Starting 2204-ish amp

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Ken Moon
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Starting 2204-ish amp

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Well, I finally got all 30 orders shipped from my garage sale - you guys are great! If you don't have a tracking number by the end of tomorrow, hit me up and I'll get that for you.

So now, to get rid of some more heavy stuff, I'm building a nice amp with parts I already have, and then I'll sell it (unless I fall madly in love with it).

All I have so far is a chassis fit check pic, But I've got the design worked out and it shouldn't take me more than a week or so to put it together.

It's a cross of a 2204 MV preamp (with one input, copying the High Sensitivity input's topology) and a 5G9 Tremolux power amp (no NFB, fixed bias), but without the tremolo..

[img:1024:768]http://i514.photobucket.com/albums/t346 ... 143631.jpg[/img]

The PT is a 370EX (275-0-275ct/150mA/6.3ct/4A).

The OT is a GDS Amps 18-watt (8K pri, 4//8/16 sec). The choke is a 14684, as used on almost all of the tweed amps.

I'm hoping for a B+ of 390V or so (this PT will probably be able to maintain that), with SS rectifier, 100uF reservoir (F&T 50/50 cap can w/ both caps in parallel), and 50uF CG-series single cap cans for each of the other 4 nodes. For the power tube cathode resistor, I'll start with 300 ohms and tweak from there.

I hope to get this done pretty quickly, and put in a nice small box Marshall head box I've had around forever.

Wish me luck - more pics to follow 8)
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Good luck, bro!
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nice to see decoupling of the filter caps.
Is that a Watts blank chassis? Dimensions? (just for my own edification; I'm not a potential purchaser).
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The chassis was a 20 x 6.5 x 2.5 with outward lips from Watts. I always get the matching bottom plate too.

If you use this size chassis in a Marshall-style cab like a Small Box from Mojo, you have to make sure the front panel cut-out is wider than the stock size (I made mine with 19-3/8" wide openings on the front and back.)

This is the head I put it into (top of the middle row of amps):

[img:1014:761]http://i514.photobucket.com/albums/t346 ... room-1.jpg[/img]
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