Train 45?

[fusionbear]

Anyone care to comment on this amp by Fuchs and how does it compare to others out there?
I currently own a TDS and love it, but no one local has a 45 that I can demo....

[Rob Livesey]

Hi,

I have a Train 45 and I think it's a great amp. The only comparison I can make is with my Ceriatone Expression amp as I haven't heard or played any other Trainwreck based designs.
The Fuchs is smoother than the Ceriatone, but I'm sure tube choices could influence this greatly. I think the Ceriatone is more aggressive sounding and grainy.
On gigs, the Ceriatone is more prone to interference from lighting and other electrical interferance. On one gig, I could not use the Ceriatone at all and the Fuchs was fine.
Both amps are very well built, the Fuchs has better trannies and I think has more overall complexity as a result. The Fuchs has individual bias for each power valve which is great if you pick up some old Mullard EL34's or similar as you can dial them in perfectly.

Hope this helps.

Rob.

[fusionbear]

Thanks, anyone else?

[jurgen]

I heard one in person. The guy playing had only moderate skills and
control yet he was able to get thick creamy single notes without fuz
and a good euphonic grind with double stops and chords -all at one
setting on the knobs

Possibly Andy has civilized the circuit just a tad. Or else the "soft switch" makes it accessible to players who would normally find the TW a handful.
Still a beast in anycase -pretty much built like a BMW too.

[FUCHSAUDIO]

I heard one in person. The guy playing had only moderate skills and
control yet he was able to get thick creamy single notes without fuz
and a good euphonic grind with double stops and chords -all at one
setting on the knobs

Possibly Andy has civilized the circuit just a tad. Or else the "soft switch" makes it accessible to players who would normally find the TW a handful.
Still a beast in anycase -pretty much built like a BMW too.

Thanks, but it's basically box stock Express values, with the benefit of DC preamp filaments. If anything, the ground plane on the board and the component choices might have "civilized" it a little, but I did not stray too far from KF's values. Thanks for the kind words Rob ! (and others)

[jurgen]

I heard one in person. The guy playing had only moderate skills and
control yet he was able to get thick creamy single notes without fuz
and a good euphonic grind with double stops and chords -all at one
setting on the knobs

Possibly Andy has civilized the circuit just a tad. Or else the "soft switch" makes it accessible to players who would normally find the TW a handful.
Still a beast in anycase -pretty much built like a BMW too.

Thanks, but it's basically box stock Express values, with the benefit of DC preamp filaments. If anything, the ground plane on the board and the component choices might have "civilized" it a little, but I did not stray too far from KF's values. Thanks for the kind words Rob ! (and others)

Sorry Andy. I was just guessing. -should probably keep my mouth shut.
It certainly was richer and I think smoother than my "kitchen" express

Are you sure you wouldn't like to clue us in on that soft/hard switch?
Just Kidding

[FUCHSAUDIO]

It's a resistor and a switch.