The Amp Garage

get the EV version if possible, they look totally different, pins, electrodes, everything seems higher quality in EV.

btw, their heaters are hard-wired in parallel, not series. In 12a*7 you have the freedom to choose.

recorded some clips... Little bit of Dregs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0oZdqoElg0 First some mindless riffing metallica style http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsooRtjMdiU and something different that reminded me of my Trainwreck build from few years ago. Very dynamic sound, cleans up completely wi...

thanks guys. Here's the finished preamp. I may add a laser engraved faceplate later. [img:800:600]http://diy-fever.com/wordpress/wp-content/gallery/mark-iic-pcb/done_front.jpg[/img] [img:800:600]http://diy-fever.com/wordpress/wp-content/gallery/mark-iic-pcb/done_back.jpg[/img] [img:800:600]http://di...

in my country there's a saying "there's no bad slop for a good pig". I'm happy with both dimarzio and kinman humbucking pickups, but I can attribute that to my lack of finesse for single coil sound rather than any talent. But say, Paul Gilbert uses Area pickups and recently his signature Injectors a...

yeah, that power amp I built to be sooper clean when I want it, but it also has LND150 boosted channel that can get a tad dirty...something like blackface or along those lines

There's nothing in the front on that clip, although I use MXR overdrive to boost and add more "liquidity" sometimes. After the preamp I have MXR 10 band EQ, TC Repeater delay and then my homebrew 3w poweramp. That's recorded through palmer PDI and 57 mic clone.
cheers

Hi yall, Just wanted to share my latest creation. It's another IIc+, but this time I went for two-channel version using relays to switch channels. Also, I built it on PCB to make it easier to share the layout and inspire people to build their own There are no electrolytics in signal path or power su...

Adding some clips. Everything's played clean, guitar into boosted input. I'll record some with pedals in front. Mini Les Paul -> Nan@ Amp (boosted) -> 1x10" cab -> GLS ES-57 mic -> Tascam DP-008 http://diy-fever.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/in_the_name_of_god_mic.mp3 http://diy-fever.com...

I've planned to build this thing for over a year, but couldn't find time. Finally, I had few weekends to dedicate and it's all done. Some highlights: * Two 6AK6 (the smallest 6*6 tubes I know of) output tubes in PP * Output tubes are biased with LEDs, 6 white and two red, wired in two parallel array...

I built one preamp with nothing but poly caps in the power supply. They are not solen though, but motor run caps. They are much cheaper but work great.

they do look like el84 on paper but I read a few times about them being too bright or something...sounding bad in general. Try searching on ax84

Posted another clip on youtube so I thought I'd share http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmIzyH_9F-s Also, for people wanting to build a IIc+ preamp, I drew a PCB layout. It's single sided, home etch friendly version and I kept the clean channel from the original. Switching is done with relays. You can ...

I like to use motor run caps but they are huge. Here's a preamp I did with no electros at all
[img:800:600]http://diy-fever.com/wordpress/wp-conte ... l_guts.jpg[/img]
Btw, ESR is supposed to be a bad thing, why simulate it? I know we're not after hi-fi, but still...

ampmike wrote:Would a 6AU6A be the same?

yep

6au6 is a very useful tube, you can use it as a pentode stage or even small power amp