Who was/is doing the Herzog reissue?

Jeff Flowerday said:

I have a buddy in town who pickuped up one last year? Anyone know?

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Last I heard, Gar Gillies was building them himself, for select customers only. Can't remember where I read that. Last one I saw was a 2002 (reissue III). I don't know who has been building them since then. I'd love to get my hands on one.

zdogma said:

Last I heard, Gar Gillies was building them himself, for select customers only. Can't remember where I read that. Last one I saw was a 2002 (reissue III). I don't know who has been building them since then. I'd love to get my hands on one.

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I think someone got the rights in the last couple years. I don't know if Gar was well enough to continue.

Gar had been building a few here and there, the new ones were called the H-Zog (slightly modified version of the original). They are tough to find and most people that have them don't want to part with them.

How crazy/difficult would it be to convert an Epi Valve Jr head into a Herzog??

Herzogs are really a simple little amp(alot like a champ or a garnet gnome). What they boil down to is an amp with a modified output turning it more into a headphone jack than a speaker output. I've been thinking seriously about building one to try it out. The biggest part is duplicating the circuit values that Gar used. They use a 6v6 for a power tube.

The modified output allows you to plug the Herzog into another amp without causing any problems normally associated with doing this.

Could you do that by changing the OT on let say the valve Junior attenuating the signal to a lineout or headphone signal ????

PaulS said:

Could you do that by changing the OT on let say the valve Junior attenuating the signal to a lineout or headphone signal ????

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It's not so much that you have to change the OT itself. The original Herzog (which is what I am referring to, not the H-Zog of later years) used a Hammond 145 series OT. The OT on a Herzog has a load resistor (6ohm 10 watt) and a 1meg pot (to adjust the output), and then into a DPDT switch (to add or remove the Herzog from the circuit).

Any small amp could be modified to work like a Herzog, it would just be a matter of playing around with the load resistor values etc, to match your circuit. The original Herzogs didn't have a footswitch to turn it on or off, but it could be added fairly easily.