Thought I would share with you my latest build. It been on and (mostly) off for the last 18 months but have really got into it over the last couple of weeks and am glad to say that I'm almost there!
Well it works.....nearly. Just trying to get the tremolo to work. For some reason I'm not getting any volts on the cathodes. Replaced the valve, still didn't work, so unless the valve holder is faulty, I'm open to suggestions?
My first build with reverb too! I never really liked "Fender" reverb, too sproingy so always used a reverb pedal. But this reverb is gorgeous. Love it!
Just finalising some voltages, so schematic will be finished soon too.
Very nice!
I've been curious about this amp for a long time.
A friend of mine who is a member here actually played the silver alligator and remarked that it was the best clean sound he had ever heard from a guitar amp. I've built a very stripped down 50 watt version. No reverb, no tremolo, with a 12AX7/12BH7 PI/cathode follower and absolutely love it. I really like the EF86 preamp, and with the PI/CF it just gets louder and silkier as you turn up. A member here who goes by svempan also built a 50 watter loosely based on this amp and very graciously gave me some help on mine.
Bravo Aaron!
<i> "I've suffered for my music. Now it's your turn."</i>
If anybody has any ideas I would be glad to hear some suggestions.
So using the twin to get it up and running.
