I was going to blame a Chinese orphan having a bad day, but their Web
site says "Designed in Great Britain, assembled in the USA". Which is
an interesting division of labor.
** The Trace Elliot company has gone through several big changes.
Their factor in Essex closed in about 2002, since when the few remaining
products have been made in the USA, now by Peavey Electronics.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trace_Elliot
Since AF will not say which pile of TE **** he has we have no idea where
it was made.
..... Phil