Rocketeer

[Deric]

Mark,

I had Anthony at stagecraftgear.com build me a cab for the CE chassis a while back. He builds the Gabkits cabs. He built the same cab only re-sized for the CE chassis for a $15.00 upcharge over the Ceriatone cab...

[M Fowler]

I got an email from Anthony today about going narrower, thanks.

[Structo]

That is why I liked the CE chassis.
They have counter sunk screw holes on the side so the screw heads are flush with the sides.

I put my new ODS into a Ceriatone head cab and there is just under 1/4" gap on both ends.

Since my chassis is black, it doesn't show up to bad against the black cab.

[M Fowler]

Deric I wonder if Anthony kept your cab data on file, not a problem I can tell him what I need.

CE chassis are 19 inches and rj's are 19.25.

[M Fowler]

Rocketeer #2

Faceplate by colossal
chassis by Ddawg 19.50x8x2.5
rjguitars Heyboer TW PT 5199 and OT 8093-1/A470
Hammond 158L choke
JJ tubes
Gabkit 1-12 Dumble combo cab
Celestion Vin 30

No dual HT switching runnng 280-0-280
4k3 primary OT

[Colossal]

That is badass Mark!

How are you liking the mica coupling cap on V1? Any scratching on the Volume pot?

[M Fowler]

Dave,

Thanks buddy I see your back from Arizona how was the trip?

No scratchiness on the pot at all. Very good circuit works well with a bunch of different speaker choice.

Mark

[M Fowler]

That is a ceramic disc on V1 Dave not mica.

[Zippy]

Mark,

Do you have any glue underneath the power tube cathode bypass capacitor? It makes me uncomfortable seeing that cap seemingly floating out there.

I'm guessing that you don't feel a need for a midrange control? Have you tweaked the mids value for any particular guitar(s)?

Cheers!

[M Fowler]

Zippy that would be a good idea to glue that cap down, I'll put a dab under the cap, thanks!

I just use the standard 10k like the TW does, and with the DPDT bright switch I can have 100pf none 500pf plus the interaction of the bright pot/bass pot as well as the cut control there is so many ways of adjusting to each type of guitar.

Last night I ran a Tele, Strat and LP through this amp and I like the Tele the best but I was able to adjust for each guitar and playing style.

all 12AX7 preamp tubes.

Mark

[T Wilcox]

Hey Mark

Where do/did you get the 4 clips you used for chassis mounting?
I was considering just tapping the threads on my express but that looks more convenient.

Thanks

Todd

[Zippy]

I just use the standard 10k like the TW does, and with the DPDT bright switch I can have 100pf none 500pf plus the interaction of the bright pot/bass pot as well as the cut control there is so many ways of adjusting to each type of guitar.

Last night I ran a Tele, Strat and LP through this amp and I like the Tele the best but I was able to adjust for each guitar and playing style.

all 12AX7 preamp tubes.

Mark

Thanks, Mark. At the expense of being redundant... Nice build!

[M Fowler]

Thanks Zippy appreciate you looking the amp over, eagle eye

Todd I have a great Ace Hardware store and dig through there special isle all the time. Most of the time I can't use these 1/4 inch clips and use 1/4" or #10 bolt-on/pop-rivet threaded mounts like the Dumble amps use.

If you can find the square nut inserts like Allynmey uses on his TW chassis you could drill a hole and file it square to fit. rjguitar uses pem nuts.

Mark

[Colossal]

Todd (and Mark),

I used those square clip-on/slip-over nuts (that you used Mark) on my last build and they were a real life saver. They worked really well. The build was a retrofit into an existing combo cab and I had a custom tubes-down chassis made to fit and had to use the existing holes on the combo. So those mounting clips worked perfectly for the application. I found them locally in the hardware drawers.

[M Fowler]

If there is enough room I like using those heavy duty clips, they are very solid feeling and thread nice.