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by MikeC
Fri Mar 08, 2024 11:37 am
Forum: Show us yer gear
Topic: Partscaster tele
Replies: 12
Views: 828

Re: Partscaster tele

werdna wrote: Fri Mar 08, 2024 10:09 am
MikeC wrote: Thu Mar 07, 2024 1:47 pm Nice! Did you spray nitro?
2 pot poly, very thin.
It looks like a great job.
by MikeC
Thu Mar 07, 2024 2:02 pm
Forum: DIY BUILD YOUR OWN - Guitars
Topic: DIY Tunable Pickup
Replies: 2
Views: 392

Re: DIY Tunable Pickup

More on that AC10 SRT "reverb" from the "Vox Showroom" website... The AC10SRT used the infamous Vox crystal phono cartridge based reverb pan. Tom Jennings, the president of Vox, resented having to pay the $1 per amp licensing fee charged by Hammond Accutronics fee for the use of ...
by MikeC
Thu Mar 07, 2024 1:56 pm
Forum: Amp Talk
Topic: Electrical Audio's Garnet B.T.O.
Replies: 3
Views: 249

Re: Electrical Audio's Garnet B.T.O.

Hollow wrote: Thu Mar 07, 2024 10:28 am I thought his was a really interesting amp, and hopefully a cool ongoing series for gear dorks.

What a unique amp, that "Stinger cct" sustains forever!
by MikeC
Thu Mar 07, 2024 1:47 pm
Forum: Show us yer gear
Topic: Partscaster tele
Replies: 12
Views: 828

Re: Partscaster tele

Nice! Did you spray nitro?
by MikeC
Thu Mar 07, 2024 12:37 pm
Forum: DIY BUILD YOUR OWN - Guitars
Topic: DIY Tunable Pickup
Replies: 2
Views: 392

Re: DIY Tunable Pickup

Interesting concept, like a fluence or similar I guess... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aojyjsl3MI Here's an interesting tidbit - back in the Sixties Vox invented their own spring reverb unit using a ceramic record cartridge at each end driving a springy wire thingy. It was used in the Vox AC10 ...
by MikeC
Tue Mar 05, 2024 7:56 pm
Forum: GAS
Topic: Forums have been slow, how about a 'In the mail' thread?
Replies: 12051
Views: 1607736

Re: Forums have been slow, how about a 'In the mail' thread?

Aquila Rossa wrote: Tue Mar 05, 2024 7:54 pm
MikeC wrote: Tue Mar 05, 2024 7:40 pm Have you got transformers, valve bases etc?
None of that yet. Just doing the turret board for now. If the nephew is keen after that, I'll look at ordering everything else.
Good luck!
by MikeC
Tue Mar 05, 2024 7:40 pm
Forum: GAS
Topic: Forums have been slow, how about a 'In the mail' thread?
Replies: 12051
Views: 1607736

Re: Forums have been slow, how about a 'In the mail' thread?

Have you got transformers, valve bases etc?
by MikeC
Tue Mar 05, 2024 7:28 pm
Forum: GAS
Topic: Forums have been slow, how about a 'In the mail' thread?
Replies: 12051
Views: 1607736

Re: Forums have been slow, how about a 'In the mail' thread?

I've built this one and have full schematics etc - the Trinity "Custom Plexi". I included VRM. But I think you need to have experience, especially for power up/testing etc. Custom Plexi The Marshall 1959 Super Lead was made famous by: Townsend, Clapton, Hendrix, Young, Van Halen, Page, Gib...
by MikeC
Tue Mar 05, 2024 5:31 pm
Forum: GAS
Topic: Forums have been slow, how about a 'In the mail' thread?
Replies: 12051
Views: 1607736

Re: Forums have been slow, how about a 'In the mail' thread?

I've built a few of these and have used a standard Plexi chassis. Which actual model is the amp?
by MikeC
Tue Mar 05, 2024 5:29 pm
Forum: DIY - BUILD YOUR OWN Amps
Topic: MikeC Sixty-One SRT
Replies: 123
Views: 209941

Re: MikeC Sixty-One SRT

Slowy wrote: Tue Mar 05, 2024 5:08 pm
MikeC wrote: Tue Mar 05, 2024 1:23 pm Here's v2 of the Sixty-One SRT amp badge designed & 3D printed by bobiron.
I'm very pleased with this and it's a keeper!
Thanks again Bob.
Paint the base line black. It'll really make it pop. :thumbup:
Hmmm, food for thought.
by MikeC
Tue Mar 05, 2024 1:23 pm
Forum: DIY - BUILD YOUR OWN Amps
Topic: MikeC Sixty-One SRT
Replies: 123
Views: 209941

Re: MikeC Sixty-One SRT

Here's v2 of the Sixty-One SRT amp badge designed & 3D printed by bobiron.
I'm very pleased with this and it's a keeper!
Thanks again Bob.
by MikeC
Fri Mar 01, 2024 11:17 am
Forum: Guitars
Topic: Return of the Gibbons shocker thread!
Replies: 937
Views: 204873

Re: Return of the Gibbons shocker thread!

JoeBlow wrote: Fri Mar 01, 2024 11:12 am
Danger Mouse wrote: Fri Mar 01, 2024 11:03 am
JoeBlow wrote: Fri Mar 01, 2024 10:54 am

Well all your sister feeds me is ramen and tofu, but her soy latte is the best.
I'll let my brother know you still think he's a woman.
Hahahaha, I got nothing after that one :lol: :clap:
"That's different, it must be the nuts" :eh: :lolno:
by MikeC
Wed Feb 28, 2024 8:23 am
Forum: DIY - BUILD YOUR OWN Amps
Topic: MikeC Sixty-One SRT
Replies: 123
Views: 209941

Re: MikeC Sixty-One SRT

Jay wrote: Wed Feb 28, 2024 7:34 am
MikeC wrote: Wed Feb 28, 2024 7:20 am
jeremyb wrote: Wed Feb 28, 2024 7:17 am Happy birthday Mike!
Thanks, I'm an OC!
It is a Gold Card, not an Old Card
2 more years baby!
by MikeC
Wed Feb 28, 2024 7:20 am
Forum: DIY - BUILD YOUR OWN Amps
Topic: MikeC Sixty-One SRT
Replies: 123
Views: 209941

Re: MikeC Sixty-One SRT

jeremyb wrote: Wed Feb 28, 2024 7:17 am Happy birthday Mike!
Thanks, I'm an OC!
by MikeC
Tue Feb 27, 2024 11:08 am
Forum: DIY - BUILD YOUR OWN Amps
Topic: MikeC Sixty-One SRT
Replies: 123
Views: 209941

Re: MikeC Sixty-One SRT

Here's the prototype of my Sixty-One SRT amp badge designed & 3D printed by bobiron. What do you think?
Lot's of skills on this forum and bobiron's a GC!

Sorry about the slight sag on the "SRT" - it's the tube rectifier I guess :)