New Trainwreck style PCBs

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frusciante89
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New Trainwreck style PCBs

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Hello boys and girls!
As part as a new product line for my PCBs, I've decided to venture into a Trainwreck style PCB! Took me a good couple of months to get everything sorted but here's the final result!
I'm planning to send this out to the manufacturer next week, and it will then available on my website (https://www.aaelectronicspcb.com/)
The same board can be used to build the Express, and the Liverpool!
Let me know what do you thinks and if you have any suggestions :)

Cheers from London!
Andrea
AA Electronics

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Amwatts
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Re: New Trainwreck style PCBs

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frusciante89 wrote: Sat May 06, 2023 11:18 am Hello boys and girls!
As part as a new product line for my PCBs, I've decided to venture into a Trainwreck style PCB! Took me a good couple of months to get everything sorted but here's the final result!
I'm planning to send this out to the manufacturer next week, and it will then available on my website (https://www.aaelectronicspcb.com/)
The same board can be used to build the Express, and the Liverpool!
Let me know what do you thinks and if you have any suggestions :)

Cheers from London!
Andrea
AA Electronics

Express
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Liverpool
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That's very cool indeed , I'd be keen to grab a couple of boards , would it fit in a Fender tweed style chassis ?
that's what came to mind. I like how you can build either amp with the one board
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Re: New Trainwreck style PCBs

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Looks very good, great work! I see you indicated 6V6s and a PT secondary of 260v-0-260v I assume your PCB would also work with EL34s and a PT secondary of 300v-0-300v?
frusciante89
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Re: New Trainwreck style PCBs

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Amwatts wrote: Sun May 14, 2023 8:29 am
frusciante89 wrote: Sat May 06, 2023 11:18 am Hello boys and girls!
As part as a new product line for my PCBs, I've decided to venture into a Trainwreck style PCB! Took me a good couple of months to get everything sorted but here's the final result!
I'm planning to send this out to the manufacturer next week, and it will then available on my website (https://www.aaelectronicspcb.com/)
The same board can be used to build the Express, and the Liverpool!
Let me know what do you thinks and if you have any suggestions :)

Cheers from London!
Andrea
AA Electronics
That's very cool indeed , I'd be keen to grab a couple of boards , would it fit in a Fender tweed style chassis ?
that's what came to mind. I like how you can build either amp with the one board
Yes, that's the idea! I try to design most of my boards with modularity and flexibility in mind! In this case you can build both models by only changing a couple of jumpers.
Also, answering your question, the board is 365mm x 62mm in size, so it will fit in a Fender tweed style chassis.
Find more details and pictures here (I'm currently taking preorders if you're interested :D ): https://www.aaelectronicspcb.com/product-page/the-train

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Re: New Trainwreck style PCBs

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Riffmonster wrote: Sun May 14, 2023 9:26 am Looks very good, great work! I see you indicated 6V6s and a PT secondary of 260v-0-260v I assume your PCB would also work with EL34s and a PT secondary of 300v-0-300v?
Yes, absolutely. You can use the power section and PT that you wish!
Amwatts
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Re: New Trainwreck style PCBs

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Thanks for your reply , I've ordered two from your site and a Dumblator PCB as well

regards
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Any new PCB’s on the horizon?
Yours Sincerely

Mark Abbott
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Re: New Trainwreck style PCBs

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Just fired up the Express Build , Loving this PCB , I squeezed it into a Hammond Aluminium Chassis and it's turned out a treat . Sounds fantastic , I did some slight changes as I didn't want it the same as my Barwatt Express Head , And I had an old JTM45 OT spare so I went with that and used KT66's , Also added a MV (Type 3 from the Trainwreck pages) using a 500kB pot ,
Very happy with the results and the PCB is of such high quality I can't recommend it enough if you want to build a compact combo style Wreck ....

I bought 2 x PCB's I'll build a Liverpool with the next one , But I'm only going to use 2 EL84's instead of 4 , See how that turns out
Thanks Andrea

Now to build the cab , A Marshall 18w style 1 x 12
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Re: New Trainwreck style PCBs

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Amwatts wrote: Fri Aug 04, 2023 4:08 am Just fired up the Express Build , Loving this PCB , I squeezed it into a Hammond Aluminium Chassis and it's turned out a treat . Sounds fantastic , I did some slight changes as I didn't want it the same as my Barwatt Express Head , And I had an old JTM45 OT spare so I went with that and used KT66's , Also added a MV (Type 3 from the Trainwreck pages) using a 500kB pot ,
Very happy with the results and the PCB is of such high quality I can't recommend it enough if you want to build a compact combo style Wreck ....

I bought 2 x PCB's I'll build a Liverpool with the next one , But I'm only going to use 2 EL84's instead of 4 , See how that turns out
Thanks Andrea

Now to build the cab , A Marshall 18w style 1 x 12

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Looks FANTASTIC! Thanks for the kind words :)
Would it be possible to have some sounds samples or a video of your build? Would love to add this beautiful build to my testimonials page ;)

Love from London,
Andrea
AA Electronics
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