ShredderDude
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Re: Home Brew amp pic's
IYO, how would this compete against high end boutique amps like the badcat or bogner....
IYO, how would this compete against high end boutique amps like the badcat or bogner....
Home Brew amp pic's
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JoeBC
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Re: Home Brew amp pic's
It sounds great with the KT66. It has more bass than the EL84 and it's a little crunchier if that makes sense. The KT66 is warmer and less brittle. The EL84 was a little harsh to my ears. Ever since I added the octal socket, I always use the KT66, the EL84 has never been plugged into the 9 pin socket since.
jeremy said:
It sounds great with the KT66. It has more bass than the EL84 and it's a little crunchier if that makes sense. The KT66 is warmer and less brittle. The EL84 was a little harsh to my ears. Ever since I added the octal socket, I always use the KT66, the EL84 has never been plugged into the 9 pin socket since.
JoeBC
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Re: Home Brew amp pic's
I would say that it would not compete. Those are nice amps and this has not been tweeked to the level of tone those have. I have a lot of respect for those amp builders/designers after building this one. It's not easy to dial in tone. Those guys know all the tricks to getting that tone out of their amps. I wish I knew what they knew.
ShredderDude said:
I would say that it would not compete. Those are nice amps and this has not been tweeked to the level of tone those have. I have a lot of respect for those amp builders/designers after building this one. It's not easy to dial in tone. Those guys know all the tricks to getting that tone out of their amps. I wish I knew what they knew.
JoeBC
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Re: Home Brew amp pic's
A lot of solder joints. My eyes were burning after that but I love the smell. I should have used a fan but I didn't. And actually the soldering was easy. Twisting up and wrapping all those wires and leads from the components onto the terminal strips was the hard part. Once you have all the stuff mounted, soldering is fun. There is no effects loop but one could be added easily. Same with reverb (well not as easy though). I went with the bigger chassis so I could add options like that.
The range of experience varies from guys that had almost no experience to guys that were amp tech's or electrical engineers. It really depends on how much you like to learn and how good you are at assembling stuff. Read the safety info first and go from there. Let's put it this way, there was enough info in that forum to learn everything you needed. All I had to do was read the tech articals and start talking to people. I spent months studying the stuff before I actually built the amp and it went well. It's like a home study course in amp building (and I tried to learn the theory but it's not necessary).
I'll be honest: I got the parts kit, chassis layout, schematic, and many many tips all from the forum. I received a LOT of FREE help. The only thing I did was the layout of the faceplate and even that was inpired by my Blues Junior...hehe.
ShredderDude said:
A lot of solder joints. My eyes were burning after that but I love the smell. I should have used a fan but I didn't. And actually the soldering was easy. Twisting up and wrapping all those wires and leads from the components onto the terminal strips was the hard part. Once you have all the stuff mounted, soldering is fun. There is no effects loop but one could be added easily. Same with reverb (well not as easy though). I went with the bigger chassis so I could add options like that.
The range of experience varies from guys that had almost no experience to guys that were amp tech's or electrical engineers. It really depends on how much you like to learn and how good you are at assembling stuff. Read the safety info first and go from there. Let's put it this way, there was enough info in that forum to learn everything you needed. All I had to do was read the tech articals and start talking to people. I spent months studying the stuff before I actually built the amp and it went well. It's like a home study course in amp building (and I tried to learn the theory but it's not necessary).
I'll be honest: I got the parts kit, chassis layout, schematic, and many many tips all from the forum. I received a LOT of FREE help. The only thing I did was the layout of the faceplate and even that was inpired by my Blues Junior...hehe.
lastwinj
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Re: Home Brew amp pic's
its one of my 3 channel high gain preamps. 3 common triodes to all channels (1 input, 2 ouptut), lead has 5 triodes, rhythm and clean have 4 triodes. total of 6 12ax7.
no power amp in this one. BYOPA. indivudual gain and volume control for each channel, so a global master volume is not needed.
high gain marshall on steroids tone, at least in the lead channel. rhythm is high gain marshall esque/soldano, clean is similar to a fender.
it has indiependent logic channel switching. not the poor mans peavey 3 channel. bonus, is you can mix the channels. nifty trick for studio work.
germ
JoeBC said:
its one of my 3 channel high gain preamps. 3 common triodes to all channels (1 input, 2 ouptut), lead has 5 triodes, rhythm and clean have 4 triodes. total of 6 12ax7.
no power amp in this one. BYOPA. indivudual gain and volume control for each channel, so a global master volume is not needed.
high gain marshall on steroids tone, at least in the lead channel. rhythm is high gain marshall esque/soldano, clean is similar to a fender.
it has indiependent logic channel switching. not the poor mans peavey 3 channel. bonus, is you can mix the channels. nifty trick for studio work.
germ
