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  • #16
    Re: Show your amp guts

    Here's a snippet of my Blues Jr. showing the adjustable bias mod:


    Don't you just love the silocone snot smeared on those caps?

    These photos show the preamp and poweramp sections of a Super Reverb build. It was my third Blackface build and the layout worked pretty well.





    If you look carefully at the preamp immediately to the right of the Orange Drop cap, you'll see where I had to improvise on the turret board to fix a problem in the circuit design. The "Normal" channel is anything but normal...

    In the poweramp photo, you can see the bias test points on the back panel and the bias adjustment pot between the two power tube sockets.

    The different colored wires help me keep things straight: blue for plates, yellow for cathodes, etc.

    Cheers,

    Chip
    Heritage 535 Special, Warmoth frankenstrat, MIM Strat, & Taylor 314C(no E)
    Amp Builds: Tweed Princeton (5F2-A) variation, 2 BF Princeton Reverb clones, & Super Reverb clone
    Sometimes use a Blues Jr., Tech 21 Trademark 10 & Power Engine 60
    SPG modded DS-1, TS-7 & CryBaby; Visual Sounds Rte. 66 & H2O; Guyatone Tremolo
    SD pickups: SSL-2, APS-2, tapped Quarter Pound, Custom 5 & Antiquity humbuckers

    "Conan! What are the best things in life?"
    "Girls, guitars, guns and cars!"

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    • #17
      Re: Show your amp guts

      DIY 18-Watter clone on a Bogen PA amp donor chassis.


      Tra-la-laa, lala-la-laa!
      Rich Stevens


      "I am using you; am I amusing you?" - Martha Johnson, What People Do For Fun

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      • #18
        Re: Show your amp guts

        My Peavey Classic 50/50 Power Amp:


        And the 8 EL84's glowing:

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        • #19
          Re: Show your amp guts

          SCXD - in the middle of putting in an effects loop

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          • #20
            Re: Show your amp guts

            My Diabolical DA-17


            Diabolical inside 1 by theecricket, on Flickr


            Diabolical inside 2 by theecricket, on Flickr
            Originally posted by Vasshu the humanoid typhoon
            Let's see if I have any worth the while to say....pedals are never better than the amps they are used on
            But my guess will probally slanting towards a positive outcome!
            www.goburnband.com
            www.myspace.com/goburnband
            www.reverbnation.com/theecricket

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            • #21
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              • #22
                Re: Show your amp guts

                I'm jealous.
                Epiphone LP Standard PlusTop Pro
                Ibanez SZ320 / A8 DD103 bridge.
                Ibanez RG270 / Screamin' Demon bridge.

                Egnater Tweaker 15 Head / Laney Cub 8 / 2x12 - Celestion V30+K100
                Line 6 M13 and plenty of stompboxes I rarely use!

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                • #23
                  Re: Show your amp guts

                  If you want to see a work of art, I will try to dig up the picture of my B and K power amp internals.
                  Toroidial transformers in symmetry...

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                  • #24
                    Re: Show your amp guts

                    I forgot to post a link to the "Gut Shot" portion of the photo gallery in the Hoffman Amps forum:

                    Hoffman Amplifiers Tube Amp Forum, Hoffman Amplifiers Tube Amplifier Forum - Index


                    Quite a variety of build styles there!

                    Chip
                    Heritage 535 Special, Warmoth frankenstrat, MIM Strat, & Taylor 314C(no E)
                    Amp Builds: Tweed Princeton (5F2-A) variation, 2 BF Princeton Reverb clones, & Super Reverb clone
                    Sometimes use a Blues Jr., Tech 21 Trademark 10 & Power Engine 60
                    SPG modded DS-1, TS-7 & CryBaby; Visual Sounds Rte. 66 & H2O; Guyatone Tremolo
                    SD pickups: SSL-2, APS-2, tapped Quarter Pound, Custom 5 & Antiquity humbuckers

                    "Conan! What are the best things in life?"
                    "Girls, guitars, guns and cars!"

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                    • #25
                      Re: Show your amp guts

                      tone slut
                      Marshall DSL 40C
                      Fender EVH Striped Series
                      Epiphone Les Paul Custom Pro
                      Fender Squier Tele Affinity
                      Mogami cables

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                      • #26
                        Re: Show your amp guts

                        Fender Pro Junior

                        Originally posted by Good Will Hunting
                        Real loss is only possible when you love something more than you love yourself.

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                        • #27
                          Re: Show your amp guts

                          2-watt Valvetone Impact Mk II:





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                          • #28
                            Re: Show your amp guts

                            Animal - thanks for the close up shots of that point-to-point construction.

                            Chip
                            Heritage 535 Special, Warmoth frankenstrat, MIM Strat, & Taylor 314C(no E)
                            Amp Builds: Tweed Princeton (5F2-A) variation, 2 BF Princeton Reverb clones, & Super Reverb clone
                            Sometimes use a Blues Jr., Tech 21 Trademark 10 & Power Engine 60
                            SPG modded DS-1, TS-7 & CryBaby; Visual Sounds Rte. 66 & H2O; Guyatone Tremolo
                            SD pickups: SSL-2, APS-2, tapped Quarter Pound, Custom 5 & Antiquity humbuckers

                            "Conan! What are the best things in life?"
                            "Girls, guitars, guns and cars!"

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                            • #29
                              Re: Show your amp guts

                              No worries, I really needed an excuse to open her up again and have look at the impeccable work done by the amp creator.

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                              • #30
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                                ^ very nice indeed.

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