It ran into distribution problems with Hoshino (parent company of Ibanez) and Kager decided to close down the business. General opinion of the amplifiers was that they did not sound too good. Many of them featured a preamp and power amp effect loops, post-phase inverter master volume control (and Governor control to enable it), as well as rather counter-intuitive tone controls.

The company produced tube amplifiers in the mid 1980s. YOU CAN'T REINVENT THE WHEEL!įrom my personal notes: (Sorry, this is plain C&P and I don't bother to edit away stuff that has been mentioned already)Īfter leaving Ampeg, Dennis Kager founded Sundown Technology, Inc. STOP MODDING YOUR SUNDOWN'S!!! they're fine the way they are!!! they don't require modding and don't deserve it!!!! If you don't like their sound then sell them and get something else. If you don't share those sentiments then move along and make your music with someone else's amp. Dennis is a friend of mine and I have a tremendous amount of respect for him. If you don't want to do that or can't then get yourself one of the aforementioned amps or some piece of **** modeling amp. You can't just turn these amps on and instantly have your sound. Sundowns are for the guy who has the patients and brains to work with the amp and find their sound. Get yourself a Marshall or a Laney or some other noise maker to play that garbage through. If you are looking for grunge, metal or any other crap along those lines the Sundown is not the amp for you. They were designed for real players with real ears. They were not designed for the hair monster heavy metal assholes out there.

You need to get some schooling if you think these amps sucked. Again I just had to write in an comment on all of the negative remarks people are making about Sundown amps.

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