The Amp Garage

Miles,

That's the most verbose you've been in a long time I still want to see a picture of ....something......


M

if there's no pictures Miles it doesn't exist......




M

is that Ry Cooders amp? M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga6RAwIMxD4 I'll take that as a yes then :) I still have that album on vinyl :) I've yet to see him live...I bought tickets well in advance when he came to london a couple of years ago but I ended up on tour, in fact he was at the same venue...

is that Ry Cooders amp?

M

when i put a VVR on my rocket I had to add an extra DC blocking cap to stop scratchy volume. I think if you google you'll see where that needs to go, or check my rocket/z wreck thread.


M

there are templates for ODS boards done by Martin manning in the files section.

https://ampgarage.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=29630


edit: I see you want PCB.... I'd PM one of the guys here who has done PCB ODS amps and see if they have a set of boards.

M

excellent, I love the fact you've done a real clone of the footswitch too,

Is that just plywood stuck together in layers and hollowed out inside?

Can you show some pics of the footswitch?


edit: just read your above post again have yo got an pic of the underside etc?


M

no matter what I did on my 50w combo with Dumbleator I could not get it to be quiet enough with a bypass switch. I tried everything I could but it was too noisy so I removed the switch. I know others have managed it so it's possible but I couldn't. YMMV The amp sounded great at times but it was just...

As I understand it, some of the features of the Dumblator exist to compensate for capacitance if using long cables in the loop. Do you plan to still do the whole "Dumblator" inside of your amp, or are you going to eliminate some of those features? Joking aside, I honestly believe putting a Dumbleat...

don't do it....... it's NOT what the great man wanted....... ...he was right.....



Make a dumbleator in a small chassis instead.



M

A dumble ODS gets it's overdrive from an extra gain stage in the pre amp so is a master volume amp with pre amp distortion . A trainwreck is a non master volume amp that overdrives the power section as well. It's an amp that you need to use your guitar volume control to get clean to dirty with not a...

that's one of the best amp reviews I've seen. Kudos Pete Thorn

That's everything I love about a wreck

Made me chuckle when you hear him speak and you hear the noise/hum/sizzle from the amp


The liverpool is the only wreck I haven't made........ hmmmmmmmm



M

So far so good. A less "sparkly" in general than my 124. I started with a 4x12 of vintage 30s then through a 1x12 Eminence Swamp Thang. The Eminence was better to my ears at low volumes. I still haven't had a chance to turn the master volume up passed 2 (these are nice and LOUD). But, they seem to ...

Probably already covered but is there a way to tell without a scope? Yes. You can use a cable plugged in to an amp. Attach tip and sleeve to cap. Side attached to sleeve when quieter is outer foil. Yes, or you can use Martin's suggestion of simply setting your mutimeter to mV(AC) and read across th...

People often do the HRM build and instead of having trim pots on a board for the OD tone stack they put them on the front panel so you can tweak them like a normal set of tone controls.

here's TAG member Philly Hudson's build just as that.