Whats on your amp workbench?
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Re: Whats on your amp workbench?
The excitement is really building now.
I have a Princeton clone in a small box and 8 inch speaker (the MPC one) and it is great for home use. Really nice tone. The guy (Mike I think) got them made in China then swapped out some parts for better ones. It has served me well.
I have a Princeton clone in a small box and 8 inch speaker (the MPC one) and it is great for home use. Really nice tone. The guy (Mike I think) got them made in China then swapped out some parts for better ones. It has served me well.
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That's not me (but he has the same first and last initial as me) - he's built alot of amps and you regularly see them on TM.k1w1 wrote:The excitement is really building now.
I have a Princeton clone in a small box and 8 inch speaker (the MPC one) and it is great for home use. Really nice tone. The guy (Mike I think) got them made in China then swapped out some parts for better ones. It has served me well.
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All good, never realised he had same initials until your post! Just thought I'd clarify it.
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Re: Whats on your amp workbench?
Update on Laurie's build - his 5E3 chassis turned up today so made some more progress this arvo/evening.
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tweed arrived today also! No sign of bloody handles yet - can't be far away.
So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.
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This was my weekend task. I obtained this a year or so back from Dave, my intention was that I would rehouse it and it would be my main amp. I don't have the original pics - maybe dave has. It was in a serviceable yet remarkably ugly housing. Perfectly gigable. I can take pics of the remaining wreckage lol.... Looking at the ampeg badge it was probably a combo originally.
Anyway, I ended up doing the helix thing and then making cabs for everyone else and never quite got around to making one for the ampeg. Consequently it filled with sawdust and I had to blow everything (oh-err) out with compressed air, and then clean all the jack sockets properly etc.
So here it is, in my extremely cramped office now due to bass amp. Need to do a little refinement on the corners yet but its pretty bloody good
Anyway, I ended up doing the helix thing and then making cabs for everyone else and never quite got around to making one for the ampeg. Consequently it filled with sawdust and I had to blow everything (oh-err) out with compressed air, and then clean all the jack sockets properly etc.
So here it is, in my extremely cramped office now due to bass amp. Need to do a little refinement on the corners yet but its pretty bloody good
So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.
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Update on Laurie's 5E3 build - she's alive! Initial testing underway with my dim bulb tester and variac. Mains capacitors formed and open circuit B+ about where it should be. I won't install the VVR (for global power scaling) until I've installed all the valves and finished testing. That'll do for tonight.
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Update on Laurie's 5E3 build - finished and tested yeeha Just needs to be installed in her new home - a Tweed Deluxe combo cab by BG.
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And my handle delivery is now in the country Tweeding and shellac will be finished by the time nzpost put them on my desk - bish bash bosh!
So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.
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Re: Whats on your amp workbench?
Mike Clayton wrote:Update on Laurie's 5E3 build - finished and tested yeeha Just needs to be installed in her new home - a Tweed Deluxe combo cab by BG.
Tidy as!
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Mikes builds are pretty much perfect - I've not seen anything hand wired as good.jvpp wrote:Mike Clayton wrote:Update on Laurie's 5E3 build - finished and tested yeeha Just needs to be installed in her new home - a Tweed Deluxe combo cab by BG.
Tidy as!
So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.
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BG, your tweed cabs are a hard act to follow!
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meh, always something to improve upon
Lauries cab is now tweeded, and the first few coats of shellac are on there Lovely spring weather in auckland, let me get about 3 or 4 coats of shellac on there
Speaker is now bolted to the baffle. Not much to go except for a few more coats tomorrow, sliders on the bottom and handle on the top I know sliders aren't to everyones taste but they are traditional. Happy to put bloody big doorstops on or anything people want
Lauries cab is now tweeded, and the first few coats of shellac are on there Lovely spring weather in auckland, let me get about 3 or 4 coats of shellac on there
Speaker is now bolted to the baffle. Not much to go except for a few more coats tomorrow, sliders on the bottom and handle on the top I know sliders aren't to everyones taste but they are traditional. Happy to put bloody big doorstops on or anything people want
So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.