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Hello, I am currently designing a preamp with reverb and vibrato that uses circuits that were not intended for guitar but sound great. The reverb section is a clone of the Motorola Vibrasonic which used a very unusual reverb tank that is nearly impossible to find at a reasonable cost. I decided to u...

Hello, I don't know where you can get a 1 3/16" chassis punch but being a machinist by trade I can provide you with a simple means of producing a hole in your chassis for an octal socket that I have used often. 30mm 1.181" is a mere .006" smaller than 1 3/16" and your octal socket will fit snugly in...

Thanks for your input, Sluckey. I am new at posting on a forum and hadn't noticed I was addressing the wrong member. I guess this thread is going nowhere since he dropped out.

That does make sense. I'm thinking that using all 4 plates might be the problem. It may be dropping the gain, One thing I tried was to use the 12FQ8 as a 4 output multi coupler but it wouldn't pass signal. It seems to me that what Laird was trying to accomplish may've been to clone a Fender Harmonic...

Hello all, I a new to this forum. I have been building sound effect circuits for many years. Some work well, others no so well. I found Laird's site about a year ago while researching uses for the 12FQ8 tube and have wanted to build the tremolo section. I noticed there is a what may be a flaw in Lai...