The Amp Garage

...that I've somehow missed? Dave Hunter, who (from a cursory Google search) I've been led to believe is some kind of tube amp guru, says that the DR103 sports an "active EQ." I know that the tone of this post is probably going to come off like I'm being some kind of smart-ass, or something, but I g...

Does anybody have a layout/schematic for one of these by any chance? I'm not planning a build; I'm just curious, really, about how the thing is melded together, so to speak. Gracias...

Finally got to talk to an advisor at UA. She said all of my core classes would transfer and that all the chem and biology classes I took when obtain my first B.S. would cover most of my electives. She said I could be an EE in 2.5 to 3 years. I think I'm gonna do it. I'm kind of scared out of my balls.

Find what you love and do that, if its electronics great, go for it, but go for the best you can, not the quickest/easiest route. I am similar ages and spent the last 12 years as a design engineer/Engineering Manager for Transport and Oil and Gas sectors, dealing with mechanical and electrical desi...

The hardest part about going from an ASET to a BSEE is that the engineering school probably won't give yyou credit for courses you might have taken like Physics, especially if you took a version that didn't require calculus. So you may find yourself basically starting over. ETs do more than repair ...

Thanks! That's just the kind of input I'm looking for.

I'm considering going back to school. I've been a paramedic for 18 years. I am totally and completely over it. I hate my job. HATE. HAAAAAATE. I went back to school a few years ago and got a B.S. in Biology thinking maybe i'd go to medical school. It was about the time that I was graduating that I r...

Will do then. Thanks.

In my next project I was thinking of giving diode biasing a shot. I'm tempted to do it in place of any preamp tube that's biased in the normal cathode resistor/bypass cap method. It seem like I remember reading somewhere, though, that there really wasn't much point in using it beyond the input stage...

I suspect it's more like this, and that I'm just looking at the layout incorrectly.

Alright. At the risk of looking like a complete idiot... I've got a lot going on. Mainly I'm trying to figure out what I'm going to build next. But I've been messing around with J-schem. Drawing up some stuff I've built in the past, some of my own ideas, etc. As part of figuring out what I want to d...

V2 wrote:
So should all DIY guys who sell what they build as a means to continue their building hobby just quit selling?

I'm curious about this as well, as this is pretty much what I do. Build something; play it until I get bored with it or I need funds for another project; sell it.

Sooooo.... I got mine finished and I've been playing it for a few days. I had the opposite problem of many here. I had way too much bass. I tried wiring the bass pot as it is in the posted layout, being sure to include the jumper on the deep switch. It just wasn't responsive at all. So I then wired ...

I appreciate the effort but I'm looking for white. That vanilla looks pretty tan.

Does anybody know where to get this stuff? I know some amp companies/builders have it as an option, but the places I've found that just sell tolex don't seem to offer taurus in white.