Hi, we did play the Birmingham Guitar Show 2 years running as the Blue Tone Blues Band!

The amp designer is Alex Cooper, who designs all the consoles at Midas Consoles. I think he's a bit busy at the moment, since Behringer took over Midas a little while ago!

Well, yes, but we would have carried on if we could have found a way of assembling the amp here in the UK, at an economical cost.

C'est la vie, eh?!

Oooops, here are the youtube clips....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dN2To3CSuGE

Done in my kitchen, recorded on a cheap Sony digital camera, but not too bad, I think.

When we ceased trading the price was £499 plus delivery. Not bad for a combo that sounds and behaves like a vintage Marshall without the hassle of valves etc. As far as I know, we haven't had a single breakdown, touch wood I even kept the bluetonesales@aol.com email open for post-sales problems, but nothing as yet (I think!). Email address is still open, lol!

Here are the youtube clips I put up a little while ago, in response to some queries - the amp also does clean up beautifully in response to changes in the volume control on your guitar.

Here's a clip of the Blue Tone PRO30M live, with the line out through the PA. I'm on the strat and Alex, who designed the amp, is on the Gibson and lead vocals

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6CQ2XQ9ZZM&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

Well, getting them made became the problem! The company we used to assemble the amp decided to up sticks to China, and it was impossible, due to costs, to find a replacement. Very difficult, back then, to interest a Chinese manufacturer in 'small numbers', if you catch my drfit.

Manufacturing anything at all in the UK is a problem, as you are no doubt aware.

Anyway, years later, we both still gig our Blue Tones. Incidentally, the combo also included a line out which has to be heard to be believed. We've run our amps out of the line out straight into the PA on large stages and the sound that comes out of the PA has to be heard to be believed. Alex designed a great simulation for the line out. I'll post some examples of us playing live using the line out asap, if you're interested.

Hi,

That's me playing on the Blue Tone amps youtube clips with my old ESP strat. I sold and marketed the PRO30M. The amp was designed by Alex (who plays guitar in the same band as me. Me thinks you would've loved the new design he had before we folded it - a head that could switch between the Plexi, a vintage Vox AC30, and a Fender. Tone heaven. Ah, well.....maybe one day!

Quote from: J M Fahey on November 24, 2010, 10:03:40 PM
Blue tones are great.

Do you own one?

Does anyone think that if the Blue Tone Pro 30M was available again, it would achieve greater success? I hear Santana uses one for recording?  Check out his interview in Guitar Player, November 2010!

I think it would be more successful now that everyone has become so used to dealing via the internet. There is still, I think, a demand for a superior sounding SS amp, and the Blue Tone was the best of the lot