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by CaseyJones
Wed Jul 20, 2022 7:12 pm
Forum: Dumble Discussion
Topic: Tweedle Dee build demo video with Strat, Les Paul, and Tele
Replies: 8
Views: 1346

Re: Tweedle Dee build demo video with Strat, Les Paul, and Tele

After making this video I installed the Bandmaster OT and when I really pushed it at an outdoor gig I could tell the PT wanted to sag just the slightest bit so I would guess its somewhere around 150ma on the HT. It's not getting hotter than it did with 6V6 (five seconds of finger tips on the iron a...
by CaseyJones
Sun Feb 27, 2022 9:10 pm
Forum: Garage Talk
Topic: Where does tone come from in a guitar?
Replies: 34
Views: 4137

Re: Where does tone come from in a guitar?

As has been mentioned, tone is in the fingers. Everyone knows that. Except for the umpteen bazillion wannabees riffing out (badly!) at GuitarCenter. Those guys are convinced that a Holy Grail guitar matched with a Holy Grail amp (not to mention the ubiquitous Holy Grail reverb :lol: ) results in Hol...
by CaseyJones
Sat Dec 11, 2021 5:59 pm
Forum: Fender Discussion
Topic: Advice/tips on a good 5E3 build
Replies: 18
Views: 6554

Re: Advice/tips on a good 5E3 build

Any devout student of the tweed Deluxe really must look at several similar amps. Circa 1960 DeArmond built a tweed Deluxe rip R15T and a similar amp re- badged and sold by Martin. Yeah, a Martin "tweed Deluxe" built by the Nazareth Pennsylvania people who made legendary "folk" guitars. Same people w...
by CaseyJones
Wed Mar 24, 2021 6:16 pm
Forum: Dumble Discussion
Topic: Tweedle Dee, Take two
Replies: 58
Views: 5731

Re: Tweedle Dee, Take two

Hi guys, This is my second take on this great build. First one sounded absolutely fantastic, so I needed a new one since the first one found a new home. I did many layout for this build in order to balance feature set and size. I ended up with a 12x8x2 Hammond chassis. Mods are as follow: Clearly a...
by CaseyJones
Tue Mar 23, 2021 7:08 pm
Forum: Garage Talk
Topic: Are Slick Guitars any good?
Replies: 5
Views: 2484

Re: Are Slick Guitars any good?

Slick guitars are a good value, an economy I reckon is entirely negated by shipping them to Australia. Ash isn't necessarily heavy Wood grows on trees. All trees are not created equal which can be a good thing or a bad thing. I remember when buying a bridge or some pickups from the Mighty Mite catal...
by CaseyJones
Thu Mar 18, 2021 1:54 pm
Forum: Dumble Discussion
Topic: Tweedle Dee, Take two
Replies: 58
Views: 5731

Re: Tweedle Dee, Take two

I love my tweedle Dee head and use it more than any other amp in the studio but I had to reduce the bass significantly with the cap values similar to Fred. M After spending literally 1000 hours staring at TD guts and I'm using "literally" literally... I've come to appreciate Dumble''s little monste...
by CaseyJones
Wed Mar 17, 2021 11:10 pm
Forum: Dumble Discussion
Topic: Tweedle Dee, Take two
Replies: 58
Views: 5731

Re: Tweedle Dee, Take two

I chose to get away from a well paved way and may do mistakes. I hope these will be valuable lessons indeed as we learn from our mistakes (at least I do, or try to). You may or may not like what I am trying to do here and that is fine with me. Thanks for sharing your point of view. It's not about l...
by CaseyJones
Wed Mar 17, 2021 6:50 pm
Forum: Dumble Discussion
Topic: Tweedle Dee, Take two
Replies: 58
Views: 5731

Re: Tweedle Dee, Take two

Mods are as follow: - diode rectification (my first build was done like this and I loved it) - single input - switch to choose between channel one and Channel two - switch to have channel cascade into channel two - Channel one voiced differently: 22k, 220k, 2k2, 5uf25v - 470k grid stopper on V2B - ...
by CaseyJones
Wed Feb 02, 2011 2:25 am
Forum: Garage Talk
Topic: Television and Radio tubes
Replies: 1
Views: 1001

Re: Television and Radio tubes

At a glance I'm seern' some regulators in there... the OD3s.

Mojo has a transformerless circuit (no OT) that uses the 6080s.

Bundle it all up, stick it on eBay for seventy-five bucks without the caddy. $11.00 Priority flat rate shipping.
by CaseyJones
Wed Feb 02, 2011 2:21 am
Forum: Garage Talk
Topic: The F Word
Replies: 56
Views: 12830

Re: The F Word

No "F" word? I am speechless!!! :twisted:
by CaseyJones
Wed Jan 19, 2011 12:05 am
Forum: Garage Talk
Topic: Bruno designed Voxes- what are they?
Replies: 12
Views: 4829

Re: Bruno designed Voxes- what are they?

One iteration of the recently discontinued AC15... I can't claim to be able to keep track of them all and count on Vox to make a whole bunch of dis similar amps and call them AC15s... Anyway, it was like a really shrill rip of Fender's AB763 circuit. AB763 with EL84s. I only need to listen to it for...
by CaseyJones
Sun Jan 02, 2011 8:02 pm
Forum: Technical Discussion
Topic: Developing the DIY "Champ" for first time builders
Replies: 469
Views: 99629

Re: Developing the DIY "Champ" for first time builders

bigsmitty wrote:Magnetic components Champ OT have 4 and 8 ohm taps.
The second worst sounding SE transformer I've used in Champ style builds. A Champ is supposed to "chime". An OT with limited bandwidth eliminates that desirable feature.
by CaseyJones
Sun Dec 19, 2010 7:50 pm
Forum: Technical Discussion
Topic: Your top ten tube amp picks.
Replies: 46
Views: 13177

Re: Your top ten tube amp picks.

5F1

5E3

5F4

Early Marshall not quite JTM45... I like split cathodes.

JCM800 2204

Mutant Trainwreck Liverpool "Two-Holer".

Traynor YBA-1 BassMaster

All octal Reverberocket

Ampeg SVT

Norlin Lab Series L5. Ha, ha! It's solid state!
by CaseyJones
Mon Nov 08, 2010 2:56 pm
Forum: Garage Talk
Topic: Motorcycles and musicians
Replies: 89
Views: 18011

Re: Motorcycles and musicians

I ran K81s on the RD-350 and a Triumph 500 Daytona. What I liked about them was the triangular cross section and the way that you "dropped" into a turn. And they were so soft that they stuck like glue in the rain. I really don't know jack about tires for the Road King. You see Metzler's around, som...
by CaseyJones
Sun Nov 07, 2010 10:37 pm
Forum: Garage Talk
Topic: Motorcycles and musicians
Replies: 89
Views: 18011

Re: Motorcycles and musicians

Dunlop doesn't make 17" K180s... :lol: Bahhhh. K81. The ONLY tire for that bike. Do they still make it? :shock: :roll: In theory the "correct" tire is an original Made in England K70. Yeah, they still make them in Japan. The Triumph "Daytonas" that won Daytona in '66 and '67 were on shaved K70s. Th...