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jelle
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by jelle Thu Jan 12, 2012 5:12 am
Hi,
Fellow TAG member Jon asked me a while ago if I could help him build a Small Special, to do the electrical stuff for him and he would do the rest like the chassis, cabinet and facepanel. Sure.
So... I just completed soldering and I wanted to share the results here with you. It sounds great! Very sweet tone. And it was fun to build an amp together with a fellow builder.
FWIW, That coax is a real pain to work with. I added FET circuitry and the sockets for the power tubes can accept EL34's too.
Hope you'll enjoy, I sure did.
Jelle
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alvarezh
Posts: 461 Joined: Thu Oct 18, 2007 11:11 amLocation: Santo Domingo, D.R.
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by alvarezh Thu Jan 12, 2012 6:53 am
Nice as always Jelle……congrats!
Horacio
Max
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by Max Thu Jan 12, 2012 7:34 am
alvarezh wrote: No M.V., any reason for that?
Jelle's getting older, too!
No - only kidding.
Small Special controls: Volume, Treble, Bass, Level (M.V.).
Cheers,
Max
ToneMerc
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by ToneMerc Thu Jan 12, 2012 8:56 am
Jelle, that's sweet there!
alvarezh
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by alvarezh Thu Jan 12, 2012 9:36 am
Got it Max!
Thanks for the info.
Cheers!
Horacio
jon
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by jon Thu Jan 12, 2012 10:44 am
Like I said over in another thread
jon wrote: Jelle is actually building me something SPECIAL right now. Pictures to be posted at a future date.
The amp sounds amazing. A full report when I can spend a little time with her.
boldaslove6789
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by boldaslove6789 Thu Jan 12, 2012 10:51 am
Jelle,
NickC
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by NickC Thu Jan 12, 2012 2:07 pm
Gorgeous workmanship! Beautiful!
jelle
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by jelle Thu Jan 12, 2012 6:21 pm
Thanks!
The caps are CDE nos polyester caps. I have some stock for builds like this. The coax is rg59 video coax with foil and braid. No fancy schmancy switching in this amp, just plug and go.
And there's nothing wrong with getting older, *not* getting older, that would not be so good.
txbluesboy
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by txbluesboy Thu Jan 12, 2012 7:44 pm
Are you using a ceramic PI entrance cap?
crbowman
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by crbowman Thu Jan 12, 2012 8:26 pm
That is one gorgeous build Jelle!
How would you describe the tone??
I mean like....other than heavenly.
<i> "I've suffered for my music. Now it's your turn."</i>
alvarezh
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by alvarezh Fri Jan 13, 2012 6:07 am
Thanks for the info Jelle, any chance you could name (model of 6L6 / brand) the power tubes?
Thanks again.
All the best.
Horacio
jelle
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by jelle Fri Jan 13, 2012 6:33 am
I think they were ruby gcmstr. Jon provided these. Pulls, but plenty life left.
Fellow TAG member Jon asked me a while ago if I could help him build a Small Special, to do the electrical stuff for him and he would do the rest like the chassis, cabinet and facepanel. Sure. 
