UPDATE: Finished my Express build last night > it's working!

[dblgun]

ITS FIXED.

I had wired the B+4 lead to the wrong side of a resistor.

Holy hell I feel dumb. I greatly appreciate everyone’s input and help.

I may have missed something but your voltages weren't off at V2?

[sluckey]

Great! You should be proud and happy. I can see it in the pics now that you pointed it out.

[prairie]

I'm not sure if it's worth mentioning here, but when I fired it up, it was pretty noisy (as expected from initial adhoc lead dress). I replaced the lead going from the volume wiper with a shielded cable, changed the 500pF mica cap with a .01 film cap, and the one 47pF mica cap in the phase inverter with a 470pF poly cap. I also put a 100k grid stopper on pin 7 of V1.

Greatly improved the noise floor and reduced microphonics. Will try to sneak out of work early today to crank the hell out of it.

[prairie]

If anyone is interested, I recorded a demo the other day with my completed Express build. Rhythm guitar side (left) are a Bogner Ecstasy Classic and the lead side (right) is the Express.

https://on.soundcloud.com/JwiA8p9LH2ATtfT49

Also, here’s a photo of the amp:

[Reeltarded]

I love it! It fits and sits perfectly! It sounds a bit more refined than a lot of Express amps.

[ChopSauce]

That's really great. I love it all!

[romberg]

That is a cool lookin' little head. And it sounds great too!

Mike