My Carmen Ghia-esque scratch build.

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Re: My Carmen Ghia-esque scratch build.

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Nice! Couple of word of advice:
--Make sure the tube glass will have enough clearance by the transformers. You may want to move the transformers back a little.
--You've got all the weight on one side. It make it unbalanced to lift. Sometimes I compensate with a weight on the opposite side of the cab.
--Preamps may be a tad closer to the edge than you imagine. Dry fit the board before you drill the holes. Draw the holes on the inside. It can be a bit of a dance to fit the board and the tube holes.
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Re: My Carmen Ghia-esque scratch build.

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Phil_S wrote:Nice! Couple of word of advice:
--Make sure the tube glass will have enough clearance by the transformers. You may want to move the transformers back a little.
--You've got all the weight on one side. It make it unbalanced to lift. Sometimes I compensate with a weight on the opposite side of the cab.
--Preamps may be a tad closer to the edge than you imagine. Dry fit the board before you drill the holes. Draw the holes on the inside. It can be a bit of a dance to fit the board and the tube holes.
Thanks for the advice. I want to keep the power supply as far away from the input as possible. Pretty much all amp chassis are "end heavy". Once it's in its cab with a speaker it won't be as noticeable.
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Re: My Carmen Ghia-esque scratch build.

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Can anybody send me some good, high quality pics of a CG's guts? Some that I can see lead dress, grounds, and resistor values in?
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Try searching google "carmen ghia amp" and you'll find 'em.

See also "Phoenix" project.
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Re: My Carmen Ghia-esque scratch build.

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Zippy wrote:Try searching google "carmen ghia amp" and you'll find 'em.
Of course i have. However, most of them are of hammond disasters, or other people's clones. I was hoping for some bona fide pictures of a for sure CG. Close ups of the different areas.
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Re: My Carmen Ghia-esque scratch build.

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I just did that exact search, as I suggested, and found all manner of REAL Carmen Ghia gutshots. It's there.
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Re: My Carmen Ghia-esque scratch build.

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Ok. Thanks, Zippy. Anybody else? I'm not saying there are no gut shots on there. One more time, I'm asking for some good, close up shots. Anyboy willing can pm me.
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I found everything to build a Carmen Ghia on google search. https://www.google.com/search?q=Dr+Z+Ca ... d=0CE0QsAQ

Also, I built two different types of CG here on tag one of which Dr Z was talking to us about. TAG search is your friend too.

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I did an AO-35 complete rebuild and everything I needed was either here or on 18watt.com.
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Re: My Carmen Ghia-esque scratch build.

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Be sure to check out transformer placement.

I would recommend using the headphone trick to place the OT.
Tom

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Re: My Carmen Ghia-esque scratch build.

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Tell me more about that, Structo. Meanwhile, here's today's progress.

[img:1024:576]http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj16 ... 125941.jpg[/img]

[img:1024:576]http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj16 ... 49_LLS.jpg[/img]
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This place has just gotten plain weird in the last year.
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Why is that?
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'64DlxRvb wrote:Why is that?
Way too many guys like you wanting instant data or help, ignore posts, etc.
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