The Amp Garage

Stack them up and make epoxy club sandwiches. 3 of them with epoxy will be around .7mm and 2 of them will be around .5mm.
BTW, I have no idea WTF you are talking about.

...they do stuff in metric so now I have to figure out on the fly what 1356.2mm is to the nearest 1/32 of an Inch in my head... It's like learning a foreign language through immersion. In about 3 months you start to dream in the other language. Give it a few weeks, you'll be dreaming in metric, LOL...

Yeah I offered a GE 5U4GB I have on hand here but the owner has gone off the deep end reading comments on Reddit and YT for ideas and that’s how he decided on the 5Y3 himself. It can be a real challenge when someone insists on something that is not appropriate or likely to fail. If I was in your sh...

At my age (don't want to say exactly, but into retirement years) I don't believe my hearing is good enough to perceive much of a difference. I "participated" without an opinion. I'll suggest the time constant (is that the correct term?) on caps probably has more influence than many other factors. I'...

The 1273 tube? Took a bit of persistence. There are many viable substitutes. The condition of that amp case is not to be believed!

Crappy looking miters. The sound is going to leak. Send it over here for disposal. I don't mind doing a favor for a fellow Tagger. Seriously nice looking walnut. I understand that stuff grows well in sunny CA. I'd be tempted to take it apart and reconstruct the whole thing, just because I can, LOL. ...

For some reason, the voltage chart didn't post.

The 6AQ5 is identical to 6V6, just a smaller bottle and 7-pin base. If 20W was too loud, I don't think a pair of 6AQ5 will give the result you seek. See if you can find a pair of EL95. I got mine on eBay for very little money. I think they'd be a good candidate to mate to a Marshall pre-amp circuit....

If you don't like the layout there are at least two choices. One is get another chassis. If I were in your shoes, I'd think about fitting a PT near the IEC inlet (rectangular hole) and put the OT next to it -- basically both transformers on the end. This, IMO, will open up many possibilities. When i...

I watch several luthiers on YT for entertainment. (OK, I need to get a life.) My first reaction was, it won't work. This looks like it might be real innovation. IMO, the whole goal in automation is to give relief from "donkey work," which is generally not profitable. It looks like he really gets the...

It's an interesting place. Year's ago I found it. As I recall, they've got a lot of stuff that is almost what we'd need for a guitar amp. Good, but not great in that respect. Still, a fun place to browse.

Given current labor market conditions, you are likely a shoe in. They probably did a happy dance after the interview. Expectations were low because of the tight labor market. They did the dance because you met the expectations they used to have. HR is getting in the way. This will conclude when you ...

I sense that you don't want to fire a customer. This, in my view is wrong-headed. This is not a customer you want. OTOH, your reputation is worth something. There is no guarantee he won't badmouth you no matter what you do. If it were me, I'd make my reply as polite as I possibly could. You are stil...

Well...
1) I'm reasonably sure I can't afford one of those ;-(
2) I'm doubtful there's enough time left before I shuffle off to learn to do that.
3) I'll have to settle for watching the series as entertainment rather than as educational.
Superb stuff. Thanks for the link.

Wow! Just wanted to comment on the obvious to help keep it in mind. A cathodyne (concertina, split-load, whatever) PI has no gain. So, whatever you are doing to the signal, it needs to be done before the PI. It is a really great choice for clean tone. Also, I used a cathodyne in front of a pair of 6...