I'm Currently Working On Building A Turret Board For My 73 Marshall

[STRATDELUXER97]

Tired of screwing around with the stupid PCB in my 73 50 watt 1987 Marshall..I Mean I Love my amp and it sounds great,but it just needs a PTP board....Pictures upon completion....Naturally...:laugh2:

 

[kmcguitars]

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John, Have you checked out Metroamps? For 80 bucks you get the board and all the components. It's all quality stuff IMO. Save yourself a lot of drilling.:13:

 

[STRATDELUXER97]

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John, Have you checked out Metroamps? For 80 bucks you get the board and all the components. It's all quality stuff IMO. Save yourself a lot of drilling.:13:

I already have a ThunderTweak Plexi Board....I'm populating it...Thanks though..

 

[kmcguitars]

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I already have a ThunderTweak Plexi Board....I'm populating it...Thanks though..

The ThunderTweak stuff looks pretty Good Are you useing Orange drops,Mallory 150's or Sozo's ? My OT and choke should be ariving on monday for my homebrew 2204. With any luck? I'll have sound clips on Tues.:banana:

 

[WhoFan]

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Always up to something eh John.... Ha ha ha.... Never heard of someone changing a PC Board for the hell of it.... cool idea... i guess basicly it could be considered a custom amp for sure instead of a Marshall...

 

[STRATDELUXER97]

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The ThunderTweak stuff looks pretty Good Are you useing Orange drops,Mallory 150's or Sozo's ? My OT and choke should be ariving on monday for my homebrew 2204. With any luck? I'll have sound clips on Tues.:banana:

Mallory 150s work for me....Haven't tryed the Sozos?

 

[STRATDELUXER97]

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Always up to something eh John.... Ha ha ha.... Never heard of someone changing a PC Board for the hell of it.... cool idea... i guess basicly it could be considered a custom amp for sure instead of a Marshall...

Well....I'm not just changing it for the hell of it Chris! Tired of having to remove all the pots and lift the board up to work on the board....Plus the more you solder and unsolder,the more you risk having crappy connections between components because you burn the traces...I'm keeping this amp,so I've been wanting to do this for several years..Finally getting around to it..

I had to lift the entire board and get underneath the damn thing just to solder in 2 new 10 MFD bias caps....:smack:

 

[Stratman]

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Mallory 150s work for me....Haven't tryed the Sozos?

Sozos have a better tone -

As with all capacitors (And Speakers) there is a break - in period for these devices.

 

[STRATDELUXER97]

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Sozos have a better tone -

As with all capacitors (And Speakers) there is a break - in period for these devices.

Maybe,but I'm not totally sold on that? The Mallory 150M caps are great and I've been using them for years! The Sosos are twice the price,not a big deal really,but why mess with a good thing?

 

[Marcel]

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looking forward for pics

 

[lastwinj]

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I had to lift the entire board and get underneath the damn thing just to solder in 2 new 10 MFD bias caps....:smack:

why would you do that. clip the caps right at the body of the component, and use the leads as "standoffs" or if enough room, leave component in solder new component, and clip out old. simple and very effective.


germ

 

[lastwinj]

Re: I'm Currently Working On Building A Turret Board For My 73 Marshall

let me know if you want to try some real .022 600v caps i have many.

 

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

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Let us have some pics when you are done
PTP lasts longer for sure and is way easier to dabble around with.

 

[shredaholic]

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If the amp has original Mustard caps keep those, your amp just won't sound the same without them. For current production, Sozos are the closest you can get to that Mustard equipped (1962-1975 Marshall) sound.

 

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

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Magic caps

 

[STRATDELUXER97]

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why would you do that. clip the caps right at the body of the component, and use the leads as "standoffs" or if enough room, leave component in solder new component, and clip out old. simple and very effective.


germ

That looks tacky and I'm not into doing things that way....I Like the amp to retain it's overall nice look on the board....I've done that during tweaking phases of other components,but once I settle on the change I solder it like Marshall did from day 1....Call me crazy,but thats how I do it... That's why I'll now convert it over to PTP.....Looks vintage correct and I'll save the original pcb..I'm very meticulous with this kind of stuff and I don't short cut or go easy street on stuff...Not to say it's wrong,but I prefer to lift the board and solder my components that way...If you heat the standoff ends too much,you "risk" screwing up the nice connection you had at the solder joints under the board...You have to heat those board connections up a bit to do that,but still?

 

[STRATDELUXER97]

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If the amp has original Mustard caps keep those, your amp just won't sound the same without them. For current production, Sozos are the closest you can get to that Mustard equipped (1962-1975 Marshall) sound.

It doesn't still have the original mustard caps...The Sozos sure look like Mallory 150Ms? Same cap makeup maybe?

 

[STRATDELUXER97]

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Magic caps

Yep....I think they were Phillips caps?

 

[lastwinj]

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That looks tacky and I'm not into doing things that way....I Like the amp to retain it's overall nice look on the board....I've done that during tweaking phases of other components,but once I settle on the change I solder it like Marshall did from day 1....Call me crazy,but thats how I do it... That's why I'll now convert it over to PTP.....Looks vintage correct and I'll save the original pcb..I'm very meticulous with this kind of stuff and I don't short cut or go easy street on stuff...Not to say it's wrong,but I prefer to lift the board and solder my components that way...If you heat the standoff ends too much,you "risk" screwing up the nice connection you had at the solder joints under the board...You have to heat those board connections up a bit to do that,but still?

very true. didnt know what you were going for. and i agree. for quick and dirty, i do it as stated, for longer or more visible circuits, stock.

 

[STRATDELUXER97]

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very true. didnt know what you were going for. and i agree. for quick and dirty, i do it as stated, for longer or more visible circuits, stock.

I don't mod pedals for guys(I've done over 100)and shortcut anything,plus this is my own amp! For quick tweaking I do solder across the legs left on the board,but then I lift the board up and hardwire the component(s) to the board underneath...It looks stock,clean,and neat....That's just me though...The other way works fine also,but it does look kinda cheesy to me.:laugh2: