The Amp Garage

Transformer bolt should not be used for mains ground. Drill a hole near where the mains enters the chassis, use a ring lug, bolt it down there. Nice looking amp...LOL! Good luck with it.

What are you really trying to do? The 5E3 is about 15W. The perceived difference in loudness between 10W and 15W is very small. To perceive a meaningful drop in power, I suggest you'd need to go below 5W and maybe as low as 2W. If you want 10W, just go for it. I'm just saying, before you go to the ...

What are you really trying to do? The 5E3 is about 15W. The perceived difference in loudness between 10W and 15W is very small. To perceive a meaningful drop in power, I suggest you'd need to go below 5W and maybe as low as 2W. If you want 10W, just go for it. I'm just saying, before you go to the t...

The assumption that DCR is a reliable indicator is not right. Sure, it gives some information. At best, it's a hint. If you know the DCR and other wire specs, you might be able to reliably estimate the length of the coil. The problem with using that information to determine impedance is that impedan...

Auto-Align 2 eliminates comb-filtering, minimizes transient smearing, and spectrally optimizes the phase of each mic to deliver the full and defined sound captured by the microphones.

In other words, it sterilizes your recording and removes anything that might make it sound more natural.

You can make one of those. You'll need a phenolic strip and then some old terminal strips with the right stuff but wrong configuration. I don't think it's worth the effort. There is no shame in fixing it with what you can find. This is not the kind of repair that's likely to impair the value.

That's a really good looking guitar!

Masco wrote: ↑Fri Nov 10, 2023 2:54 pm Anyone have any experience with Musical Power Supplies iron?? https://www.musicalpowersupplies.com/products/

I do. You really can't beat it for price/value. If the offerings fit your needs, give it a try.

FWIW, that itty bitty midrange is going to carry most of the guitar frequencies. I don't know much about this stuff, but it seems reasonable to conclude that is why guitarists don't use hifi speakers. Some reading that might help to frame this: https://producerhive.com/music-production-recording-tip...

Nobody asked me either, LOL. FWIW I like it! Well done!

I've been watching Ted Woodford for several years. He's got a real knack for presenting his work, both entertaining and informative.
Also, if you like the mortiser, look for Mathias Wandell and his pantorouter.

Welcome back! You've been missed.

If the sizable green resistors are running between pin 8 (cathode) and ground, then clip one meter leads onto each side of the 1Ω resistor and read mV. That is the same as your bias current, as explained above. Draining filter caps is not relevant to checking bias. You need to power up the amp to do...

Do what you can to raise the plate voltage. I'm going to guess 275v is the sweet spot. You won't get that with that PT and tube rectifier. You'll get into the 220's by changing the primary to 115v. For a speaker, IIRC, I've got a Celestion G10L-35 in my Gibson Scout. It was a miraculous improvement ...

I'm late to the party, maybe too late. That Epi 50T is very similar to my Gibson Scout GA17-RVT, also PP 6AQ5. The schematic for the GA17-RVT says plate voltage is 300VDC. With today's wall voltage, IIRC, it is more like 315V. This amp has been in storage for about 10 years, so I'm not sure about a ...