Hi all
Would like to know your experience using OT Hammond 125ESE regarding how it sounds.
I built several project from AX84 1 P1EX and HiOctane all of them sound too bright and "dry" sound , even after several modifications in Tone Stack caps value in circuit ,trying different speaker too
I have doubt about OT which is a chip one regardings other brands.
Welcome to your comments and experiments
Best Regards to All
experience using OT Hammond 125ESE
- bilbo_moria
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Hi parys,
Sorry, I have only tried the hammond 125ESE, but other members of the G5 team are currently testing a french OT, so maybe they will have a position about how this new OT sounds compared to hammond.
I suppose you tried a conjonctive filter just before the OT to darken a little the sound ?
Did you try heyboer transformers ? Many guys seem to say they are far away from hammond in terms of sound ...
Sorry, I have only tried the hammond 125ESE, but other members of the G5 team are currently testing a french OT, so maybe they will have a position about how this new OT sounds compared to hammond.
I suppose you tried a conjonctive filter just before the OT to darken a little the sound ?
Did you try heyboer transformers ? Many guys seem to say they are far away from hammond in terms of sound ...
Well I didn't use one, but it seems that the ESE is better suited to guitar amps than the older SE version. I also read that Andy Fuchs uses this tranny in his Fuchs Lucky 7 amp which sounds reaaally good !
Hammonds don't have a good reputation in Marshall type circuits whose sound rely on pushing the poweramp, but in circuits engineered with this OT in mind it shouldn't be a limiting factor regarding tone, don't you think ?
The main problem is that there is almost no choice here : the AX84/Heyboer is virtually unavaible for Europeans, and I don't know any other single ended OT in Europe ? By the way that's why the soon to be released third version of the G5 kit will use a custom wound OT able to withstand a KT88 !
Now we're talkin'
Hammonds don't have a good reputation in Marshall type circuits whose sound rely on pushing the poweramp, but in circuits engineered with this OT in mind it shouldn't be a limiting factor regarding tone, don't you think ?
The main problem is that there is almost no choice here : the AX84/Heyboer is virtually unavaible for Europeans, and I don't know any other single ended OT in Europe ? By the way that's why the soon to be released third version of the G5 kit will use a custom wound OT able to withstand a KT88 !
Now we're talkin'