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Inspired by the fabled "Trainwreck Express"
vintage amp, The Fuchs Train 45 has a host
of sweet spots -- a stellar clean tone --
fat, with tons of low-end response, plenty
of midrange and gorgeous high-end sparkle.
The Train's tone controls are extremely
responsive, touch-sensitivity is phenomenal
and note-separation is also nice. The bright
switch produces tones from bassy to shrill.
Gain control adjustments achieve punchy,
loud, blues tone on up to great rock tones. |
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Train Forty-Five, Lucky-7 and Blackjack-21
are single channel non master style amps
with a more rock and roll attitude than the
Fuchs ODS and TDS amps. This new series of
amps offers that rock and roll tone and
attitude in varying power levels. All models
share a similar “in your face” attitude, at
different power levels. The top-model in the
series is the Train-45 -- a traditional
“wreck-style” amp that has both the EL-34
power and attitude to drag off to a gig and
shake some people up. This amp is clean to
mean from both the guitar volume control and
your hands, a simple, short signal path for
maximum speedy response and hand-to-speaker
transfer, and just plain simple to “grab and
go.” The Train-45 has the basic 3-gain stage
circuit topology of the original Trainwreck
Express but enhanced by a few modern touches:
Audiophile style circuit techniques bring
out the best in any tube circuit. Guitar
amps are no different. The Train-45 starts
with an audiophile style high voltage
storage system. Instead of using single
large capacitors, the Train-45 has a group
of smaller capacitors in a bank. By using a
bank of these smaller capacitors ganged
together to produce one large capacitance,
you end up with a power supply that is both
forceful yet agile. One that holds lots of
energy for transients yet can respond
quickly to each and every note.
The amp is laid out on a heavy fiberglass
two-sided circuit board. The power and
preamp tubes are off the board on premium
grade sockets. Extremely wide and heavy
traces were used to emulate a hard-wired amp.
Andy Fuchs made constant comparisons to both
real Wrecks, many of the so-called
Wreck-clones, and to his own hard-wired
prototypes.
Like the high-end ODS and TDS Fuchs® amps it
shares much of the same premium metal work
including an aircraft grade aluminum
chassis, and a cooling fan.
The Train-45® features a unique train logo
with an LED “headlight”, which is
super-bright and will never need replacement!
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Cabinet: 10.5 deep, 8” tall, 18” wide
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Weight: 35 lbs
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Cabinet Material: 7-Ply Birch
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Covering: Tolex
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Power tubes: 2 X EL-34/6CA7. (6V6’s may
be used for reduced power) Preamp tubes:
3 X 12AX7
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Controls: 3-position brite switch brite/flat/dark.
Gain, high, mid, low, presence.
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Rear panel: IEC Detachable power cord,
fuse holder, AC and Standby switches. 4,
8, 16-ohm outputs (one each)
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Rated Power: 35 watts clean 45 watts
peak with EL-34/6CA7’s 6v6’s provide
approximately 22 watts of power
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