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Completed Tweed Deluxe for Laurie!

Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2019 3:57 pm
by Bg
Handles finally turned up, been in Auckland since last thursday but only arrived in my office yesterday afternoon. WTF?

So here you go, it has some special features that Mike probably needs to talk about, but its my standard knotty pine cab with dovetail joints. Genuwhine tweed which is tinted and finished in Bullseye Shellac. Speaker is a Warehouse G12Q.

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Re: Completed Tweed Deluxe for Laurie!

Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2019 4:11 pm
by Molly
Some real talent and top-blokeness on display there. :thumbup:

Re: Completed Tweed Deluxe for Laurie!

Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2019 4:17 pm
by k1w1
Oh my, that is a real nice job guys. That wiring looks super tidy Mike, and the cabinet WOW. Can't wait to get my hands on it :clap:

Re: Completed Tweed Deluxe for Laurie!

Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2019 4:28 pm
by Conway
Looks like a twin brother to mine (speaker is the only thing different). I'm sure you'll enjoy it Laurie.

Re: Completed Tweed Deluxe for Laurie!

Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2019 4:37 pm
by Bg
Does yours have the variable voltage scaling? That seems to work quite well - just had a very quick play to test its still working after putting everything together.

Re: Completed Tweed Deluxe for Laurie!

Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2019 5:00 pm
by codedog
That looks EPIC!

What's the variable voltage scaling thing?

Re: Completed Tweed Deluxe for Laurie!

Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2019 5:01 pm
by Conway
Bg wrote:Does yours have the variable voltage scaling? That seems to work quite well - just had a very quick play to test its still working after putting everything together.
Yep, it does. And the mini toggle between Tone and Volume to reduce gain.

Re: Completed Tweed Deluxe for Laurie!

Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2019 5:07 pm
by Bg
Conway wrote:
Bg wrote:Does yours have the variable voltage scaling? That seems to work quite well - just had a very quick play to test its still working after putting everything together.
Yep, it does. And the mini toggle between Tone and Volume to reduce gain.
Your neighbours will be happy(er) ;)

Re: Completed Tweed Deluxe for Laurie!

Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2019 5:11 pm
by Conway
Bg wrote:
Conway wrote:
Bg wrote:Does yours have the variable voltage scaling? That seems to work quite well - just had a very quick play to test its still working after putting everything together.
Yep, it does. And the mini toggle between Tone and Volume to reduce gain.
Your neighbours will be happy(er) ;)
There has been a truce for some months now...

Re: Completed Tweed Deluxe for Laurie!

Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2019 5:14 pm
by Bg
Mine still haven't figured out the bell push by the security gate is not connected to anything :)

Re: Completed Tweed Deluxe for Laurie!

Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2019 7:13 pm
by MikeC
codedog wrote:That looks EPIC!

What's the variable voltage scaling thing?
The amp's B+ (high voltage DC) can be varied with a knob on the faceplate from about 80V up to the max (around 375V on these amps). It works like a master volume except better as all the gain stages in the amp, the PI & the power tubes continue to do their "thing" (distortion/compression). So nice breakup/power-tube distortion at controllable volume. To my knowledge you can only use "global" power scaling on totally cathode-biased amps like the 5E3. But it can be used on the pre-amp section & PI of a fixed bias amp (e.g. Deluxe Reverb) but I've never tried it.

Re: Completed Tweed Deluxe for Laurie!

Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2019 7:18 pm
by MikeC
Conway wrote:Looks like a twin brother to mine (speaker is the only thing different). I'm sure you'll enjoy it Laurie.
What speaker did you end up with?

Re: Completed Tweed Deluxe for Laurie!

Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2019 7:21 pm
by MikeC
k1w1 wrote:Oh my, that is a real nice job guys. That wiring looks super tidy Mike, and the cabinet WOW. Can't wait to get my hands on it :clap:
I really hope you enjoy it Laurie. And you can sit and rest your leg on it when you're tired of playing through it (or do both at the same time) :mrgreen:

Re: Completed Tweed Deluxe for Laurie!

Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2019 8:15 pm
by Cdog
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Re: Completed Tweed Deluxe for Laurie!

Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2019 7:20 am
by calling card
Nice extra touch with the label pasted inside the cab. All my Ryan ones are incognito 8)