Tube Amp Archive

Thanks I sent an email this afternoon re:refund. I am itching to start an amp project. I've built way more complex pedals compared to "the wave" for sure. But wanted an intermediary tube/transformer project first. there's the build and then there's the understanding the build. So gratifying and enjo...

So I briefly ran the unit through the light bulb limiter with a 40 watt bulb. The bulb did in fact dim. Meaning there is no short.

Fired her up and it works great!

Thanks for your help I appreciate it!

Awesome, thanks for the info. I'm going to leave it as is. It's broken but it sounds so good, was mysteriously fun for the short while. And I have been curious ever since. Cheers.

About a year ago or so I scored a Friedman be50 for a steal of a deal because it wasn't working right. Dave F. walked me through the replacement of a bad screen resistor for one of the power tubes. Now it works proper and is great, super clean clean. When the amp was running only one power tube it r...

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I'll swap the new one in this evening or over the weekend and report back. Thank you!

Ok so the power switch is correctly wired. And I swapped the 1ohm 5w for a 1k5w. Just to get that out of the way. Built an LBL for when I get to that point. Looking at V2 I have the 9/4,5 swapped from v3. I had read before I fired her up the other day that it didn't matter. So to be proper I swapped...

Ok thanks for the replies!

I will check these things out this afternoon and report back. I appreciate the input. Thanks.

Hi, First off I'm new to the forum and definite noob to the art/craft of amp building. I've build a couple dozen pedals. Used to be a residential/commercial electrician by trade. Like working with diy electronics etc. I started building pedal kits over the shutdown. Loved it. And part of me couldn't...