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Re: Trainwreck...built one...a ton of gain 2B expected???

9/25/2000 9:24 PM

Joe L

Re: Trainwreck...built one...a ton of gain 2B expected??? quote: "The lack of the grid stopper/input resistor (typically 68K) seems to be a source of what makes the amp "loose" and "gainy-grainy-slushy." "     Maybe we are using different guitars or different volume levels but that just doesn't describe what mine sounds like. I am using a .0047/150K after the second stage and mine gets very plexi sounding with the guitar (Strat with Rock Van Zandts) on 10 and the amp on 4. The parts I chose were for the highest definition with smoothness in the high end and I am using Seimens EL34s for the outputs. My HV is 422v on the EL34s and the preamp tubes are OS RCAs. I tried a 5 * GE 5751 in the front end and that was even better for the clean sound but a bit dark when cranked.     To describe mine I would have to say spanky sweet high end with dynamics that can hurt you when clean morphing into Plexi brown when pushed with lots of tendency to feedback. It definately distorts from back to front.     I'd say keep playing with it. Component selection is ULTRA important with this amp. Much more than anything I've ever played with.     ..Joe L

 

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