MY TUBE RECTIFIED 6V6 EXPRESS BASED VARIANT

[oldepicker]

I've tried unsuccessfully twice to add photos to this post and it blew me out. I'll just put the description on first and try to add the photos later. I used Mercury Magnetics Blackface Deluxe Reverb Power and Output trannies and a choke from the 40W BF amps. I added an Octal socket and am running a GZ34/5AR4 rectifier. I swapped 0.015uf's for the 0.022's, a 0.0068 for the 0.0022 and the first 0.1uf cap was swapped for a 0.047uf Auricap. The amp really rocks and I love humbuckers best through it w/o a doubt.

[oldepicker]

here goes...

[oldepicker]

well, here's another couple if it works!

[oldepicker]

Here's the last photo. I know they aren't the greatest, but they're something. I also realize that it's a bit of a rat's nest inside but there are 2 reasons for that. first I didn't want to cut the Tranny leads too short in case the amp really sucked, and second, I used quite a bit of stranded cloth covered wire as I was short on solid core. I built more tweed style stuff prior to this and a 50W Plexi that I built last took most of the solid core I had in stock.

[dehughes]

Very nice! Which transfomers did you use? I know you said MM, but there are a few Deluxe trannies to choose from...

Interesting transformer placement, too... The OT is kinda close to the preamp tubes, and the PT is a laydown mount with a modification. How does all of that work out? Any issues?

[oldepicker]

They are the standard Blackface Deluxe Reverb Tone Clone ones for Pre CBS models...theFBFDRO and FBFDRP. I oriented the OT based on usual Fender type orientation, but I have room to rotate it 90 degrees if need be. I mounted the PT on nylon spacers to avoid hacking the chassis, but I coulda made right angle brackets to mount it vertically (an arrangement I've seen Tony Bruno use), but thought I'd keep the original orientation to avoid drastic bends in the wires. I assume you are alluding to noise issues, but it's not too bad if other posts about the circuit are true. It does have a healthy amount of "blow" when cranked above 2-3 oclock, but nothing that I'd consider abnormal. One thing I did find out, you can't use Chickenheads with the pot spacing (doh!!!), so other knobs are forthcoming.