My "Twinwreck" Express combo build

vincenz · Post by **vincenz** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 10:35 am

Hi all,

Here is my Express combo build project:

First, thanks again to all people who help me to troubleshoot and stabilize the beast.
Rooster, guitarsnguns04, geetarpicker, M Fowler, JamesHealey, fishy and leadfootdriver
Here is the debugging topic, maybe could be helpful for other members...
https://tubeamparchive.com/viewtopic.php?t=14166

So, here we are:
[img:120:68]http://www.clipperton.ch/vincenzo/pub/guitar/twinwreck/build/100th.jpg[/img] [img:120:68]http://www.clipperton.ch/vincenzo/pub/guitar/twinwreck/build/101th.jpg[/img] [img:120:68]http://www.clipperton.ch/vincenzo/pub/guitar/twinwreck/build/102th.jpg[/img] [img:120:68]http://www.clipperton.ch/vincenzo/pub/guitar/twinwreck/build/103th.jpg[/img] [img:120:68]http://www.clipperton.ch/vincenzo/pub/guitar/twinwreck/build/99th.jpg[/img]

*The cab is from Mojo. This is a Fender Twin Tweed High Power with a Marhall bluesbreaker look.
*Speakers are Celestion G12M Greenback Heritage 20w made in England.
*I have designed my own chassis (bigger then a Twin stock one) to put into this combo cab. Nik from Ceriatone had made it.
*Home made back panel, with air holes at the right places.
*Chassis is firmly attached to the cab with 3 upper screws and home made steel bolts, and 2 on the back.
*And a nice custom-made control front panel

guitarsnguns04 · Post by **guitarsnguns04** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 1:37 pm

congrats on your build..looks great..glad you were able to get it stable...enjoy

M Fowler · Post by **M Fowler** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 2:20 pm

Great job on your build and very sweet looking cab and faceplate!

Lonely Raven · Post by **Lonely Raven** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 2:23 pm

What a fantastic looking combo! Well done!

dcribbs1412 · Post by **dcribbs1412** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 4:01 pm

Congrats vincenz
great execution of a great design

Mark
now I'm looking for a line6 donor

rooster · Post by **rooster** » Sun Mar 20, 2011 10:53 pm

Wow, that does look good. And what a great name/logo for that matter.

Hm, you say Nic made that chassis for you? As in special order? I am not that familiar with what he might do for someone on a custom order - is this an adapted chassis or, indeed, a special built chassis? The boards look nice, too, for that matter.

Good job, vincenz!

passfan · Post by **passfan** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 1:53 am

Nice looking cab. I like the gold and white piping and how you brought them together on the same cab. I'll bet those 20 watt greenbacks sound nice.

angelodp · Post by **angelodp** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 3:25 am

I'll bet that rocks.

A

JamesHealey · Post by **JamesHealey** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 9:43 am

are 40w worth of greenbacks going to be able to handle a 35w wreck?

I suspect you'd be better running 6V6s to look after those speakers, I run two 25w greenbacks and do this.

vincenz · Post by **vincenz** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 10:04 am

Thank you all, guys !

JamesHealey wrote:are 40w worth of greenbacks going to be able to handle a 35w wreck?
I suspect you'd be better running 6V6s to look after those speakers, I run two 25w greenbacks and do this.

I have tried 6V6, but I do not like them. I find they have not enough presence and definition, I prefer the relative brutality and overtones for the EL34.

Since I do not play at "full throttle", I guess my two 20w greenbacks would be able to handle the wreck power.
My current setup is: volume knob at 1H00 + Airbrake attenuator. Like this, the greenbacks are singing like Shirley Bassey under steroids, with a big amount of compression. mmmmh delicious

vincenz · Post by **vincenz** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 10:16 am

Here's my home made Airbrake:
[img:120:68]http://www.clipperton.ch/vincenzo/pub/guitar/twinwreck/build/attenuator_th.jpg[/img]

And I have found a nickname serial for the amp.
Say hello to Agatha

[img:120:68]http://www.clipperton.ch/vincenzo/pub/guitar/twinwreck/build/agatha_th.jpg[/img]

Lonely Raven · Post by **Lonely Raven** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 12:53 pm

It just gets better and better.

Zippy · Post by **Zippy** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 5:15 pm

vincenz wrote: *Chassis is firmly attached to the cab with 3 upper screws and home made steel bolts, and 2 on the back.

Looks sweet!

If that is an aluminum chassis, you may also consider adding a bracket to the PT to bolt it to the cabinet. You wouldn't want the weight of the trannie to bend your chassis. Bruce Collins made a bracket for the trannie on my tweed Super build and it makes a lot of sense when you look at the long lever arm of as great a mass as that.

Nice concept - that's gonna turn some heads for sure.

Looking forward to the clips.

dynaman · Post by **dynaman** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 6:02 pm

Wow, that looks amazing! What's up on the "TW" logo?

Zippy · Post by **Zippy** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 6:06 pm

dynaman wrote:Wow, that looks amazing! What's up on the "TW" logo?

You mean "TwainWeck"?

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