BCB, I don't think thats the point. It should be noted the OP is in the UK. Not the US.

CC

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I will be totally honest. I work hard for my money. I also find nothing wrong with gear if it is not made in the US. We, only have ourselves to blame for the current situation. I guess having European parents and being 1st generation American I am not a xenephobe thinking that only guitars or amps mad in the US are the best. Some of Fender's original luthiers were from Mexico. So to me it is where I can get the best quality for my dollar. Do I have issues with folks who buy US made instruments and amps only absolutely not. I think it is great to have that kind of loyalty.
ABS

Even if an amp is made in the US you can pretty well rest assured that the majority of the components were sourced from foriegn countries. Most high quality tubes and other electronic components such as resistors and capacitors come from overseas.So wherever your amp is made it will be largely imported components anyway.Fender is an American company but they choose to outsource their labour force as with a lot of companies as the dollar comes before allegiance.It doesn't really matter much to me where an amp or any product is made because whatever you buy today the components come from any number of countries.As long as a product is well made I don't care if it comes from another galaxy-although that would be cool.

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The Fender Blackface Reissues Twin, Princeton, DRRI, Bassman, Deluxe and Champ are made in or at least assembled in the U.S.A.

The Super Sonics may be made here too though I'm not positive. The VM series, Hot Rods, Champ 600's, SCXD, Vibro Champs, and GDecs are made in Mexico or China.

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Glad to hear some love coming for Carvin amps. I had a tweed Belair for years and now I have a V3 that I LOVE.

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I hate to say this because this is a fender site,but I have the peavey xxx 212 120watt combo and man it blows the walls down and has so many tones to work with I put my other amps away.
Anybody else have one of these?

It's simple really. Click here: http://www.fender.com/products/search.p ... amplifiers
And these 3 catagories under 'Series' on the left hand side are currently US made: Pro Tube, Vintage Reissue, and Custom.

Now narrow it down to which US amp has the same power as a 15 watt Superchamp XD, and you get the ~12 watt '57 Deluxe. There ya go. It sounds nothing at all like the SCXD or has any of its features, but it's made in the USA. Or go smaller with the '57 Champ, or bigger with the '65 Deluxe Reverb.

Fender's US made amps use many of the same components (resistors, capacitors, wire, knobs, pots, etc, etc) that their Mexican and Chinese amps use....so if you want 100% US made Fender then find a vintage one from before the mid 70's or thereabouts (somebody please correct me if I'm wrong on that date). The question is 'how much are you willing to spend?'.

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