Heretical TW build
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Heretical TW build
Hi folks,
It's my first successful TW-style amp. Rebuilded from vintage German amp Regent MV3. Beautiful sound and awesome touch-sensitivity!
It's my first successful TW-style amp. Rebuilded from vintage German amp Regent MV3. Beautiful sound and awesome touch-sensitivity!
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Wow! awesome!
That's quite the tight package. I imagine that would have taken quite some tweaking to get quiet and stable.
I'm responding before looking closely at your schematic. I did notice your treble shift switch.
Very cool adaptation. Do your tubes all fit within the height of your front panel as well?
That's quite the tight package. I imagine that would have taken quite some tweaking to get quiet and stable.
I'm responding before looking closely at your schematic. I did notice your treble shift switch.
Very cool adaptation. Do your tubes all fit within the height of your front panel as well?
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+1 Wow! Patience, skill, and sexy components. Nice job!
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Yikes that's a tight fit!
Well done in keeping it stable.
Well done in keeping it stable.
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Looks very nice. Seen a bunch of these old regents being rebuilt around. Moded an amp built with regent transformers with some sort of Matchless schematic in mind. Sounded quite good.
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Thanks, guys!
Synchu, In Yugoslavia, Regent tube amplifiers (MV3, Regent-30, Regent-60) must meet often. Very good quality of output transformers! And acceptable power trafos.
My best tube set for this amp:
V1 - JJ ECC83s
V2,3 - TungSol 12AX7 (Russian RI)
V4,5 - Telam EL84
No hum or noise, no sizzle, "honey overdrive" only .
Yes, all fit and covered with a casing.bcmatt wrote:Wow! awesome!
Do your tubes all fit within the height of your front panel as well?
Synchu, In Yugoslavia, Regent tube amplifiers (MV3, Regent-30, Regent-60) must meet often. Very good quality of output transformers! And acceptable power trafos.
My best tube set for this amp:
V1 - JJ ECC83s
V2,3 - TungSol 12AX7 (Russian RI)
V4,5 - Telam EL84
No hum or noise, no sizzle, "honey overdrive" only .
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An impressive use of space.
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You must have VERY small hands Well done
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Thanks!
Conventional arms, conventional soldering iron . All work done on a small internal chassis, which is then inserted into the box. Then soldered transformer and pot wires. That's all . It could accommodate the full 30W Liverpool, with PS board near to power transformer.
I noticed the following changes: the sound becomes more mellow.
Conventional arms, conventional soldering iron . All work done on a small internal chassis, which is then inserted into the box. Then soldered transformer and pot wires. That's all . It could accommodate the full 30W Liverpool, with PS board near to power transformer.
I noticed the following changes: the sound becomes more mellow.
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In the old days it was said that the only way you could ever make a Wreck stable was to wire it exactly as Ken Fischer did... well at least some folks said that and a few others believed it. Good job and thanks for posting that.
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Super cool and as said, great job on the space available. I am really into the resourcing of amps idea.
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Hi folks!
Next time old Regent MV3 rebuild to TW+VOX-style amp: Songwrighter+AC15(pentode) inputs and PA with no GNFB. TW-style side: sweet touch-sensitive tone (rich crunch at full Volume, to right pos). VOX-style side: сut-through singing agressive overdrive. Front panel - customer's work.
Next time old Regent MV3 rebuild to TW+VOX-style amp: Songwrighter+AC15(pentode) inputs and PA with no GNFB. TW-style side: sweet touch-sensitive tone (rich crunch at full Volume, to right pos). VOX-style side: сut-through singing agressive overdrive. Front panel - customer's work.
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Customer gigging with this amp. I got remark: too bassy on both channels, 2x12 cab with Altek-417C. On TW side - change R11 to 2M8, on Vox side - change C5 to 2n2, change C13,14 to 22n both. Voila! Tight bass with no excess. Once again convinced: TW - luxury amp.
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Very nicely put together... Thanks for posting the schematic and photos. Sounds like you found a really nice combination. Any thoughts about using a relay to switch between channels?
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