First TW Epress build

[fusionbear]

Hello all. Here's my first attempt in progress. Be brutally honest. I'd like to get it as close to right as possible the first time.

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u223 ... 020377.jpg
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u223 ... 020378.jpg
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u223 ... 020379.jpg
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u223 ... 020380.jpg

As I progress, I'll post further pics.

Thanks,

Carl

[drhulsey]

Hello all. Here's my first attempt in progress... l

Sure looks like the real deal to me Keep up the good work

[Bernardduur]

Looks nice

I think I will add a Express to my to do list

[HeeBGB]

The diode on the right needs to be moved 1mm to the right. WHAT? You said be brutally honest!

Looks good to me. Keep up the good work.

[Tubetwang]

i like it

[Allynmey]

Nice boards!

[fusionbear]

Nice boards!

Thanks to you!

I made more progress last night. Stayed up to well past midnight. I'll post some more pictures later....

[fusionbear]

Well, here's my progress for a Friday night.

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u223 ... 020450.jpg
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u223 ... 020449.jpg

Some things I learned:
1. the pots are hard to wire.
2. I wired my bright switch upside down (Its stayin, it was a pain to get it in the first place)
3. Solid wire is a pain.
4. KF was a genius.

Some things I still need:
1. The color codes for the Tone Slut trannies!?!?!?!?
2. More Time! I probably won't get to work on this until Monday or Tuesday of next week.

Anyway, please critique.....

[paulster]

Some things I still need:
1. The color codes for the Tone Slut trannies!?!?!?!?

http://www.toneslut.com/transformers/tr ... agrams.gif

Nice build!

[Fredaxis]

Really nice build, congrats, I may start soldering my boards today.
This brings me a question about V1 wiring.
On pin 6 V1, what is the effect of turning around the socket with a long wire, stuck on the chassis and crossing the heater wire (original layout) instead of using a very short wire going above the socket directly to pin 6??

[Allynmey]

That's looking nice so far!

[fusionbear]

Some things I still need:
1. The color codes for the Tone Slut trannies!?!?!?!?

http://www.toneslut.com/transformers/tr ... agrams.gif

Nice build!

Thanks! That it what I needed.

[fusionbear]

Really nice build, congrats, I may start soldering my boards today.
This brings me a question about V1 wiring.
On pin 6 V1, what is the effect of turning around the socket with a long wire, stuck on the chassis and crossing the heater wire (original layout) instead of using a very short wire going above the socket directly to pin 6??

The shortest path is not always the most desirable one. I think the longer wire allows you to "tune" the response by its placement. My betters will probably know more about this....

[fusionbear]

Well, here it is, its done
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u223 ... 020461.jpg
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u223 ... 020460.jpg
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u223 ... 020459.jpg

It sounds awesome!!!

I made a couple of mistakes on the way.
The first was that instead of hooking up the OT center tap to B1, I connected it to ground.
The second was I cooked a couple of diodes while soldering them to the Power tube sockets. I had to replace them. This time, I left the leads a little longer. Not as pretty, but they work. This amp is so quiet too. I can put the volume full blast and get no oscillations. When I plug my guitar, it gets that beautiful rich sound that turns into sweet feedback at will. Yes, I'm happy. I'll play with it more and let you all know.....

[jelle]

The beer in the pic looks well deserved! Very cool build!

Jelle