How many Rebel 20 units sold?

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Not sure if the Egnater guys can divulge this...

I was playing a gig a week ago or so, and there was a bloke in the audience who was absolutely STUNNED by my tone with my Explorer and Rebel. I was playing through a Matamp 4x12 with V30s.

He told me he's buying a Rebel over a Diezel Herbert, because they're cheaper and the dirty channel is "better" (Obviously opinion).

This dude was blind, so had no idea how small the amp was, so that'll be a bonus to him when he gets one!!

Every time I gig, people are amazed when I show up with my amp in a bag, and how fricken superb it sounds.

So how many have you sold to date?!
 
I think most companies keep this kind of thing pretty quiet, but I actually remember Jeff divulging once here recently that about 5000 had sold. That was a few months ago. I was surprised to see it. I assume that's good sales, but it actually seemed kind of low to me. I don't know why.

That fact that the guy is blind is really important- Unless Rebel 20's smell and feel good (who knows? Maybe they do!) nothing but ears and sound.

:rock:
 
So how many have you sold to date?!
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At least one thanks to me ;)

I think 5000 units sounds pretty good for an amp that's not really going to appeal to to what I would consider the "average" GC buyer. Or rather, it doesn't seem to fit most of the GC demographic sub groups that I can picture. It's not a metal amp. It's not a country amp. It's not a cheap amp with built-in modelling and fx, etc.

For me it's worked out pretty well, but then, I've always been a weirdo ....

JWW
 
I dunno man, I think there was a HUGE amp demographic that wasn't being represented, and the Rebel 20 stepped in and filled that gap.

It IS a niche amp, true. But it was a pretty big niche.

Right amp (and a great one at that), right market, right trend, right time, right demographic, right price.
 
I agree that there are a lot of people that the Rebel is perfect for, including me. Like I said, I think 5000 units is pretty good. That's a pretty big niche.

I'm just saying that most of the guys I see in GC aren't looking at low wattage, single channel tube amps with no reverb. They are either looking at big Mesa/Marshall/B52 stacks, Fender/Vox combos, or modelling amps. The Rebel 30 might snare a few more of those guys.

JWW
 
Sure, I play in my room most of the time but I love the sound of big glass. I can't wait to give the Renegade a test drive!
 
The Rebel definitely fills a hole in the industry. Yeah, Blackstar and Marshall now have their versions of it. I tried them both. Still prefer the Rebel. I would like to see Mesa come up with their version. Doesn't seem they are interested in that section of the market though. Good thing for Egnater :)
 
I think Mesa tried it about 15 years ago with the Subway Rocket and such. They are now discontinued. But then again, low wattage amps really weren't all the rage back then.
 
Well, they do have the 30 Watt Lonestar Special... But, it's big and heavy, 30watt it's past the "small" amp category, and the amp has way too many features and is too pricey. But it's the closest they are to it. And that's far...!
 
Mesa makes a version of the 5:25 with a ten inch speaker and two channels. A little different then the rebel, not too much more expensive. Nice sounding amp; I considered it when I bought the Tourmaster.

:confused: :rock:
 
well, i don't know how much it costs to build and ship a rebel, but 5,000 x 600 = 3 million in revenue... not bad i think.
 
I know of at least 5 that sold because of my constant raving about mine. :)

As to the market, the Rebel is a perfect studio amp... I make jingles and score videos and games for a living, and the Rebel was the amp I had been seeking for a couple of years. When I read the first press releases I knew this would be the one, and it is.

I'm new to the forums, BTW... hello to ya'll.
 
Gravity Jim":2p3hb1g6 said:
I know of at least 5 that sold because of my constant raving about mine. :)

As to the market, the Rebel is a perfect studio amp... I make jingles and score videos and games for a living, and the Rebel was the amp I had been seeking for a couple of years. When I read the first press releases I knew this would be the one, and it is.

I'm new to the forums, BTW... hello to ya'll.
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Welcome Man!!!
 
swimrunner":3rgj1cdy said:
well, i don't know how much it costs to build and ship a rebel, but 5,000 x 600 = 3 million in revenue... not bad i think.
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Lol, yea if there was no manufacturing and distribution and they sold them all directly for that price. I would guess wholesale to large accounts like GC is probably closer to $350ish and that's just gross, subtract their mfg, marketing, r&d costs, etc and you can see that it's a lot less than you might imagine.
 
Gravity Jim":1ckgfzx0 said:
I know of at least 5 that sold because of my constant raving about mine. :)

As to the market, the Rebel is a perfect studio amp... I make jingles and score videos and games for a living, and the Rebel was the amp I had been seeking for a couple of years. When I read the first press releases I knew this would be the one, and it is.

I'm new to the forums, BTW... hello to ya'll.
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Welcome to the forum .... :)
 
My favorite part about eggie success is that I was hip to bruce's goods eons ago and back then couldn't understand why more people weren't going as nuts as I did for his tone machines.

I would still love to see Bruce create an amp that was more power tube and transformer dependant and less preamp circuit blurriness.

I'm gonna experiment tomorrow with running my tol 100 on channel 3 with the gain way down and the amp cranked up and hotplated to try to do the clean to semi dirty with the volume knob, and then go pedals for crunch/leads.
 
jmg and stephen... thanks for the welcome.

I'm an Egnater noob, and the Rebel is just a toe in the water, I know... but I'm loving the amp.

- GJ
 
Another new guy with an Egnater Rebel 20. I bought one after hearing Gravity Jim's demo and then going out and trying one myself. Thanks Jim and thanks Bruce for designing one of the most exciting and different amps I've played in 40 years.
The amazing thing is any question I have, I get an answer within hours. Can't get that from a huge corporation. :D
 
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