Camera ran out of battery so chassis pictures tomorrow.
Oh and that is AO not Ahole for you wise guys out there.
Mark
Hammond AO-35 build
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Hammond AO-35 build
Faceplate finally came in for my Hammond AO-35 which is going into a Z RT 66 cab with front valance reversed. Had to cut the supports out of the inside of cab and will be regluing and stapling for tubes down chassis mounting.
Camera ran out of battery so chassis pictures tomorrow.
Oh and that is AO not Ahole for you wise guys out there.
Mark
Camera ran out of battery so chassis pictures tomorrow.
Oh and that is AO not Ahole for you wise guys out there.
Mark
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Re: Hammond AO-35 build
So this'un is basically a CG then? What's the iron?
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Re: Hammond AO-35 build
Ben,
Yes this is a CG and the iron is Heyboer 18w Marshall set from turretboards.com The voltage of the PT and primary of the OT are all inline for this amp.
The layout for this floating around is slightly different from the current production of CG as far as the arrangement of the Pots.
I was going to make it easy on myself and go tubes up so I wouldn't have to modify the head cabinet but drilled everything in the opposite places so was forced to go tubes down and modify the cab. Oh well.
Mark
Yes this is a CG and the iron is Heyboer 18w Marshall set from turretboards.com The voltage of the PT and primary of the OT are all inline for this amp.
The layout for this floating around is slightly different from the current production of CG as far as the arrangement of the Pots.
I was going to make it easy on myself and go tubes up so I wouldn't have to modify the head cabinet but drilled everything in the opposite places so was forced to go tubes down and modify the cab. Oh well.
Mark
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Re: Hammond AO-35 build
If your EL-84s are as close to the edge of the chassis as the original AO-35 you'll actually be glad that you gooofed up. My son's amp has a wooden front facia and even with reflective tape on the wood he says it gets hot enought to smoke.
I got to trick him into getting it back somehow. I want to make it back into a Hammond amp for my M3.
I got to trick him into getting it back somehow. I want to make it back into a Hammond amp for my M3.
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Seek immediate medical attention if you suddenly go either deaf or blind.
If you put the Federal Government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in five years time there would be a shortage of sand.
Re: Hammond AO-35 build
Well I am not finished with the amp but progress is continuing. Here is the layout I used. Not sure If the that back plate will be a problem.
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Re: Hammond AO-35 build
Looking good, Mark. You better not let Henry see that red tolex 
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Re: Hammond AO-35 build
Yeah I have been a fan of the Red Tolex since owning my Z amp and have seven red cabs Wish I had even one Redplate amp they sound fantastic.
Black is nice but red is so cool.
Wish I had even one Redplate amp they sound fantastic.Black is nice but red is so cool.
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Re: Hammond AO-35 build
That looks like you've got lots of room there. The original installation of an AO-35 is open in the back of an A100 series organ. So the chassis is really tiny with the tubes right at the edge.
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Seek immediate medical attention if you suddenly go either deaf or blind.
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Seek immediate medical attention if you suddenly go either deaf or blind.
If you put the Federal Government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in five years time there would be a shortage of sand.
Re: Hammond AO-35 build
I think this is an original Z CG made from an AO-35
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Re: Hammond AO-35 build
Right. The one I made I put the knobs on the other side. It was a fly by night operation so to speak. I had never seen one. And anyway, his is a combo of a brown princeton and a variety of my own ideas. It's a weird little amp.
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Seek immediate medical attention if you suddenly go either deaf or blind.
If you put the Federal Government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in five years time there would be a shortage of sand.
Seek immediate medical attention if you suddenly go either deaf or blind.
If you put the Federal Government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in five years time there would be a shortage of sand.
Re: Hammond AO-35 build
Fun little amps.
I picked up this ghia clone that was built using new Hammond transformers, not organ iron.
Same layout. The tone control is very effective.
I picked up this ghia clone that was built using new Hammond transformers, not organ iron.
Same layout. The tone control is very effective.
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Re: Hammond AO-35 build
For those who are curious.
Stock DRz Ghia guts
Stock DRz Ghia guts
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Re: Hammond AO-35 build
Finally came back to this AO-35 build and had to replace the shielded input wire it was grounding out. I went through this amp so many times metering everything and finally solved the problem.
Its in its new home now.
Mark
Its in its new home now.
Mark
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Re: Hammond AO-35 build
Got a Hammond A0-35 off Ebay so now I will try to build this amp one more time. Was the original Carmen Ghia built on a board or PTP?
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Re: Hammond AO-35 build
You probably remember, but I converted this Hammond M3 AO29 amp into a 6V6 Rocket.
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Not sure if you knew this but the end bell covers on these are aluminum and you can polish them up quite nicely.
I first removed any paint with some acetone to reveal the copper flux band then polished the top bell cover.
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Not sure if you knew this but the end bell covers on these are aluminum and you can polish them up quite nicely.
I first removed any paint with some acetone to reveal the copper flux band then polished the top bell cover.
Tom
Don't let that smoke out!
Don't let that smoke out!