Beautiful work, man!!
Bass Amp for a friend
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Kudos Dave! Great looking specimen you have there. Kinda cool... now I can see where all the parts go!
Beautiful work, man!!
Beautiful work, man!!
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Always!!
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Yes A very nice build !
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Looks beautiful Dave! How did you do the face on this amp. It looks great.
It looks like its painted and screen printed!
Guy
It looks like its painted and screen printed!
Guy
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Looks great Dave!
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Great Dave!!
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Thanks gents! It was a fun build (but I'm glad it's done )
Roberto, to address your question in the other thread about AB2, I wanted to test the amp a little conservatively and then increase the current, if needed. I took measurements variac'd to 120VAC but the mains at my friend's place is 123.5VAC so the current is probably running a little higher than 48mA. I plan to get into the amp again later this week and take one more round of measurements and maybe bump up the current a little, or just leave it alone and call it good. It sounds really good but it probably could be even louder.
)Roberto, to address your question in the other thread about AB2, I wanted to test the amp a little conservatively and then increase the current, if needed. I took measurements variac'd to 120VAC but the mains at my friend's place is 123.5VAC so the current is probably running a little higher than 48mA. I plan to get into the amp again later this week and take one more round of measurements and maybe bump up the current a little, or just leave it alone and call it good. It sounds really good but it probably could be even louder.
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Great, thank you! If you want to run a test, try to change the load from a simple resistor to a CCS on the drivers. The driver will better follow preamp signal.
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This is fantastic! Any chance of hearing some sound clips?
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You';ve inspired me to go back and finish designing my Sunn Sorado derived build.
We build because we must.
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Anything inspired by Rush is a gift to the world IMO. That amp is beautiful, man. I really like the board over the power tubes, socket screw access and all.
Just plug it in, man.