$30K for a Trainwreck?

[Dale B]

I’ve played through 1, and I owned a clone made by some dude that everyone in the amp building forums looks at as God of cloning these things. They were both Express models. One guy in an earlier post mentions that you have to learn to control your guitar, and that’s true. You also have to control feedback. The Kuykendal guy does that very well. I bought my old clone about 14 or 15 years ago.

They are very loud amps at 35 watts. The circuit isn’t that complicated. It uses a big resistor instead of a choke. It goes from pretty damn high gain to a great clean by rolling off the volume, yet the amp is still loud as hell.

Do I believe all of the stuff about the wire colors and any extra magic that Ken threw in? No! My clone was about 3 months old, and his real one had been played hard by him for a solid 10 years. The guy’s real Express I played sounded and behaved pretty much the same. I had the tubes that Ken recommended for them.

At the end of the day, it was nice to experience a real one and see what they’re all about. I like other amps a lot better.

 

[Goat]

Ethos TWE-1 is your Huckleberry.

 

[braintheory]

Ethos TWE-1 is your Huckleberry.

I had that pedal. Was decent but not great. Nothing like a Komet, let alone a real Trainwreck I’d imagine

I think comparing pedals to that would be like comparing strawberry candies to real strawberries

 

[Beyond Black]

Ethos TWE-1 is your Huckleberry.

Pete Thorn could sell Joe Bonamassa a Gorilla.

 

[Goat]

If you're into clean to mean with guitar volume, it's perfect. I'll never sell mine. To me, it feels/sounds like my old Marshall plexi amps. With it's output impedance specs, you can plug this straight into a power amp. I've owned quite a few MIAB pedals, and this beats them all. Excellent representation here...

If you don't own one, you're just plain wrong.

 

[HeyNow]

Best bang for the buck in this territory is a Ken Fischer-modded Komet.

I had stock Komet's and have a Fischer tweaked Comet that he gave/sold directly to a best friend. The Fischer amp sounds way better. More lively - fills the room.