DvNator's TMC1

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Thomas_H
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DvNator's TMC1

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Hi guys, I wanted to build a small combo,
with a low wattage speaker, but still using a guitar speaker, so this started around a jensen mod 6". I also wanted to build a real tube amp (not using subminiature tubes and SMPS) but i wanted more gain that a 5W amp. As I already build a High Octane, I found that this TMC1 was a nice try, I already had the tubes and the transformer, so why not?

My grandfather helped me finding some nice old wood that he had laying around and I also tried the finger joint, but as you can see, it wen't wrong.
I'm bad with the saw now I know it!
Well, i tried to fill the failed holes...but they're still there as a remainder that I need to buy some tools...

The circuit was developed by DvNator at the tone per buck forum from Wattkins, and I liked the idea of a small trainwreck. I never played/saw one before, so excuse me if it's not even close to one, but i liked the high gain distortion and it get's clean with the guitar volume, that's also nice!

It uses a ECL84 and a 12ax7, and a 10k OT, but I'm using a 5k OT like DvNator. I had these OT with 2,4 8 and 16 ohms taps, so very nice to make some testing.

Recently I saw a lot of videos about old low wattage tube amplifiers, and like the idea of this old schematics that came with the amps, I tried that too...

And now the pictures:

[img:1024:682]http://i1303.photobucket.com/albums/ag1 ... 3b0984.jpg[/img]
[img:1024:682]http://i1303.photobucket.com/albums/ag1 ... 3f7eca.jpg[/img]
[img:1024:682]http://i1303.photobucket.com/albums/ag1 ... c7730a.jpg[/img]
[img:1024:682]http://i1303.photobucket.com/albums/ag1 ... 14aa1a.jpg[/img]
[img:1024:682]http://i1303.photobucket.com/albums/ag1 ... 366668.jpg[/img]

Thanks guys!
Cheers,
Thomas
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That's SUPER cute, man. Can you post a link to the schematic?
I build and repair tube amps. http://amps.monkeymatic.com
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Very nice! Looks like a fun amp. I played one of Dvnator's wreck style amps a few years ago, I think it was a 10 watt push pull based on a Russian power tube. It definitely had a ton of the wreck qualities we admire so much.
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Nice!

I love low watt little amps.

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Nice small combo.
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Great job on the amp Thomas! The cab reminds me of Marshall JTM but with a nice woody Trainwreck look.
Jackie Treehorn wrote:Very nice! Looks like a fun amp. I played one of Dvnator's wreck style amps a few years ago, I think it was a 10 watt push pull based on a Russian power tube. It definitely had a ton of the wreck qualities we admire so much.
That was the Thrifty Wreck
http://ampgarage.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15694
katopan came up with that one.

Jackie, next time you're in Vegas you can try this one too. I'll buy the Wild Turkey! :)
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