The Amp Garage

Thanks! Been trying to pass a 3mm kidney stone for the past three weeks now. Tomorrow morning I'm having shockwave lithotripsy done to try to smash up the 7mm stone that's still up in my left kidney. I've been dealing with stones for about four years now. I've changed my diet but they run in the fa...

Thank you very much for the well wishes! Cranberry juice (non-sugar) certainly helps! I like adding a little lemon to my water to help break them up some too. Managed to start wiring up some of the shielded cable today. RG188A from Pasternack. I hate trying to solder to the back of Alpha pots, so I ...

I hear ya Matt, me too, lol. Glad you’re doing better and back to this great looking build! Thanks! Been trying to pass a 3mm kidney stone for the past three weeks now. Tomorrow morning I'm having shockwave lithotripsy done to try to smash up the 7mm stone that's still up in my left kidney. I've be...

I'm just curious if he runs any of his effects directly into the Dumbles, or just feeds them the dry signal with the effects going to the Marshalls and Fenders. I've never heard him mention owning a Dumblelator or a similar FX buffer device.

Interior of the footswitch.
These are one of the things I always have the most troubles with when building Dumble style amps because I always manage to wire something backwards.

Matt J.

Had to deal with another kidney stone attack so things got set aside for a while. Finally had time to swap out the relay PT with a Hammond 166F12B today. Used some jumper wires to test it with the footswitch plugged in. With 120 VAC running from my variac into the power socket" 12.11 DC running from...

I can't thank you enough for writing on one of Raoul Duke's previous threads your method for the checking the polarity of the secondaries of an OT by applying a small voltage across the primary when hooked up to a proper load. Sure, IDK why checking that in advance isn't more common. You don't real...

Hey everyone! Thank you for your input and suggestions, and sorry on the late response. My wife fell sick so I have been looking after her. I decided to go with swapping the PT out with a Hammond 166F12B. I wasn't 100% happy with how I had wired up and mounted the 166G6B, and I needed to order parts...

Thank you very much, Martin! I was wondering why I was only getting 7VDC out to the relays.
Instead of rebuilding the whole board. Is there an alternate transformer you would recommend?
Matt J.

I have built the footswitch (forgot to grab a picture of it this morning), went ahead and tested the relay wiring to check for shorts. I applied a 120VAC source to the relay PT primaries, footswitch LEDs all work as they should when the relay switches are in the pedal mode. No FET on this one. I tho...

Hey everyone! 2nd Gen/70s builds seem to be the trend around here so I thought I would add in the latest one I have been working on, a 50 watt model that will be going in a 1x12 combo cab. - Chassis, boards, and 1x12 suede cabinet by Taylor at Amplified Nation. I cannot praise enough the quality of ...

martin manning wrote: ↑Fri Mar 01, 2024 4:57 pm Its seems that HAD didn't develop that big loop style until a bit later. You're right, layout drawings are somewhat idealized, but hopefully they convey the essentials.

Turns out there's a font for your logo, "Steadmanesque."

As a big Hunter S. Thompson fan I LOVE this!

Here’s a random new guy question: Given the space and alignment issues I’m experiencing with this build, is it a bad idea to put the V1 and 2 terminal strips up on washers - allowing the plate leads to pass underneath - thus providing more separation and shortening them by 33-66%? Anybody ever done...

Very nice! I'm about to start work on a 2nd gen with switches like that. How did you implement deep switch configuration with a toggle switch instead of a slide switch? I'm trying to double check everything before I start installing hardware and soldering. Matt J. [/quote] Ah, it may have been a pic...

Oh wow!!! I would definitely be interested in one!