robertkoa":2fh3wnf6 said:
Wow ! I think I talked to the original developer of the Snot Watt a few years back , but sounds like Baron refined it considerably, the prototype only had 2 12aX7s and not as versatile, I remember the 12BH7 having a great sound as a push pull output section.
Are the direct sounds great into cab impulses or is there a Cab Sim on the Amp, and does it work for leads as well direct ?
Also sounds great on your Metal Track - can it do warm medium gain as well on the Modern Channel ?
Thanks - very impressive demo.
The Snott Watt was developed by a friend of mine Carl Williams about 5 years ago, the original prototype was a clean channel amp and only 2 were ever built. The Carl decided he wanted a high gain version so he and I designed the amp from the ground up all over again. I designed and tweaked the preamp section while he designed the power section and OT. Carl with Heyboer redesigned an old vintage Wright transformer which Mojotone sells to the public as an OT for 12BH7's.
Unlike other 12BH7 amps, this one is 100% all tube and no solid state components.
Yes - from Elbing Kansas, he played that for me before on the phone and I loved the 12BH7-sort of EL34 sounding but really wide bandwidth of the output section which sounds like a BIG amp but I wished for more gain - which YOU now have achieved - congratulations to both of you and I will be contacting you about one of these soon !
I recognized the name Snot Watt and remember the special Heyboer output transformer ( even though I'm not a tech ) that he had made specifically for this tube .
A brilliant engineer coupled with a brilliant amp builder and - PUFF a brilliant amp.
So direct into Cab Impulses we don't need a variable presence that rolls off a little ultra high end so there's no fizz going to the cab impulses and we still can get the output tube and full transformer sound at line level with the load resistor/ direct out ?
Well congratulations to you and Carl- so glad you got high gain out of this- may be the greatest studio /recording amp ever!
With Carl's blessing I build them on request since I had a hand in the development.
He's totally under-rated and his amps are up there with the best of em. My next amp will hopefully be a Baron B120. 
If his amps were $2,500+ they would still be worth it, but at the price he charges they're a steal!
