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Haha, my mother got me one of these for X-mas this year, she was super proud of herself for this one! My wife's father and i spend most of January trying to get 7 usable pics out of 1 credit card, it's not an easy task! Needless to say, I've got 100's of plastic pics now, made of everything from vac...

I feel your pain, I've built 4 express amps so far, all of them with Pacific iron. 120V measured at the wall, 600V measured across the secondaries. My first one was the traditional stack-o-caps layout, the last 3 were multi-caps with the last 2 using a VVR. I have had lower than expected voltages on...

I think blade choice is as important as any method mentioned above. A carbide blade does you no good if its the wrong type of blade! High tooth count is your friend when cutting circuit board material! Use a metal Cutting blade in a jig saw. I've found using a 7 1/4" blade for plywood is the cheapes...

Very nice work Mike! Love the top one!

Great job! Very cool!

I'm not a huge fan of colorful wood cabinets, love the look of figured cherry and flamed maple, maybe with a dark color sanded out to give the grain more depth, otherwise just a clear finish. Love the cab you did for Paul-in-KC! I usually don't like when the valence is a different color either, but ...

This is a great example... http://ampgarage.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16768&highlight=pcb+turret I just wish I had time to learn pcb layout software / build libraries etc. There seems to be a cool software program "Target 3000" that may do some cool pcb layout stuff, besides the "free" version is p...

A while back someone posted a gut-shot of an amp that used a PCB with turrets, anyone remember/know who's that was? Seems like an interesting idea, and my creative juices are flowing after seeing RJ's (and Dana's) first run at a PCB Express, plus Martin Manning's different layout. I feel like a PCB ...

That's a great build Martin! Super clean layout, easy to work on, easy to trace leads, I really want to try something like this now! Huge fan of the tube cut outs by the way, great job!

daydreamer wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItZyaOlr ... re=related

drop in around 30 secs, enjoy...

Reviving an old thread, any fans of "The Office" TV show? This guy (Steve Moore) was in the office tonight, doing his thing...

Murali wrote:You all know this "rooster" person is full of crap, don't you? [hey, nothing personal, rooster.]

Now, could I please hear from any of you who actually know something about amps, recording and performing?

Good luck, don't let the door hit ya!

Will the articificial CT make the heaters get some voltage? No, just reduce "hum", should still have around 6.3V when measuring between the 2 green heater wires... There is nothing even at the green wires right out of the PT Try disconnecting the green heater wires and measuring them, if you have v...

Are your heaters wired properly? It's hard to tell from the picture, but it looks to me as though you have it mixed up and are sending one leg to the pilot lamp and the other leg to the heaters. That would show no potential across the heaters when measured with a DMM. Do you have the proper voltage ...

SO? Anybody bite? Would love to know if this was the real deal...

Wonder how much he wants for gut-shots I'm tempted to show up but $1750 is about my limit...