Trainwreck History

[Toneseeker]

Hey guys, I'm new to this forum and haven't had a lot of time to poke around. However it seems to me theres a hell of a lot of emphasis on this Trainwreck amp. I must confess I have never heard of it but it has aroused my curiosity. Do I detect a slight similarity to Dr Z amps?
Could someone fill me in on a brief outline/history. Is there a combo/reverb version? What wattge/s is it? Does it do clean tones well?
Is it good for country/blues etc ?
Sorry it's a whole lot of questions. I have been a fan of Fender amps for a long time but I need to widen my horizons.

Pete

[Toneseeker]

OK, I did a little research (Google), kind of answered my own question.

[paulster]

Go and find Glen (geetarpicker)'s YouTube channel and you'll get plenty of demonstration material that will give you some good ideas of what a Trainwreck Express will do. Also, buy his CD for some great guitar instrumental tracks recorded only with Trainwrecks.

The Express is essentially a screaming lead amp that will clean up with just the volume control, and belies its conservative 35W rating by being heavily midrange-focussed.

It has a touch sensitivity that's really hard to put into words. You can go from clean to mean by altering your picking dynamics, so it's very versatile in that regard, but not an amp for the ham-fisted.

It has a really simple signal chain internally, so no bells and whistles whatsoever. No reverb, no combos, no fx loop, no master volume.

The Liverpool is a very similar amp with EL84s rather than the EL34s of the Express. It's voiced very similarly, with perhaps a little more EL84 chime at the expense of some dynamic range.

The Rocket is a stripped-down AC30 Top Boost channel, without any ancillary superfluous extras, and sounds much the better for it. It's like the ultimate AC30, and works great with a pair of Blues or Golds.

[Toneseeker]

Thanks for that Paulster, summarised very nicely and saved me a lot of digging around.

Pete