Henning Amps Bottle Rocket Head Cab Revealed

[PBGas]

I like it! Nicely done!!!

 

[PeteLaramee]

That looks great Steve. I still haven't tried the CB yet, now you have another one I'm jonesing to try.

 

[Atropos_Project]

I like it. Very nice work!

 

[rottingcorpse]

Always amazed at your eye for design. Classy as I have seen.

 

[Anonymous]

Oh hell yeah. Nice Headshells!

They look beefy as fuck even tho the amp is smaller than the mothership.

Thanks man! - yeah going for a really beefy head case for this one.

Steve

 

[Anonymous]

Always amazed at your eye for design. Classy as I have seen.

Much appreciated!

Steve

 

[Anonymous]

That looks great Steve. I still haven't tried the CB yet, now you have another one I'm jonesing to try.

Man, I hope you get to play one someday...

Steve

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks to all who checked it out!

Steve

 

[jcmlespaul]

Love the look of the amps stacked on top of each other...hmmmm. Great work Steve!

 

[Bob Savage]

Dig it.

 

[JerEvil]

Looks so darn classy! Love it!

 

[Beyond Black]

Looks awesome, Steve. I acquired the triple black Cherry Bomb in a trade a few weeks ago and I love it. The Plex channel gets truly authentic Plexi tones and cleans up so well with the volume knob. Also higher gain plexi tones with the saturation switch. The Rod channel also retains some of that Plex channel tone and fatness, but with a ton of available gain. It's not the tightest amp, but it's so fat and thick sounding. And so warm. When I want to tighten it up, I'll set the gain to 12-1 o'clock and clean boost it with an OD-9 and it gets tight and pretty vicious. Insanely versatile amp. Everything from Plexi to brootz, it's a wicked amp.And it's goddamned gorgeous to look at also. Nicely done, sir.

 

[Anonymous]

Looks awesome, Steve. I acquired the triple black Cherry Bomb in a trade a few weeks ago and I love it. The Plex channel gets truly authentic Plexi tones and cleans up so well with the volume knob. Also higher gain plexi tones with the saturation switch. The Rod channel also retains some of that Plex channel tone and fatness, but with a ton of available gain. It's not the tightest amp, but it's so fat and thick sounding. And so warm. When I want to tighten it up, I'll set the gain to 12-1 o'clock and clean boost it with an OD-9 and it gets tight and pretty vicious. Insanely versatile amp. Everything from Plexi to brootz, it's a wicked amp.And it's goddamned gorgeous to look at also. Nicely done, sir.

That make my day, man! Glad you are diggin' the Bomb!

Steve

 

[hstlaurent]

Look nice! Can't wait to hear it.

 

[TrueTone500]

Meh... You could have done better.

1. The cabinet is too thick for the size/weight of the amp... It looks like a cross between a Mojave and a Zinky.
2. The red transformers looked awful at first, but they do follow the theme... I'm undecided here.
3. The "Henning Amplification" chassis logo is too large.
4. The "Bottle Rocket" logo appears cartoonish.
5. The distance between the switch function indicators vs the actual switches is too great.
6. The control panel texture is wrong for the amp, and the Marshall Jubilee knobs don't blend properly with the overall design.

1. The cabinet design has to go! Please use a downsized Cherry Bomb cabinet design.
2. The transformers can stay, I guess... I'd prefer the hammered grey/silver Radiospares type housings.
3. Reduce the Henning chassis logo by 50%.
4. Redesign the BR logo, or shit-can it altogether. (I know a guy that can design you an improved logo - free of charge.)
5. Close the distance between the switch and switch indicators.
6. For the front (and rear) chassis control panel, I recommend a plexiglass panel w/silver backing/black lettering (see Mojave Dirty Boy), and chicken-head style knobs. Toss around ideas for backing colors and fonts... Anything would look better than matte black.

For the Henning "Sparkler", I recommend using silver sparkle as base color theme. IMO, it should be the base color scheme of all Henning products. Black powder coated chassis all-around.

"They may have aluminum, antimony, titanium and other metals added for sparks or flash effects..."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salute_(pyrotechnics)

 

[Anonymous]

Meh... You could have done better.

Ya always can... However, you also can never please everyone, so, ya gotta please yourself...

1. The cabinet is too thick for the size/weight of the amp... It looks like a cross between a Mojave and a Zinky.
1. The cabinet design has to go! Please use a downsized Cherry Bomb cabinet design.

I don't see how a cab could ever be too beefy... I really dig it anyway... BTW - how do you know how much the amp weighs?

2. The red transformers looked awful at first, but they do follow the theme... I'm undecided here.
2. The transformers can stay, I guess... I'd prefer the hammered grey/silver Radiospares type housings.

I like the red ones...

3. The "Henning Amplification" chassis logo is too large.
3. Reduce the Henning chassis logo by 50%.

Looks fine to me, but you are entitled to your opinion.

4. The "Bottle Rocket" logo appears cartoonish.
4. Redesign the BR logo, or shit-can it altogether. (I know a guy that can design you an improved logo - free of charge.)

The logo appears cartoonish, because it's a cartoon. Once again, I dig it... Some will, some won't...

5. The distance between the switch function indicators vs the actual switches is too great.
5. Close the distance between the switch and switch indicators.

Already covered this... the switches are not all at the same height... The switch indicators are already as close as I want them to the SOLO and LOOP switches...

6. The control panel texture is wrong for the amp, and the Marshall Jubilee knobs don't blend properly with the overall design.
6. For the front (and rear) chassis control panel, I recommend a plexiglass panel w/silver backing/black lettering (see Mojave Dirty Boy), and chicken-head style knobs. Toss around ideas for backing colors and fonts... Anything would look better than matte black.

I disagree. Not interested in plexiglass panels... I dig the silkscreened chassis thing...

For the Henning "Sparkler", I recommend using silver sparkle as base color theme. IMO, it should be the base color scheme of all Henning products. Black powder coated chassis all-around.

There is no Henning Sparkler...
Steve

 

[TrueTone500]

There is no Henning Sparkler...

Not yet, but there will be... I know just know it. A switchable 7/15 watt cathode bias, foot switchable two channel, foot switchable effects loop, and a 16 Ohm Alnico driver.

Make it happen.

 

[Beyond Black]

Wow, Truetone is just full of swell ideas. Perhaps he should start his own amp company and show Steve how it's done.....

 

[yngzaklynch]

I like it... A lot!

 

[JerEvil]

Well Steve, I for one am totally geeked about spending time with this piss poor designed amp! Nice sparkler!