The Amp Garage

Would you recommend that I change the ground point for the PA cathode, then bolt the buss at the input end? I'd like to have an amp with low noise if possible.

How bout this one? Especially Tal Wilkenfeld, the 20 something bass player.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VC02wGj5 ... re=related

I'll cut a bigger piece of G-10 so there's a little bigger foot print to work with (and room for chassis bolts), then spin the board 90% (great idea). I have one more layout idea I'd like to run by you tomorrow. I'll take a couple of photos for comparison. Then I think I'll be ready to put it togeth...

P.S. I have some bigger sheets of 1/8th inch G-10/FR-4 Garolite left over, so I can make a larger base for the caps. I'll go ahead with that, mount the caps, put it on stand-offs, then see where I'm at. Still need to find a cool piece of wood for the fave plate. Must be something lying around the sh...

Thank you both for the advice. I'll have a look at the links and figure it out. I'll keep you posted on my progress, although it will be slow, mostly because of a busy work schedule.
TNT

Unless there's a reason to go for the 80uf/47uf, with 3 X 20uf configuration, I'm going to use two Garolite shelves with 3 X 47uf on the bottom, and 3 X 20uf on the top, as seen in the layout diagrams. Seems pretty straight forward. I found the 20uf Mallorys for a decent price (around $11 each) but ...

Thank you Mark for having a look, and Yup, those wires will be grounded somewhere, although I haven't decided where that point will be yet. Just got home from work. Later this eve I'll take some pics of the E-cap selection I have, and the loaded board. I'd like some help with E-cap lay-out as I've s...

Here's a Rocket Reverb combo in progress. It's a Watts Tube Audio chassis, with parts collected from the Rocket BOM and from the "add a reverb" post. If anyone is up for checking my work, I'd appreciate it (I'm pretty new at amp building). Especially the reverb section, as it will get buried when th...

Sorry about that combo omission. The chassis is from Watts Tube Audio. .090 aluminum. 2 1/2" X 8" X 17 1/2". On sale this summer for $36. Great deal if you don't mind drilling holes... which I don't. Actually I'll interpret your advice as "do what you need to do within reason" which I think is good ...

Forgot to mention that my project is going to be a combo as well. A 1X12.
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Thanks Mark. Always good to start with the tried and true, then jump off from there when you have a better idea of what's going on.
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Although I’ve been visiting this site daily for many months, this will be my first post. I’ll offer a brief introduction before asking my first (of probably many) question about my upcoming Rocket Reverb build . Skip this intro and go straight to the question if your not up for a paragraph of drivel...