The Amp Garage

I found it this morning...... there was a bad solder joint on V1. I re-flowed the connections and voilla!....amp is now VERY loud like it should be.

Just goes to show you....sometimes it's the simplest of things.....


Thanks!!!

Hey all, I just finished an express build and all SEEMS fine except that it has low output volume. There is basically no overdrive to it also. I have triple checked all component values and wiring and it all looks correct. I have swapped all tubes and it's always the same output level. All the contr...

last time I spoke with RJ he was not accepting paypal as payment...he would only take money orders. I have had my recent builds done by a local amp guy here in MAINE called Synaptic Amplification. He has a reverb store where you can get any size chassis you want made from him. He uses thick 2mm alum...

Has anyone ever looked into true bypass modding an original digitech whammy 1 pedal? There are pictures of the internals of one online (do a yahoo search) but I can't see all the important areas clearly. It looks as if you need to add a few resistors and an R/C filter on the stompswitch, among a few...

hey everyone...sorry I took so long to get back..... So I think the hum and loud popping is the power at my apartment. I have a practice space in town that I brought this to and it doesn't hum AT ALL there. The pop at shut down is quite normal (small) too. So I "think" I have those issues solved. a...

resurrecting this old thread! So I have built one of these and I am having a few issues.... 1 is it hums quite loudly, It also has a pretty loud "POP" when I turn it off. UPDATE: i tried the amp in a different location and it was noticeably quieter….like dead silent quieter! must be my poor power si...

hey joboo

do you have pics or a layout for the kt66 rocket you built?

curious that’s all. sounds like a fun variant.

changed the fuse holder to the ‘high quality’ style one that amplified parts sells. So far so good. i have powered up the amp 8x and no issues yet. i’m going to power it on/off several times this week before giving it back to the owner to be safe. weird that i haven’t seen much out there for this is...

i did remove the shrink tubing. that’s how i discovered the messed up spring…. i should get the amp thursday. i’ll be sure to post if the fuse holder is the culprit. fingers crossed.

littlewyan I agree. i think there is a small lightning show inside the fuse holder at power up. i think it damaged the contacts inside and now it just arcs. after a bunch of power ups it causes a bad connection and blows the fuse. i’ll let everyone here know if this truly IS the case. weird though h...

i usually go by the ceriatone layout with the exception that I don’t do the 1/2 power / full power thing that is shown. for filter caps i usually use 3x 30uf and 3x 22uf in the cap ‘block’ i use the F&T brand that I get from amplified parts. i swapped tubes first….still blew fuses so i ‘fixed’ the f...

xtian

I’ve been reading this in many forums….any amp using a gz34 rec tube should not need to use a standby switch…..wish I knew this before because i would just build all rockets with no standby switch anymore! funny….this is the only rocket I’ve built with this issue.

Hey all I have a Rocket clone I made that has been fine for about a month of playing. It started blowing the mains (2A slo) fuse all of a sudden. Here are the things I have done so far to remedy: Check voltages, it looks fine everywhere as far I can see visually look at components for problems...not...