At least when it comes to NAMM, I believe it's a recurring opinion expressed on his podcast thingy that he does not like NAMM anymore and does not find it worth attending regardless of whether there is gear to show.After no showings at this year's NAMM, I'm no longer counting on anything from them anytime soon. If the Ultra Lead amp was "just about done" like Steve said months ago, there would've been a near finished prototype to display.
Steve said that board changes all the time, it's just ideas.Seems like they are still making new stuff
I saw that video. Very interesting to soak in everything he talked about. Definitely a VERY small situation all the way around that "warehouse ". It's obvious he isn't in a big production type of space. It looks like small batch stuff. But the Ultralead is my all time fave production amp,so I really wanna see how he makes it better.They did move. Their last video I think they talked about supply and vendor issues..
He only has a handful of employees. I don't know his financial situation and if he's ballin' or not. But I'm sure he's trying to stay within his means to stay above water in this weak ass, modellor, fake guitar sound climate..
I think it important to take into account how massively successful the Power Station was and still is. That effectively became their main product focus. They still have a hard time meeting demand afaik.It’s easy to forget because it’s a different name but they probably got a little busy launching Sound City as well. At the end of the day, excuses matter little when the customer can’t buy your product. Enough time goes by and many people don’t think of you as choice anymore or lose faith that a company that can’t regularly produce their main product will support it well when it comes around again.