The Amp Garage

Hi There,

Does anyone have a good layout/schematic for a quiet, click-free, foot-switchable 3-channel switcher/relay? …or a link to one?

Thanks,
Rob

As a friend of mine (a good, salt of the earth, stand-up east-texan) would say...

"Dat derr zwat ah coal uh purdy chassy!"

Very nice work. What CAD program/version?

Cheers,
Rob

Mcmaster-Carr wouldn't ship to Canada, " due to the ever changing import export regulations". I think they just didn't want to send me $40 worth of garolite. They did tell me that they supplied a few long standing Canadian customers with garolite, but wouldn't say who they were so I could buy from ...

Luthierwnc wrote:I was going to throw up the T-lite link but its author beat me to it. Very worthwhile project! Skip

Hmmm... I am unfamiliar with the T-Lite. Could someone fill me in?

Thanks,
Rob

When they say that there are a lot of knowledgable, well-informed and helpful induviduals here, they aren't kidding... It's absolutely possible. Just drive the 2-stage OD section with the EF86 preamp. You will have to use an OD input trimmer or control to pad the signal enough, but it should work fi...

Better to use a 5879 pentode.No microphonics to worry about. I'm not very familiar with 5879 pentodes. How similiar are they to EF86's? Currently, I'm using EF 806 tubes in my Stangray Clone and Ceriatone DC-30... with excelent results. How do the two tubes compare? I understand that the 5879 requi...

You can built the RxES or the Maz GT to get the extra gain your looking for in a similiar package as the Stangray. Thank you for the reponse. I thought about the Maz GT, but decided against it because it has to be really "opened up" to crunch... and what I've been wanting to do is install a "lead c...

I'm new to Amp Garage... and already, I've learnt so much. I've asked this on a few other boards and received a lot of input (thanks mcinku)... Seeing as the Bluesmaster is an Overdrive Special with a Bassman-style preamp, I'm wondering if anyone could tell me if an AC-30 type preamp (pre-Top Boost)...