Tube Amp Archive

martin manning wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2019 7:51 pm That’s basically an eyelet board type of construction, and I’d say calling it “hand wired” is not exaggerating.

Ok, great- thank you for helping clear that up for me. As I mentioned previously- it’s a GREAT amp, no complaints. I was just curious about the “Hand Wired” claim.

Joe

There are semantics and shades of gray here. I would say an amp with a machine stuffed pcb, with jacks, pots, and tube sockets mounted thereto, is definitely not a hand wired amp. Think Fender HRD. A pcb with chassis mounted jacks, pots, and tube sockets has a significant amount of hand wiring even...

Hello all. I bought a DS-40 head last week. Great amp. One thing I am curious about: My amp was built in November 2017 (hand-written date on chassis). While it is obviously extremely well-designed, well-built, and mostly hand-wired, it does include a printed circuit board. I don’t have any problem w...