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Re: Point to Point versus PCB

5/31/2000 2:57 PM
Randy	Re: Point to Point versus PCB I do not jest. I met him at the Spartanburg SC show in February. The deal is that he feels he can beef up the traces, and duplicate reliably a reversed engineered PTP amp. I am nearly his size and he didn't seem violent in the least. I believe that he sees a niche market for boutique quality to compete with the Crates, Fenders and Peavey modern tube amps. It is certainly possible provided the layout is right, the board material strong enough, and it is road serviceable. After all look at Hoffmans board kits, they are sturdy etc, the leap to a machine assembled layout with wave soldering is not that big. By the way, Gerald said that all solder point will accessable through a removable opening on the board. The only thing I did not mention to him was that paragraph in one of his books about the Mojo randomness of PTP vs co/planar of PCB, I felt that his current defense of his decision made sense. Ultimately I think it is economics. The more hand wired amps you sell the greater number will have problems becuase of the inherent non uniformity of the process. When a business is small it is easy to keep it under control. When it gets large, it is harder. Randy

5/31/2000 2:57 PM

Randy

Re: Point to Point versus PCB

I do not jest. I met him at the Spartanburg SC show in February.

The deal is that he feels he can beef up the traces, and duplicate reliably a reversed engineered PTP amp.

I am nearly his size and he didn't seem violent in the least.

I believe that he sees a niche market for boutique quality to compete with the Crates, Fenders and Peavey modern tube amps.

It is certainly possible provided the layout is right, the board material strong enough, and it is road serviceable. After all look at Hoffmans board kits, they are sturdy etc, the leap to a machine assembled layout with wave soldering is not that big. By the way, Gerald said that all solder point will accessable through a removable opening on the board.

The only thing I did not mention to him was that paragraph in one of his books about the Mojo randomness of PTP vs co/planar of PCB, I felt that his current defense of his decision made sense.

Ultimately I think it is economics. The more hand wired amps you sell the greater number will have problems becuase of the inherent non uniformity of the process. When a business is small it is easy to keep it under control. When it gets large, it is harder.

Randy

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Steve Slick Randy,Point of clar... -- 5/31/2000 4:24 PM