Yamaha Owns Ampeg

[Enzo]

Y'know, I never got a T-shirt. Even when I worked in the store, any such shirts went to the sales guys, not us repair gremlins.

[The Dude]

You have to drop hints when you place parts orders. "You know, it'd be OK with me if there was a free t-shirt in the box with my next parts order." Or, "Those new Fender t-shirts sure are cool." Or, (to the Fender rep) "You should see the cool t-shirt Peavey sent me."

[guitardad]

Don't know about your experience with Ampeg/Loud but they were jackasses to me. Regular tech support guys tell me they can't help with a current product unless I'm an authorized service center, but that it is just a simple form to get authorized. Service manager replies "I'm not authorizing any more service centers, but submit the form and maybe at some point in the future I will approve it." Eff that. This was about a year ago.

same experience here. Loud Tech I don't like dealing with them. If Full Compass can help, which they do often, I just go through them. Loud wanted $415 for a Mackie Thump power board. Unit sells for $249 or so.