The Amp Garage

Hey Jimmy, Yeah, I talked to someone at Heyboer a while back and they said if I couldn't find any to come on back. Like you suggested, I guess we need to do a group order and see if we can get the qty 10 set discount. Something else that that I don't understand about the OT is, most people say the i...

Where can you get the Heyboer wreck transformer set nowadays? I talked to Doug Holt at Jenkin's sound shop and he told me he doesn't handle the transformers anymore.

Eric

Hi Jim, and welcome to the group If Ken was building trainwrecks and the cost was below 3 grand, I would would buy one from him in a heartbeat. Also I would build my own clone of it because It's what I love to do. I am thinking seriously about buying a komet....just gotta buy my wife something to pa...

Ross, I tend to agree. I don't think it would be right to clone this amp verbatim. Looking at the pictures and gaining insight on the construction methods and the beauty of this amp is a different matter IMO. My hope is that there won't be any cloning that will damage Hogy's bottom line. If the cons...

Thanks for the correction!

Eric

Ross, Sorry you took offense to my post. I did not direct what I said at you. I have been told I have a sarcastic sense of humor. To me, I thought the whole thing sounded kind of far out and I was mildly amused. If I had known you would get upset by my post, I wouldn't have done it. Everyone has the...

I agree with Mark. At some point we have to quit worrying about impurities in our sheet metal screws and the type of plastic our knobs are made of and how they affect tone. As a pure hobbyist, I am more concerned about the bigger more tangible things that influence tone. I have tried Mullards and EI...

Omar, Its the split load circuit on the second preamp stage. The plate resistance is split into two resistors (84K and 22K). The tap point between the two is sent to a switch on the back of the amp along with the tap point at the normal place (at the bottom of the series chain). The common terminal ...

Thanks for the kind words. Unfortunately the Komet shown here is not owned by me. A close friend of mine is a studio musician and he had the amp rented from a retail store for awhile. The amp sounded killer...very in your face aggressive. In the fast response mode, this thing has no forgiving for mi...

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