New Build, Quad 6L6 rockster

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jestaudio
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New Build, Quad 6L6 rockster

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Been a while since i let my 30 watt rockster go so i decided to gut a knackered Mesia with a blown power transformer and do a Ken special and build a amp out of the bits i had handy.
Got the power section fired up tonight and should have the preamp wired and ready to go over the next week, i may well use the unused half of v2 for a extra gain stage at some point when i,ve cleared my desk lol
Hers some pics
Critism is welcome if anyone spots something
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Re: New Build, Quad 6L6 rockster

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Wow, that should rock!

Nice birds on the control panel.

Just curious, what is the wingnut thingie?
Tom

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Re: New Build, Quad 6L6 rockster

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Structo wrote:Wow, that should rock!

Nice birds on the control panel.

Just curious, what is the wingnut thingie?



I,ve got a whopping great toroidal transformer underneath, the wingnut acts as a lock nut in a plain nut making it easy to remove if needed.
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A few more pics of completed face plate

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Heres the completed face plate, 1/16 steel with a laminated birdseye veneer, train logo and basic labeling
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Re: New Build, Quad 6L6 rockster

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That's really pretty, except for the on/off labels look out of place to me.
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Re: New Build, Quad 6L6 rockster

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brewdude wrote:That's really pretty, except for the on/off labels look out of place to me.

Cheers bud, i'm in 2 minds on the labels, i'll see how it looks when i get the pots and knobs mounted
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