What are Point to Point Wired amps and why are they expensive than PCB Based Tube amps?
In a Point-to-Point Handwired amp each component is connected to a tube pin or solder lug or jack. PCB Construction includes everything soldered to a PCB, including pots and tube sockets. This makes it easier and cheaper to manufacture, but harder to service and modify, and there is some question about the reliability of the PCBs holding the sockets of the extremely hot power tubes. A Hand wired point-to-point amp sounds a certain way that people like because all amplifiers in early era were built in the similar traditional way and they seem to stand the abuse of decades and have worked to the liking of the guitarists. BE3 Amplifiers utilises a specially designed Board which acts as a turret board found in amplifiers of the classic Hiwatt/Harry Joyce style or the classic Fender and “plexi” construction methods. Here although a Board is used, there are absolutely no signal traces on the PCB. This allows us to maintain the qualities of a Point-to-Point construction methods hence avoiding
