The Amp Garage

......and......DONE

More done over the weekend

Details matter

A little test fitting of the intrails

Purrrrrrdy tortoise

Moving right along

Coming along nicely me thinks.....should be a real sweetie when done

I got the board finished up last night. A few obvious changes visible for my own personal taste

I agree......good fellow

how does this version compare sonically to the original Rocket RJ ? Is it darker in tone ? And....isn't that 80uf filter putting a tremendous strain on that GZ34 rectifier bottle ? Max for that tube is 60uf ! I may be wrong or missing something but that looks wrong to me. I never exceed 50uf for tha...

Nice clip and playing RJ but I have built a few circuits with 66's in the past and their tone is just not my thing. They are too "round" for my personal taste. I prefer a more cutting/on edge tone and 6V6 valves excel at that 👌 I've never built a circuit that did not sound less than terrific using 6...

After being so happy with my Rocket build I just completed, I have decided to do another running 4x6V6 in the engine. They are my favorite tube to build with and I have a feeling they will sound KILLER with this circuit. I'll use the same Classic Tone PT, OT and choke but will tap the higher 300v HT...

Done

Choke arrived today and I installed it. I also redid the power section and cleaned and organized things better inside. The conversion is now complete and I am most pleased with it. This Wrocket 30 is a wonderful amp

I went with the Classic tone TW PT and OT. Good iron IMHO. I use CLASSIC TONE on most of my amp builds. They have always worked well for me on everything I build I am using the 260-0-260 tap