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My co-worker was going on about how great his new butane soldering iron was. He was going to give me a demo. As he proceded there must have been a leak for when he tried to solder the butane dripped on his project and the whole thing went up in flames (including the soldering iron). I have never con...

My co-worker was going on about how great his new butane soldering iron was. He was going to give me a demo. As he proceded there must have been a leak for when he tried to solder the butane dripped on his project and the whole thing went up in flames (including the soldering iron). I have never con...

Hey, just going to add my two cents. There was a comment that 6sn7's are prone to be microphonic. A couple of years back I built a SE 300b stereo amp with 6SN7GTB's as the preamp driver tube. I replaced them with 5692 RCA Red Base tubes. These are an exact replacement but are miltary grade with I th...

Ok, Ok, I will try the vvr. Didn't realise guys you would be so passionit about someone messing with a 5e3:) I will get back with my conclusions in a couple of days. Wunderbar

Did you hear about the dyxlexic who walked into a bra?

Ok, thanks for the replys. Went to other sites and did some reading. Here is what I came up with. I will try this on the weekend and I will get back either way. Any feedback is greatly appreciated.

Hey, has anyone put a master volume in a 5e3? My wife loves the sound but hates the volume if you know what I mean. I found a mod in the 18w forum for Marshalls, just wondering if I could apply the same mod to a fender.

Thanks

Hey guys thanks for your replies. You know I have always found that if you go back enough times (6 or 7) you find out how you screwed it up. My problem was at the very first stage cathode resistor, should be 2.2k and I had 220k in its place. D'oh Must have had too many happy pops that night. I have ...

Hey there, first time posting. I recently built a Matchless Hotbox from the schematic going around the web. the schematic was OK but the layout pic was all wrong. If you built it just using the pic you wouldn't be a happy camper when you were done. Has anyone modded this for high gain. Its nice but ...