Tube Amp Archive

Speaking of polarity, jvc may want to check the V2 cathode cap. Some one with better eyes may want to have a look at the pic on page 19. It looks like it may be in backwards. Apologies if this is a false alarm.

Thanks Telentubes. The only damage seems to be that poor little caps life

Yes! Thank you Firestorm and RJ. I must have looked at that input connection 20 times and didn't notice my error. Amp sounds good, real nice around the 2 o'clock position. Thanks again RJ for putting this together.

John

Ok I've got her all wired up, powered up slowly w/variac after many checks, all seems just fine except when I plug in my guitar no mojo. Amp sounds as if nothing is plugged into the input (guitar and cable good). When I crank volume on amp it sounds like what I would expect an amp that has nothing i...

I could use an exact description on how the PT (6k49vg) is connected for the basic build. I'm not sure on the proper wiring for the primary (2 black, 1 gray). On the secondary it looks to me like red/yellow to ground, green (heaters) to pins 2&5, 7&4 (no resistors per rj's prior post?). Red(s) to th...

Hello everybody, I'm brand new to TAG. I just saw this thread and would love to try the basic build. Message sent to RJ, hope you have an extra kit.