Mercury Transformers??
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limited knowledge of the subject is right. what exactly makes heyboer better than mm?
limited knowledge of the subject is right. what exactly makes heyboer better than mm?
Joey Voltage
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He was the chief designer for crate/slme in the late 80’s and 90’s. He was behind their vintage club series amongst others.
Im buying this Reason Amps SM-50 from a friend, i spoke with Obeid Khan the builder it has Heyboer Trannies and it has Tone of the Gods.
He was the chief designer for crate/slme in the late 80’s and 90’s. He was behind their vintage club series amongst others.
Joey Voltage
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The biggest difference between most of those companies quality wise is usually the bobbin material they choose to use, and the aesthetic finishing. Bobbin material is debatable from a mechanical and tone perspective as to which is better. other than that, they all mostly use the same grade of steel laminates and wire. Just like pickups, the rest lies in the wind, and how or if they choose to interleave, or how many laminates they stack, core size etc...
Most of the replacement transformers each company sells are all similar because they are trying to mimic the original with updated materials.
Also keep in mind that the transformers used in sought after vintage guitar gear would not be considered high quality by today’s standards. Most used horribly inefficient and lossy material, and were not the best of the best for their time either so that’s one thing to consider.
The biggest difference between most of those companies quality wise is usually the bobbin material they choose to use, and the aesthetic finishing. Bobbin material is debatable from a mechanical and tone perspective as to which is better. other than that, they all mostly use the same grade of steel laminates and wire. Just like pickups, the rest lies in the wind, and how or if they choose to interleave, or how many laminates they stack, core size etc...
Most of the replacement transformers each company sells are all similar because they are trying to mimic the original with updated materials.
Also keep in mind that the transformers used in sought after vintage guitar gear would not be considered high quality by today’s standards. Most used horribly inefficient and lossy material, and were not the best of the best for their time either so that’s one thing to consider.
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i got to meet obeid a few times while he was at slm, very cool guy. he built a "crate" amp for billy gibbons to use but billy wasnt feeling well so i got to sit in and use it. sounded great!! it was basically an 18w marshall in a solid pine box covered in leather and lizard skin with a crate badge on it
i got to meet obeid a few times while he was at slm, very cool guy. he built a "crate" amp for billy gibbons to use but billy wasnt feeling well so i got to sit in and use it. sounded great!! it was basically an 18w marshall in a solid pine box covered in leather and lizard skin with a crate badge on it
Joey Voltage
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Classic tones are built the same way heyboer and others are the only difference is in the business model, which lets classic tone offer a better price break on their transformers. They also nabbed some of the engineers from Schumacher when Schumacher started to go south. We worked with joe Janisch, the president of CT, to produce the first two initial project style transformers and now its a whole line.
Classic tones are built the same way heyboer and others are the only difference is in the business model, which lets classic tone offer a better price break on their transformers. They also nabbed some of the engineers from Schumacher when Schumacher started to go south. We worked with joe Janisch, the president of CT, to produce the first two initial project style transformers and now its a whole line.
Joey Voltage
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JMP/HBE
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He's also Design Engineer for MAGNATONE here in town & amp tech to the Stars ...
Nightburst
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The best will almost always cost the most.
The best will almost always cost the most.
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Where is "in town"?
Obviously Crate is STL,,,,,,,,he still in that area?
Where is "in town"?
Obviously Crate is STL,,,,,,,,he still in that area?
JMP/HBE
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