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But I’m also building one too.

Brown channel from the Bogner Fish married to an improved 2204 power section.

Finished drilling all of the top holes today and mounted the transformers, choke, caps, board, and tube sockets.

I have a local laser engraver shop making the front and rear plates, and once those are done, I’ll drill out the front and rear.

Guacamole!

Amp build battle!

I think Duncan has me beat here. My 'amp building' is just color by numbers following a layout.

That said, I might beat him on the cab building front so we'll see.

_ej_ wrote:I think Duncan has me beat here. My 'amp building' is just color by numbers following a layout.

That said, I might beat him on the cab building front so we'll see.

Oh absolutely you will. Mines going to be jank af

Woa... that looks cool and clean as shit dude... impressed. Can't wait to hear this thing

Curious about the layout - do you think hum will be an issue with having longer leads to/from the tubes?

damn thats clean

Hipster Salad wrote:Curious about the layout - do you think hum will be an issue with having longer leads to/from the tubes?

To the preamp tubes? Possibly. I plan on using shielded cable for anything connected to a grid, but if I have to move the board some, it wouldn’t be the end of the world.

Sensual af

Devin wrote:Sensual af

Ha well it may look nice, but let's see if it sounds good or not.

It lives!

Still need to tweak it some (my voltages are pretty off still), but it sounds like it should.

Very cool! I don't have those skills so that makes it even cooler. Sounds good too.

Had a Fish modded Randall module for a while and it sounded great. Interested in hearing the final revision.

duncan wrote:It lives!

Still need to tweak it some (my voltages are pretty off still), but it sounds like it should.

Holy fuck dude. You stumbled on a great circuit there by combining these 2 amps. You should start selling these. It sounds fucking awesome.

Sounds meaty!

GuitarBilly wrote:Holy fuck dude. You stumbled on a great circuit there by combining these 2 amps. You should start selling these. It sounds fucking awesome.

Ha thanks man. For how much I’m into this thing, there’s zero chance anyone would want to buy one, after any reasonable markup or compensation of time.

Sounds real good to me, nicely done.

Nice work. Sounds dope.

Sounds awesome. Is this your first amp build? I've done a shitload of pedals, but I'm hesitant to take the leap to amps.

exafro wrote:Sounds awesome. Is this your first amp build? I've done a shitload of pedals, but I'm hesitant to take the leap to amps.

Second one! Built a Trainwreck express circuit around Christmas.

Don’t hesitate. Just build.

Just don’t post over at ampgarage and be ready to be berated a bit at EL34world.

After running down some stupid wiring issues, and addressing some pretty gnarly oscillation due to poor lead dress, I’m ready to fire this puppy up again.

Fingers crossed.

It LIVES



Still need to tidy up a bit of wiring, bring a few toggles back into the circuit, and play with some voltages, but by god, the thing works.

I really love this amp man, sounds excellent

Yeah, sounds real good. Nicely done.