The Amp Garage

I'm a fan of articulation. Thank you for these refinements to my language.

It is even worse, since requirements are deontic terms. So in this respect consequentialism is an deontic theory requiring that we maximize value. Similarly, Kantian deontology is often based on value, even if the values differ. Thanks, Roe! Seems to me that Kantian deontology is at the root of how...

The thrust of the question isn't based upon technical exactness...I think. I'm trying to understand what are the ethical considerations between what Andy did with his 'by Dumble' badged clone/copy/replica and what Drew is doing with his 'by Dumble' badged clone/copy/replica. Is one morally right beh...

Thanks, Martin. The dichotomy is intentional. Regardless of any intentionality it is authentically sloppy philosophical framing -- Dolly was an ewe. .. Clever. Are you suggesting that the ethical differences between copying and cloning are so vast that we require a third category to consider the et...

as consequentialists, we may be required to maximize the value of amps by cloning and building maximally? Right on! Why get hung up on deontology? Let’s blow this thing wide open!! So let’s say the goal for DPS is to produce a small number of clones at a very high price and prevent others from clon...

As a moderator of my own thread, I’m going to refrain from comments that would steer the discussion toward what would be perceived as my own opinion. I would rather act as someone bounding the discussion to the ethics of cloning. That’s not to say that at some point someone will call me on inserting...

Thanks, Martin. The dichotomy is intentional.

In the thread 'Ethics of Cloning' https://ampgarage.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=39076 I reference a post here: https://ampgarage.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=327840#p327840 Where Martin Manning provides what I consider to be an excellent definition of a clone: as something that copies the circuit, la...

Adhering to the definition above of a clone as: ...a clone as something that copies the circuit, layout, and appearance exactly. An extreme example would use identical parts, and might easily be mistaken for an original. Are the amps being offered by Drew considered clones or originals? I have creat...

I would think, though, that if it becomes widely known that a functional equivalent can be built from off the shelf parts (i.e. there is no magic), then the value of an original is reduced. I believe this is the reason that few owners are willing to let anyone with technical knowledge examine the i...

Thanks, Martin. I've lifted your post from that thread. Hope you don't mind. I'm with those who define a clone as something that copies the circuit, layout, and appearance exactly. An extreme example would use identical parts, and might easily be mistaken for an original. IMO it is unethical to buil...

Dan, A wonderful post! You came to the 'intersection' of legal and ethical I alluded to my original post. I suspect, as well, that the small volume of production will be enough to stave off pirates and this was DPS's rationalization. Competing imperatives and lesser of evils! Nice!! Fischerman, You ...

I happen to find ethics fascinating. I'm also ruthlessly curious--Father Wood's (former Dean of Boston College Evening College) words, not mine. I'm also retired and this post may be driven by boredom. Please forgive me in advance. Now that it seems like one is able to purchase what is arguably noth...

He will be missed.

lonote wrote: ↑Sat Jan 10, 2026 12:58 am Another option is to add a dwell or reverb send control, which variably attenuates the drive signal of the reverb circuit.

I do this all the time on old Fender amps. I use the reverb footswitch hole. Reversible and non destructive.