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I'm with Structo, as it sounds like LFO, or low frequency ocillation.

I would say to try and source "local" parts. In the US, you could use a hammond box, edcor trannys, and and maybe a Ken Watts $12 eyelet board. If this is just for the learning curve, then quality of components shouldn't be a major concern. (ie Sozo caps, etc.)

I hate to burst your bubble, but I think that Randall Smith has patented the process of marketing new amps.

As I stated before, if you are worried about a particular amplifier ( ie, old Fender Bassman), you could use one of the the power conditioner/regulators such as: http://www.tripplite.com/en/products/model.cfm?txtModelID=2010 I'm sure they also offer a 220/240 for our friends across the pond. I have ...

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A little background noise, but you know that. What kind of equipment?

You could incorporate this with every build.

http://www.tripplite.com/en/products/mo ... delID=2010

[quote="Structo"]Wow, crazy about the jacks. The old lady, yeah well people are people and yes people don't like to hear you noodling no matter what time of day or night. They just don't appreciate live music! :lol:[/quote] I hate to hear the boom, boom, boom from the passing cars either. But come t...

What are the wires/wire that has blue heatshrink on it?

I'm not exactly sure on the partridge transformer, but I have seen on others. The transformer, instead of having a center-tap, would have 2 primaries. A negative phase from one winding and a positive phase from the other winding would be grounded just as a center-tap would be.

Looks great ! I really like the front. How does it sound with the poly caps?

I've slowly (read very slowly) been working on one as well using turrets for some of the tweakable areas. It makes a lot of sense to use pcb since the circuitry is so demanding in the layout aspect.

You can try any of the 12a*7 tubes. The 12ax7 is the highest gain of the group. They are all in a self biased circuit so there is no biasing required.

If this is the footswitch that I have attached, then yes it would need to be rewired. The 5v zener would not allow the voltage to pass unless the effects switch was in the off position. The circuit would then has to be polarized correctly or there would be a 1.4 or 1.6 v drop across the other diode ...

Surfsup,

If you are looking for a good book on math, MEGA math, check out this book. It will give you a very analytical and concise breakdown of the 5F6A circuit.

http://ampbooks.com/home/books/bassman/