Tube Amp Archive

Yes very true- I love every year all of the employees of the BIG companies trolling Hall E at the NAMM show- looking for new ideas!! (For free)

The really crappy thing here is that anyone COULD use the TrainWreck name if they really wanted to. Ken's family or representative(s) would have to protect the trademark. Well yeah- You could market a soft drink called "Coke" tomorrow- It would be up to Coca Cola to protect it's trademark- which th...

I think the difference between making a product for sale at a profit and making an item for personal enjoyment is not being recognized here. You can write "NIKE" all over your personal sneakers and wear them anywhere you want- If you try to sell them you have created a monetary transaction which is ...

I think these types of discussions always get off the topic- Is making a "Trainwreck" for yourself or buying a "TW Expression" from Malaysia or a similar "Expres Style" amp somehow infringing either on Trainwrecks legal rights or breaking some kind of moral barrier. Obviously anyone selling a produc...

Welcome to the forum Mr. A. When you have time, please tell us what you've been up to since Bedrock. Thanks Man- Spent a while running an ad agency in the Boston suburbs- doing mostly high tech work and a lot of catalog stuff. Built a few dozen guitars and amps over that period- wound a few thousan...

Well first of all I totally disagree that Kenny was a lousy teacher- because he could not teach anyone to build Trainwrecks- Bullshit. Nice first post! So why do you think Kenny couldn't teach others to build his amps for him? I think by "build" you're really referring to "wire"- Anybody could buil...

Well first of all I totally disagree that Kenny was a lousy teacher- because he could not teach anyone to build Trainwrecks- Bullshit. I used to own an amplifier company called Bedrock. We worked with Kenny quite a bit providing NOS tubes and sockets and parts- Kenny only bought enough stuff to buil...