thegame
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$540 CAN is probably a few weeks worth of cigarettes to you.Who is the error?
Your rebuilt Marshall, or you?
A battle of the Larrys
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novosibir
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Yes, I felt your pain - really!
But I hadn't felt that your pain was so great
And someone like that accuses me of being 'childish'
Look in the mirror if you want to see a childish old man!
Speeddemon
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Without trying to stir the pot with all the other back and forths going on in this thread, I'm actually curious why an amp-builder who has knowledge of amp circuitry would say this?
Did Howard Dumble use some -now- unobtanium parts?
I mean, I'm sure the guy was good and all, but at the end of the day, it's still electronics, right? Not 'actual magic'? But something that could possibly be reverse-engineered...
Disfigured
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I’m more concerned with how may packs of cigs my amps smoked. At 10 to 12 cigs a day (probably a gross underestimate) considering how long it takes for him to build an amp, and the rest of the time he’s probably smoking with the components just sitting there in the room with him, I’m sure that really bodes well for the longevity of the components.
japetus
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They don't make crystal lattice like they used to
SBlue
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That's funny, because, at least five times, during the 18 months wait for my Dino and four years waiting for my British Purist, you have used your poor health as an excuse to keep delaying the delivery. You even mentioned multiple times you had ended up in the hospital for weeks, and that was one of the reasons why you was so behind your amp delivery dates. You even sent me a picture of your crashed BMW, and said it happened while you blacked out while driving, due to your high blood pressure and poor eye site?How do you come to these beliefs?
- didn't you get your Jon Schaffer Signature preamp in 2011?
- did you not get your Dino 939 in 2016 either?
(By the way, the best sounding Dino's ever (rev 2.8) and actually sound even better than the best sounding Dino of Jon Schaffer's 5 Dino's)
- or did your crystal ball tell you that? Then you'd better take it to customer service!
Let me remind you: My name is not Mark, my name is Larry
So far, EVERYONE has gotten their amp from me - and that won't change in the future.
There is also a reason why I now stated my previously (admittedly) overly optimistic delivery time of 18 months or 2 years as 4 years, not only because of the additional flood of new orders - and now specify 4 years & 6 months.
Btw: Thank you very much, my dear Disfigured, for spreading new rumors!
I always knew it: You and your beliefs are irreplaceable
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Then I would like to take this opportunity to say a few words about the fears and rumors of the raunchers and grumblers who fear that I might no longer be able to deliver my last orders due to my premature death due to my age and the long delivery times:
I just have to laugh about something like that and I'll tell you why, because I'll definitely be building amps for another 12 to 15 years and, despite my slightly advanced age, I won't die until 25 years at the earliest - unless accidentally a F35 drops on my head, or I'll sign up as a mercenary on the Russian-Ukrainian war front:
I live and eat absolutely healthily, eat exclusively organic or Demeter products and hardly eat any meat. I also completely avoid sugar and white flour in my diet and do about 2 hours of exercise 2 to 3 times a week. In addition, there are frequent brisk walks lasting up to 3 hours.
Moreover - I don't drink any alcohol and don't consume any drugs with the exception of 10 to 12 cigarettes a day.
I'm not overweight (BMI = 24.4), have a blood pressure like a teenager (average 130/85), no heart problems, no diabetes - and I'm not impotent (I'm not allowed to become either, otherwise my teenage girlfriend will run away from me)
In addition, I constantly supply myself with plenty of high-quality nutritional supplements. To name just a few examples:
Vitamin D3/K2MK7
Vitamin C from acerola cherry & magnesium citrate
Vitamin B complex & extra vitamin B12
Omega 3 fatty acids (from algae, not fish)
Zeolite, taurine, MSM (organic sulfur)
Selenium, boron, glutathione, R-alpha lipoic acid
Nattokinase, Astaxanthin, Coenzyme Q10
and some more...
And of course I have my blood values checked every 3 months to avoid overdosing on one of these substances.
Some more facts*:
Last summer I went to a pulmonologist to have my lungs checked because of my cigarette use. The results:
- My lung volume is 94% of an average non-smoker's of my body weight
- My lung capacity is 91% of an average non-smoker of my body weight and age
- There are no signs of possible onset of lung cancer
And all this despite the fact that I have been a smoker for almost 50 years.
Apparently God blessed me with good genes?
Three months ago I went to an orthopedist to have my bone density measured. The results:
- My spine has a bone density of that of an average 35 year old
- My thigh bones and pelvis have the bone density of an average 28 year old
The orthopedist finally said that I would never have to repeat this examination again for the rest of my life, as good as my bone density is - and I wouldn't have to worry about breaking my femur neck or anything like that if I fell down the stairs.
Otherwise, I'm in perfect health and don't need any medication for or against anything.
(*) Since everyone can say a lot about himself, but others who are far away cannot verify this, I tell you that I can prove all of this through research reports.
But not in the way that I post these documents publicly here in the forum...
... but by sending these for example to alund (he is a doctor/surgeon) - and he could then confirm what I had said here
So tell me again that someone has to worry about not getting his amp anymore because I might die prematurely
In fact, I would be very surprised if I didn't live to see the year 2050 or even 2055
Why is your health so shitty when asked about the delivery delays, which are the worst in amp making history, but you insist in saying you're the healthiest guy on earth, when you try to calm down people that you took their money and get more deposits from more clients?
thegame
Well-known member
Again, for good measure! I dare you Larry to answer that.
