The Amp Garage

hi Tillydog, there was nothing that stood out when the problem started, no sparks or smoke. just no sound. the tubes were located in the correct sockets. I have a variac, DMM, an uncalibrated oscope that I still need to learn how to use and a signal generator which I need to learn how to use with th...

just to update the question about the fuse, it was labeled T125mA250V.
Still need to try and figure out why to much current is being used at power up.

dj

hi Tillydog, the fuses were supposed to be slow blow fuses but I will check what's marked on the end cap and compare with the chart you listed to verify.

thanks,
dj

hi all, I have one of the cheap Vox AC4TV combo's and it starting blowing the 125mA fuse. A little background, I decided to try tube swapping on this amp since it was a single 12ax7/el84 amp and would be cheap to try this on. on one of my swaps the 125mA fuse blew. I figured maybe one of the tubes w...

Thanks, I hope I have an extra one laying around so I don't have to place an order. dj hi guys, I have most of my components mounted on my main board, yeah! however I noticed that C33 is empty and I don't see it on the BOM which is what I have been using to populate my board with. Can anybody who ha...

hi guys,
I have most of my components mounted on my main board, yeah!
however I noticed that C33 is empty and I don't see it on the BOM which is what I have been using to populate my board with. Can anybody who has completed their board let me know what goes there?

thanks,
dj

I'm waiting on that part as well :x I do have other things to finish up that should keep me busy though :D with the beginning of a new year it is time to get this project going. I just ordered my parts from mouser except for the 10ohm 3w metal film resistor. it was on back order until 1/31 and I wo...

with the beginning of a new year it is time to get this project going. I just ordered my parts from mouser except for the 10ohm 3w metal film resistor. it was on back order until 1/31 and I would either have to pay shipping twice or have the entire order held up until it was all in stock. I tried to...

Payment sent!
thanks Dana.

PM sent, I'm still here.

dj

I put my parts in plastic bags with labels on them. I then arange them in order of their value. I then place them on a 3" binder ring from the office supply store. I can then flip through them until I find the value I need, add new values, etc. [IMG:1024:768]http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee377...

Just bringing this back to the top of the list. Any updates Dana?

thanks for all of the replies and ideas. I like the look of the nice shiney solder blobs also but as it was also mentioned there is way more solder than is necessary for the job. and more to have to remove if you need to swap a component. but I have a mix of nice shiney blobs and just enough to do t...

hi all, I recently built my first amp using a turrot board. I had to swap out some parts after it was assembled which wasn't as easy as I would had thought it would be. does anybody want to share some tips on removing and replacing parts? Specifically my problems were getting the solder out of the t...

http://www.mouser.com/

try mouser. they have a cagillion parts to pick from.
they aren't a guitar amplifier specilty dealer so you have to dig through all of the options to find what you are looking for. but they probably have what you are looking for if it exists.

dj