#0183 Build

[ijedouglas]

Here are some pics of my #0183 build. I couldn't be happier with this build. Big thanks to all on this forum for the information that helped me get to this point.

[ijedouglas]

Some more pics

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[ijedouglas]

Here is my build on top of its close serial sister. EL34 50w Dumble #017X

[erwin_ve]

Neat built Ian! It looks like you have done that many times before.
The last pic is interesting: How does your build compare to the real one?
Can you give some insight on the #17x, historics etc?

[norburybrook]

Lovely build

I've just made a #183 too recently.


Nice Deluxe by the way I have a '78 in tobacco sunburst


MC

[ijedouglas]

Neat built Ian! It looks like you have done that many times before.
The last pic is interesting: How does your build compare to the real one?
Can you give some insight on the #17x, historics etc?

Thanks Erwin. I'm still getting the hang of it. I can pretty much dial the 2 to sound pretty close. The Dumble has less gain and is slightly more refined but I think with more break in the new build will smooth out.

[ijedouglas]

Lovely build

I've just made a #183 too recently.


Nice Deluxe by the way I have a '78 in tobacco sunburst


MC

Thanks Marcus. I had been following your builds and decided on the #183 after seeing your last build The Deluxe is a '72 and is pretty beat up but my "go to" and sounds amazing through these amps.

[didit]

Nicely done and a helpful bunch of visualizing assembly guidance too. Soon to to use all that. Thanks.

Best .. Ian

[talbany]

Ian
Thats how it's done, brother! Nice attention to the details! What output tubes are you running in those things
Tony

BTW are those X5F's

[ijedouglas]

Ian
Thats how it's done, brother! Nice attention to the details! What output tubes are you running in those things
Tony

BTW are those X5F's

Hey Tony,

Yes they are and thanks for all you have done for this site. I am running EH 6CA7s.

Kind regards

Ian

[talbany]

Cool and you are welcome

After you burn the amp in with the EH's look at hunting down a Quad of Winged C's. Just loaded up a quad in my Music Man. A nice improvement over the JJ's/ EH's (same tube really) IMO

T

[norburybrook]

Cool and you are welcome

After you burn the amp in with the EH's look at hunting down a Quad of Winged C's. Just loaded up a quad in my Music Man. A nice improvement over the JJ's/ EH's (same tube really) IMO

T

Are you talking about the Svetlana winged C EL34's Tony? I have the 6CA7's in my #183. Those Svetlana are about $275 for a quad here in the UK.


M

[talbany]

Cool and you are welcome

After you burn the amp in with the EH's look at hunting down a Quad of Winged C's. Just loaded up a quad in my Music Man. A nice improvement over the JJ's/ EH's (same tube really) IMO

T

Are you talking about the Svetlana winged C EL34's Tony? I have the 6CA7's in my #183. Those Svetlana are about $275 for a quad here in the UK.


M

Marcus
Yeah
The older original out of production SED Winged C's that were made by JSC in St. Peterburg Russia

The CURRENT Svetlana tubes are made by Reflektor/New Sensor plant, home of Sovtek, Mullard Reissue, Tung-Sol reissue, Electro-Harmonix etc are not the ones I am talking about

The New Stock 6CA7 JJ (Big bottle)decent tube but a different animal and IMO are constructed, sound and perform differently than the NOS (soft vacuum) 6CA7's from the 60's and 70's. These are considered the "grail" 6CA'7's and are great tubes but really expensive and IMO can be debated if they are worth the investment.

IMO the "St Petersburg' made Svets are the closest your going to get to the older "6CA7/EL-34' sound without the exorbitant price of the NOS "grail versions" I just mentioned ie (Mullard/Amperex/Telefunkin etc)

BTW. The current production tubes that are made in the " Reflektor plant" are all fine sounding tubes and it's not like I am knocking them or anyone else still producing vacuum tubes in a world that has relatively little demand for them (God Bless them for all there work!) Same with the Chinese!
T