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SpiderWars
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In the post where he said that he linked an earlier post where he said:
So the Bludo apparently was close enough. And many of those guys did “reverse-engineer” at least one Dumble but still didn’t measure up. I don’t know if Larry built/sold any Dumble clones but I guess I’d be surprised if he didn’t built it at least once just to try it.
But he did/does build Trainwreck
I’m glad I love Marshalls, those are easy to clone.
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thegame
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Not true. Disfigured got his 440 Euro back after a 5 year battle. That gives me hope. And not to mention the other RT members here currently waiting for amps. It would be a disservice to them if Larry was banned.
novosibir
Well-known member
No, he used commercially available components, not even NOS components, like I sometimes do.
I also had Dumbles in the house where he had installed Fender (Schumacher) transformers and not his own.
He also hadn't used purple colored cables that are bent during the full moon, which are supposed to keep werewolves away
But there's something else that many even well-known amp designers either don't know or simply ignore because they think it's insignificant anyway.
It is the countless electromagnetic fields inside high-resistance tube circuits that can influence each other both positively and negatively - and in order to take this into account, you not only have to know which component is more of a transmitter and which is more of a receiver. The same applies to all cables inside the amp...
... so you not only have to know how to arrange the components on the board according to the existing circuit diagram and at what distances from each other, but you also have to know how to optimally design the lead dress in order to achieve your desired result - even when some cables may appear ugly or unprofessional due to their routing.
You won't find these insights in any of the numerous books about 'building tube amps' that have now been published, instead, it's a sweaty and a long 'trial and error' phase until you understand how things work
HAD got it, Ken Fisher got it, and only very very few of other amp designers got it yet
Speeddemon
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Well, I did read that post, but I read it in a 'all the guys that tried so far failed'...but to have an amp builder say 'it can't be done'...well, that tickles my engineering fancy, because then I wonder 'okay...but why not then?'
FYI, it's not a sound I'm chasing at all... I had some pedals in the past that were suggested to be in that low gain break-up, smooth realm, but I didn't really care for it.
I recently built a PedalPCB Thermionic Deluxe (Friedman BE-OD Deluxe clone) and I haven't enjoyed a 9V distortion pedal that much since...ever.
And for awhile I owned the original Friedman pedal, so I could compare the two; really close, but I had to substitute 2 caps, because of size constraints, resulting that my version has slightly thicker/rounder mids than the Friedman. Otherwise, same gain character, same low level of noise, etc.
shredi knight
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Ok, I think I figured it out (kind of obvious, really) :
And I do apologize, as it seems that your headstone has been further defaced by these damn taggers. I will get to the bottom of who's behind this vandalism. Perhaps it's the same group of people who keep breaking into Anomaly's place.
Disfigured
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I mean the list goes on and on.
He needs to compensate Thegame, maybe start refunding deposits. Once customers start not getting amps at their deadlines and he ghosts them, maybe they can join Thegame and start a class action lawsuit against him. He says he has a lot of money, and I know he has a lot of NOS tubes. Get him before he moves to Siberia.
Or…
He can do the right thing, get his shit in order, make things right with everyone now, post an apology for misleading everyone, and self-ban.
Who am I kidding?! The malignant narcissist will never admit that he did anything wrong.
Proven time and time again he’s not reputable, not willing to reconcile, still collecting deposits from customers, posting misleading wait times and making secret deals to jump the line. Falsely threatening legal suits for things to which he clearly has no legal standing. And now add to that, with the NATAS fiasco that he is too much of a complete pussy to answer to, it looks like he intentionally defamed another amp builder and lied about having proof, misleading the entire rig-talk community.
I mean the list goes on and on.
He needs to compensate Thegame, maybe start refunding deposits. Once customers start not getting amps at their deadlines and he ghosts them, maybe they can join Thegame and start a class action lawsuit against him. He says he has a lot of money, and I know he has a lot of NOS tubes. Get him before he moves to Siberia.
Or…
He can do the right thing, get his shit in order, make things right with everyone now, post an apology for misleading everyone, and self-ban.
Who am I kidding?! The malignant narcissist will never admit that he did anything wrong.
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OldGtrGuy
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These sound really good.
Disfigured
Active member
I don’t think my shits are small enough to go down that drain, a few trips to Taco Bell should do the trick.
thegame
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Hilariously waiting for the inevitable Larry quote, "as a result of this libelous thread, I still received 5 new orders. Orders which I'm currently not accepting but actually accepting. You see, my closed wait list grows by 3 months every time I mention it, even though it's closed". Just like last time and the time before that.
novosibir
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I’m glad I love Marshalls, those are easy to clone.
No, not correct.
Even many orig. Marshall amps especially from during the 70' and 80' have driver stage & power stage oscillating due to a suboptimal lead dress.
The reason, why some of them are so much bity trebly w/o balls and others from the same ear are juicy and punchy.
I've had already uncounted old Marshalls on my bench only for optimizing the lead dress, no mod.
novosibir
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Yes, after Ken Fisher (RIP) had passed away long ago and nobody could build a comparable clone.
But I didn't adorn myself with someone else's feathers, instead I published the following: