The Amp Garage

Thank you, I was using it at about 650 and that seemed to be working OK. It still seemed to take a little long however. I'll try it at 700.

I am using 60/40 SnPb. The solder mask on these circuit boards doesn't leave enough room for a larger tip unfortunately. I don't really have much/any pcb experience, I'm assuming you cant heat the joint partially through the mask.

OK, I just got a Weller WESD51. What do you guys set the temp at for soldering radial caps to a pcb board. I worry about overheating the caps during soldering, especially to a large ground buss that pulls the heat away from the solder pad. To low a temp and you have to heat the part to long, to high...

Just happen to have a Matchless Nighthawk Reverb on the bench. This is how they did the tone selector switch.

WOW---I ordered these thursday the 9th and I got them Monday the 13th from Tube Amp Doctor in Germany. I don't get domestic shipments that fast usually. I'm impressed!!!!

I went ahead and ordered from the Tube Amp Doctor, Thanks everyone!

Thank you all very much. This forum really is very helpful!!

Thanks, do you know if they have a US distributor?

Are there any actual 500 volt rated 100 or 80 mfd caps out there?

Are you using a ceramic PI entrance cap?

Thank you for your suggestions everyone. I tried the 220K/220K divider you recommended and it did remove some squeal at high reverb settings, but the feedback was still there. I added some padding around the tank before sliding it back into the bag and that fixed it. I remember wrapping thick paper ...

Thanks, but changed the tube and tried a different tank.

I built an amp for a friend that is basically a Fender Deluxe circuit in a Princeton combo cab, using some leftover Tone Slut TW style transformers. It has really proven to be an awesome amp in a small package (6l6's and a 12 inch Celestion). It worked great for about a year then developed a problem...

Try rotating the tank left to right. You want the return jack farthest away from the power transformer.

I used a 50 watt Bassman style (4K primary) in my last 4 X 6V6 build.
It sounded really good.