they are very nice amps, Trace Elliot was bought out by Gibson a couple of years ago, the new Gibson GR15v?? i think thats what its called is now made there and theres a twin speaker 30 watt too, its very similar to the Trace. It was someone else who was interested in these amps not me, i was just comparing it to the Vox AC15 (korg reissue) which i now have, and if you want a 15 watt all valve amp then thats the one, production of that and all future Vox all valve reissue amps has now moved to China, along with everything else in the world.