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I believe the circuit it identical, just the construction and quality of parts that have changed.
Build quality and attention to layout are the most important factors in amp circuit design regardless of whether they are PTP or PCB. The exact same circuit wired PTP or laid out well on PCB will sound and react the same.
IMO the massive advantage in purchasing a hand-wired Tiny Terror is that they hold their resale value far better because they are rarer. Plus you get that warm, reassuring feeling that someone has (apparently) put personal attention into building your amp.
http://proguitarshop.com/andyscorner/pcb-vs-handwired
The lack of extras I put down to being too much work - lots of hand builders include effects loops and power scaling on their amps, although they may (or may not, genuinely don't know) have a total effect.
In that article, the photo is a turret board amp, not point to point, which makes me question is pgs know what they're on about
Also, I'd have thought a well thought out pcb would have a very short distance between components as they go direct to the board, rather than needing a hand-workable length of wire to sort.
But again, this is me just looking at pictures of the various construction methods. I suspect pcbs may have more noise if the tracks are too close together? I've heard that lead dress is very important for noise, and a well made hand wired amp could definitely have an advantage there.
Maybe @icbm can help - I want a hand wired amp, but mostly because I know I can spec the amp myself and guarantee that it's well built by a chap who's very skilled.
The lead distance between components isn't directly relevant, although the physical separation between them can be, because it introduces capacitance. PCB does tend to have smaller separation between traces, which can affect the sound (and is sometimes deliberately used to do so), but if you laid out a PCB with narrow widely-separated traces like wires, that wouldn't apply.
A really good example are the Marshalls made in 1973, when they changed from turret-board to PCB, using the same circuit and components. They sound the same, allowing for the fact that they're quite variable anyway! You can't tell from the outside by listening whether a particular one is turret or PCB.
I don't doubt the hand-wired Terror sounds better than the stock one, but it's not just because it's hand wired, it's most likely because the components are better.
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Turret board*.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein