The Amp Garage

Hey All, Anyone ever do business with this company? http://www.mableaudio.com/en/productview-848_5E3+cabinet.html By the time you buy all the materials and smoke a router bit or two, that's a pretty attractive price, even if it ends up being plywood instead of solid pine. One downside is that it doe...

Now you know how I feel when I hear you guys play(hence my nickname) Its done with a router and Leigh jig. Made the front panel today from some birdseye maple. Still deciding on theme and font for faceplate. John John, If you spent a similar amount of time and effort on "practicing" guitar playing ...

F-ing SHOWOFF!

I'm not a huge fan of that look, but I am a HUMONGOUS fan of the skills to create it!
Gene

I have a Hammond PA and 12" here that someone brought to me just a couple of days ago... I don't know what it is yet. Been contemplating the Fluxtone idea for a few years now. I'm thinking a VVR controlling the coil voltage would work just fine. Pulling up a chair for this discussion. Tony Wow Tony...

I looked through the Fluxtone link and it's a clever modern use of an old technology, hats off to him for trying. If it sounds good and works well then it's very clever. I agree there R&D there, he offers a lot of modern speaker variations (A field coil V30 is something I'd never thought I'd see). ...

Well Guys, From my somewhat limited understanding of how they work, it seems they are indeed/usually DC powered. From my research, they typically get powered from either one of the "nodes" of the B+ or on a separate node of their own. My thinking is that it should not be necessary to rewind or repla...

I did a search here and only found brief discussions and some references to FluxTone http://fluxtonespeakers.com and I am truly intrigued by the concept! Unfortunately the FluxTone products are outrageously priced. It really doesn't seem that kind of price is truly warranted except for possible quic...

An interesting tid bit here is that the 4x10 1965A Marshall cabs have all 4 speakers on the same plane as described by Littlewyan on that Peavey cab.
Just Sayin'
Gene

Well Sir, I'm fairly familiar with the Hall, SkipzCircuits, Granger, Trinity and London stuff. My main hesitance surrounds what seems to be a high incidence of failure of the MosFets. There is certainly the possibility that I've misinterpreted the failures and that they were actually caused by impro...

Thanks for the replies guys! I decided to at least go with a MojoTone chassis (on sale today $49) along with their 4/8/16 ohm output transformer, free shipping on all, as I regularly use different speaker setups in 8 & 16 ohms. Phil S. Yep that is why I'm leaning toward building it in a cosmetically...

Hi Folks, Well after having two fairly successful builds (one kit and one scratch) under my belt, I find myself hopelessly addicted and feel the uncontrollable need to fire up my needle/soldering iron! :P I keep reading regularly about the magic of the "Tweed Deluxe" and the only way I will ever be ...

And, Oh Yeah,
Why go through all the hassle/aggravation/etc. to swap it to a different chassis? I think it looks great, as is and a nice set of face/rear panels will certainly disguise/cover a lot of sins!
Just Sayin'
Gene

gui_tarzan,
Please excuse and relieve a newb's confusion/curiosity. How does that work out to being a 5F6A with only 2 12AX7's? Did you cascade V1a & V1b? I see that you provided 2 extra sockets for future experimentation.
Just Curious,
Gene

Hey Folks, I hope I didn't confuse things here by mentioning the Blackstar amp. The Blackstar does indeed have two trim pots and apparently one is for balance and the other is for bias. I can't find a schematic for it either. My questions are about the Marshall DSL5C, which is a bit different than t...

Matt, On this amp both cathodes are tied together to a common 10 ohm/1 watt resistor to ground. Remember this is a single 12BH7/dual triode used in a push/pull configuration. The only other commercially made amp I've found using this configuration is Blackstar HT5 series and there is much debate and...