Hiwatt built (Weber 6h50) final pics
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TwilightOdyssey
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Re: Hiwatt built (Weber 6h50) final pics
That was a serious buzz kill.
That was a serious buzz kill.
Re: Hiwatt built (Weber 6h50) final pics
I'll go for a video demo but that will have to wait 'til the weather warms ip a bit (I do those in the garage to be able to really crank the amps).
I'll go for a video demo but that will have to wait 'til the weather warms ip a bit (I do those in the garage to be able to really crank the amps).
Re: Hiwatt built (Weber 6h50) final pics
Boy, they sure have come a long ways with their kits.
Well...I guess they were always good...had some tranny troubles in the very beginning, but they got that ironed out pretty quick.
I have actually bought a couple of their stock tranny sets from guys that "upgraded" to Heyboer or something.
They sure look like a quality tranny. I have had both sets in circuit for about a year now...no problems.
I would not try to dissuade anybody from going with Weber.
Anyway.....you really did do a nice job with all this.
If you built these things all day for a living, you would get pretty quick, but......building one amp really takes a lot of hours to do properly. I am not above redoing some (of my mistakes) stuff that does not look "right" to me.
Does Weber sell you a board that is already stuffed and soldered or did you load that yourself.?
Sorry if you have already addressed these questions.....Well Done Again
i dig those split/forked turrets btw
I see...
Boy, they sure have come a long ways with their kits.
Well...I guess they were always good...had some tranny troubles in the very beginning, but they got that ironed out pretty quick.
I have actually bought a couple of their stock tranny sets from guys that "upgraded" to Heyboer or something.
They sure look like a quality tranny. I have had both sets in circuit for about a year now...no problems.
I would not try to dissuade anybody from going with Weber.
Anyway.....you really did do a nice job with all this.
If you built these things all day for a living, you would get pretty quick, but......building one amp really takes a lot of hours to do properly. I am not above redoing some (of my mistakes) stuff that does not look "right" to me.
Does Weber sell you a board that is already stuffed and soldered or did you load that yourself.?
Sorry if you have already addressed these questions.....Well Done Again
i dig those split/forked turrets btw
TwilightOdyssey
Darkness on the edge of Tone
Re: Hiwatt built (Weber 6h50) final pics
Looks great! You gonna make a badge for the front?
Looks great! You gonna make a badge for the front?
Re: Hiwatt built (Weber 6h50) final pics
I have heard that the kits have improved... I couldn't say anything else than they are great quality at this point and a great value compared to the other kits out there, which are usually a step higher (or two) in quality but much more expensive.
You have to do everything soldering-wise, including populating the turret board. Nothing's assembled. The only work that is done for you is building the cab, drilling/punching the chassis and building the turret board (by that I mean putting the turrets on the board).
I was quite surprised with the turret board since my last kit, a jcm kit I built last may, came with just a cheaper feeling eyelet board. That thing is a thick phenolic board with those very cool forked turrets... I love it.
And thank you for the kind words.
Thank you TO. I think I'm gonna leave it black for now. I dig the no-name look, kinda the same look as an inlay-free fretboard you know? Sometimes it works. Plus, I don't really know how to go about making a badge for it...
for the record, I'm gonna have to increase the NFB resistor as the amp becomes a bit instable at INSANE volumes (cranking everything to 10). that should fix it. There's no way I could ever play it that loud but it still bugs me (it doesn't show from my building skills but I'm a bit of a perfectionnist).
I see...
Boy, they sure have come a long ways with their kits.
Well...I guess they were always good...had some tranny troubles in the very beginning, but they got that ironed out pretty quick.
I have actually bought a couple of their stock tranny sets from guys that "upgraded" to Heyboer or something.
They sure look like a quality tranny. I have had both sets in circuit for about a year now...no problems.
I would not try to dissuade anybody from going with Weber.
Anyway.....you really did do a nice job with all this.
If you built these things all day for a living, you would get pretty quick, but......building one amp really takes a lot of hours to do properly. I am not above redoing some (of my mistakes) stuff that does not look "right" to me.
Does Weber sell you a board that is already stuffed and soldered or did you load that yourself.?
Sorry if you have already addressed these questions.....Well Done Again
i dig those split/forked turrets btw
I have heard that the kits have improved... I couldn't say anything else than they are great quality at this point and a great value compared to the other kits out there, which are usually a step higher (or two) in quality but much more expensive.
You have to do everything soldering-wise, including populating the turret board. Nothing's assembled. The only work that is done for you is building the cab, drilling/punching the chassis and building the turret board (by that I mean putting the turrets on the board).
I was quite surprised with the turret board since my last kit, a jcm kit I built last may, came with just a cheaper feeling eyelet board. That thing is a thick phenolic board with those very cool forked turrets... I love it.
And thank you for the kind words.
Thank you TO. I think I'm gonna leave it black for now. I dig the no-name look, kinda the same look as an inlay-free fretboard you know? Sometimes it works. Plus, I don't really know how to go about making a badge for it...
for the record, I'm gonna have to increase the NFB resistor as the amp becomes a bit instable at INSANE volumes (cranking everything to 10). that should fix it. There's no way I could ever play it that loud but it still bugs me (it doesn't show from my building skills but I'm a bit of a perfectionnist).
Vasshu the humanoid typhoon
Unseen
Re: Hiwatt built (Weber 6h50) final pics
Oh nice indeed!
Looking forward to hearing it
Oh nice indeed!
Looking forward to hearing it
Gearjoneser
Gear Ho
Re: Hiwatt built (Weber 6h50) final pics
Looks great. You don't see Hiwatt builds very often, so it's cool to see one.
I wonder if a trophy shop could create a badge similar to the Hiwatt logo.....Bigwatt, Hi-Power, etc.
Looks great. You don't see Hiwatt builds very often, so it's cool to see one.
I wonder if a trophy shop could create a badge similar to the Hiwatt logo.....Bigwatt, Hi-Power, etc.
