mercury trannies for the rocket

[ampmike]

Hey Guys,Does anyone have an opinion on the MM TW trannies for a rocket build.Just curious?They are not cheap!!I understand that the rocket isnt quite as sensitive to substitutions,I may be wrong,Also I have a set of mercuries used for a metro 50 watt plexie,Would it be possible to work those into a rocket build or would that be a bad idea?Mikey

[M Fowler]

Mikey a 50w Rocket yes but not the TW traditional four EL84 build.

Those trannies would make you a nice Dumble ODS or Marshall Plexi buddy.

Mark

[ampmike]

The express is stable thanks to you,I wanted to really try a rocket because I understand they are much kinder to you when you build them.Mark,what would you say the rocket sounds like?Would you say Voxy,Marshall?Also What about thr reverb rocket,is the layout available for me to look at.Which one would you recomend.Mikey

[paulster]

The Rocket is an AC30 stripped down to just its Top Boost channel with a couple of Ken's tweaks.

It's like the ultimate AC30 and really suits an open-back cabinet with a pair of Golds.

[M Fowler]

Mikey I am happy for you that the Express is up and running good and have fun this week with testing it out.

The Rocket is voxy and a very nice amp to have.

You can just use a reverb pedal if you need reverb. There are a bunch of reverb layouts already posted or I can send them to you Mikey, no problem.

Save those Mercury transformers for a Komet 50 or 60.

Oh and what Paulster said he knows his TW's.

Mark

[dbeeman]

The Rocket is an AC30 stripped down to just its Top Boost channel with a couple of Ken's tweaks.

It's like the ultimate AC30 and really suits an open-back cabinet with a pair of Golds.

what tweaks are they? It looks like more filtering in the PS? Anything else?
VOltages? I guess a different/ higher quality out output transformer?