), better get one now, because the next time they turn up, they're either going to be (a) made in China or (b) really expensive again. You could argue with Gibson's business model, which seems mildly insane. It's fine with me; I've gotten a GA-15 and a GA-5 on closeout, and they're both pretty lovable amps. But it's really not legal to label something as made in the USA when it's not.