The Amp Garage

Every try a true bypass strip?

http://www.loop-master.com/index.php?cP ... fuqshcoa67

And for the record, the distortion doesn't sound bad to my ears. It doesn't sound like a bias problem. It just sounds like the amp volume is near max when it is only set to 9:00. The sweep on the volume control is fine. 0 ohms at min, 250k at noon, 500k at max. When listening to this clip, my amp NE...

Update... I went ahead and added 2 of the 100 ohm 5 watt Dale resistors in a series and placed them between the high voltage supply line from the two 40uf caps and the standby switch. This dropped all of the voltages, and most are really close to perfect with the chart. However, I am still getting A...

And as far as the input jack, I followed Allyn Meyer's Rocket pictures, as seen here.

http://ampgarage.com/forum/download/file.php?id=5029

My input jack appears to function properly, but perhaps I'm mistaken?

Well, I failed to connect R7 to ground(as seen above). Needless to say, that fixed the voltage problems. However, I am now experiencing ALOT of overdrive in the amp. I wouldn't say it's horrible sounding overdrive, but it's not desirable either. I have to run the volume at 8o'clock or less to get a ...

The resistor values seem fine. I do not have a meter that can check capacitance so I suppose it is possible there is a bad cap? I will reflow the solder points and try some tube swapping. Thanks for the help.

Any other ideas are welcome.

Thanks!

It's not the cleanest build, but here are some pics and a voltage chart.... [IMG:800:600]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v238/strato1717/rocket%20broken/photo32.jpg[/img] [IMG:800:600]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v238/strato1717/rocket%20broken/photo34.jpg[/img] [IMG:800:600]http://img.photob...

The choke is fine. Your using the 260v tap to get 511v secondary. The B4 and B5 are the ones that are way too high Your voltages are up compared to the compiled list. Are you using 9k1 resistors on the dropping string? The PT uses 5v/3A you could use a 5u4 rectifer tube to reduce the overall voltag...

The PT is a HTS-5199.

My choke is an Edcor with:
15H 75mA, 347 Ohms

This is my second amp build, the first of which was an Express, which went very well. I am getting some over-voltage problems with my Rocket build. Actual Expected Mains 120.8 120.0V Secondaries 511 506 B+1 304.8 290 B+2 295.2 279 B+3 250.4 212 B+4 236.3 187 B+5 231 183 It appears that most of the v...

Dallas Vintage Guitar show would be awesome! I would love to hear one of them famous Kuykendall clones!

M Fowler wrote:Tim,

Here is the dusty Line6 212 cab with the TW express bolted in. I will add more bracing to support the bottom of the chassis and make cover. Faceplate is on its way.

Mark

Seeing that amp in that cab caused me to throw up in my mouth...alittle

Did you have to get some kind of government permit for this weapon of mass destruction!? Geez that thing must be loud.


BTW, Stadium 80.... what a fitting name

Ok... we got it all squared away now. Thanks for the help, tejas.

Hi, I checked out your youTube clip. Nice sound! What kind speaker and cabinet are you using? I thought about buying the Tungsram in the Sale/Trade forum but did not want to spend the big $ at this time. I have found a few gems on ebay along with a few duds. It seems like you have to take your chan...