My #102 has come to life!

[jlatrace]

I finished my #102 thanks to all the resources and information on this site. I am a hobbist (not a pro lik emany of you) and I was pleased that it fired up, biased and played for 2 hours during a gig this weekend and souned awesome.

I built the boards, some are better than others thanks to my obtaining a blank main board blank from Jason. I used a CE chassis (had issues with bolts locking, many folks came to rescrue and the problem cured). I used a donor PT from an old baldwin organ chassis, a donor OT from the SF Fender Twin 70-71 timeframe and the head & speaker cabinet were made by Taylor Cox (outstanding work). I slighyly in the power section due to not having a bias tap and the filter caps I had handy. The lead dress really seems to make a significant contribution to the sound based on having previuosly wired skyliner EQ's into other amps without paying much attention to how HAD and others on this site dress your amps.

My voltages are as follows:
B+ = 459 vdc
B+ HT, plate & screens = 456
B+ PI = 437
B+ OD = 332
B+ CL = 324
v1 pin 1 = 199; pin 6 = 207
V2 pin 1 = 207; pin 6 = 210
V3 pin 1 (non-FB side) = 297
v3 pin 3 = 57
bias feed = -50

They seem to be in the ball park, but I would appreciate any feedback on the voltages.

Here are some pictures too:

[telentubes]

Nice work.

[Structo]

Congrats on your amp!

How do you like the carbon comps in it?

[jlatrace]

Nice work.

Thanks.

[jlatrace]

Congrats on your amp!

How do you like the carbon comps in it?

Thanks!
The amp sounds excellent. I used them in areas where they traditionaly smooth the sound (pins 1 and 6 of preamp) and where I didn't have an option for a needed value.

I am very pleased with this amp. I have built a variety of tweed amps, blackfaces, marshalls, a trainwreck, vox style (matchless) and various modifications. This is "hands down" the best sounding, most versitile amp I have ever played. I'm a jazz, blues & comtemporay christian rock player. The amp is decent at jazz (not using the jazz setting) and outstanding at all other applications.

As I said above, I think the lead dress is part of the "secret sauce" so to speak.

I find that I play the amp with the bright switch and mid boost engaged at all times. The only change I plan to replace the Jazz Rock switch with an on-off-on switch.

[amplifiednation]

Very nicely done!!! The 102 is a great sounding build. Mine is finally settling in and keeps getting better and better!! Congrats let me know how you like that speaker cab, the extra box volume makes them sound HUGE with an EV!!

[CHIP]

Congrats on your build. I agree, they are quite versatile.

[jlatrace]

Very nicely done!!! The 102 is a great sounding build. Mine is finally settling in and keeps getting better and better!! Congrats let me know how you like that speaker cab, the extra box volume makes them sound HUGE with an EV!!

Taylor,
The head and cabinet you made are truly excellent workmanship. I found an EV recone a while back but it wasn't until this last weekend that I got to hear your cabinet loaded with the EV. You are right, your cabinet sounds bigger than a 4 x 12 (and it's a 1-12). However, the EV is much heavier than I remebered, I couldn't imagine carrying (or even needing) a 2-12 loaded with EV's.
Thanks agin for the head & cabinet combo.
Les