The Amp Garage

To be fair, there's not a lot of similarity in the FEEL of a JTM45 and a Trainwreck. The JTM is fairly soft in the power supply and the TW is, of course, really hard (or fast if you prefer that description), although both are amongst the most touch sensitive of amps out there. Of course, a tweed Del...

And, of course, the infamous Bryan Adams contentions.

FWIW, I've talked to the guy selling the amp and played it and had a look inside. I should preface this with the fact that I've never played a real Trainwreck. I've got a Ruby clone and did have a Kendrick Climax for a while. The feel of the amp, even in slow mode, was very Ken-hard attack and great...

I bought Climax #100 (about the 39th built, for the guitar tech of the band "Asleep at the Wheel") a decade ago. I talked with the original purchaser a lot, and pursued the matter thru the message boards and forums. The best that I can reconstruct the timeline was this: Gerald approached Ken about a...