The ORIENT-EXPRESS

[tubelectron]

Hello All,

I was out for many years but here are some of my new releases ...

The ORIENT-EXPRESS :

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[img:640:480]http://img15.hostingpics.net/pics/697872IMG1863red2.jpg[/img]

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Some views of the chassis :

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[img460]http://img15.hostingpics.net/pics/938427IMG1833red.jpg[/img]

[img:800:688]http://img15.hostingpics.net/pics/248154IMG1837red.jpg[/img]

[img427]http://img15.hostingpics.net/pics/346112IMG1838red.jpg[/img]

The vintage UTAH "John Deere Green" reconed AlNiCo 8" speaker :

[img:640:480]http://img15.hostingpics.net/pics/887458IMG0890.jpg[/img]

[img:640:480]http://img15.hostingpics.net/pics/276565IMG0891.jpg[/img]

The release was designed and built from scratch :

[img:640:480]http://img15.hostingpics.net/pics/941211IMG0721.jpg[/img]

[img:640:480]http://img4.hostingpics.net/pics/267570IMG0746.jpg[/img]

Specs :

- 4W RMS Clean / 5W RMS Overdrive.
- 6V6GT / 2x 12AX7.
- tremolo.
- reverb.
- underneath switches : Triode/Pentode, Normal/Raw/Tamed.
- plywood cab in 3-color Tolex covering, tan grillcloth, white piping.
- engraved 3mm plexi faces and logos.
- size = 386x316x200mm.
- mass = 9kg with its padded cover and tremolo footswitch included.

A+!

[xtian]

Yeah! Really nice work! I love the control panel layout.

How do you bend your sheet metal?

[tubelectron]

Yeah! Really nice work! I love the control panel layout.

How do you bend your sheet metal?

Thanks xtian,

A friend of mine works in a sheet metal working company, and can sometimes help me.

A+!

[Reeltarded]

That is beautiful!

[tubelectron]

Thanks Reeltarded,

A+!

[TUBEDUDE]

Great tolex work. Good "not a clone" looks!

[tubelectron]

Great tolex work. Good "not a clone" looks!

Thanks TUBEDUDE,

Tolex is not so difficult to work if you have the right cutting tools and - most of all - the good glue (I use the TT SG-5 from tubetown.de).

A+!

[Tone Lover]

Looks very nice. I like your use of digital reverb to save space.
Bill

[dorrisant]

Very, very nice!!! I like the rail mounting.

[tubelectron]

Looks very nice. I like your use of digital reverb to save space.
Bill

Yes, Tone Lover. There is several reasons for the use of a digital reverb here are :
- the Holy Grail Nano EH is a very affordable and an excellent sounding device.
- the HGN is nearly a "ready to use" package, with the exception of the displaced reverb pot on the amp's panel, and it is easy to replace in case of failure.
- it is difficult to find short spring reverbs that have a good tone and good/long enough decay. It is even more difficult if you try to use a simplified single-tube reverb circuit.
- indeed I saved the space of the tube reverb drive and recovery circuits.
- the digital reverb is unsensitive to dangling, bumps, movements.

Very, very nice!!! I like the rail mounting.

Thanks dorrisant. You mean the turret board, I guess.

Oh, I should post some links to samples of the amp there :

https://soundcloud.com/tubelectron/r05-0001mp3

https://soundcloud.com/tubelectron/r05-0003mp3

https://soundcloud.com/tubelectron/r05-0005mp3

https://soundcloud.com/tubelectron/r05-0008mp3-1

The recording situation. Guitars : ES335-TD, Telecaster.

[img:800:600]http://img15.hostingpics.net/pics/217969IMG1901.jpg[/img]

A+!

[dorrisant]

Thanks dorrisant. You mean the turret board, I guess.

No, I was referring to the pieces of what look like aluminum that you used to mount the chassis to the cab. Instead of the usual capture nuts on a flange.

[M Fowler]

Nice job building these sweet little amps.

[tubelectron]

No, I was referring to the pieces of what look like aluminum that you used to mount the chassis to the cab. Instead of the usual capture nuts on a flange.

Ah, OK. Yes, I don't have the adequate tooling to do flanges for capture nuts.

Nice job building these sweet little amps.

Thanks M Fowler,

A+!

[C Moore]

Wow.....very cool looking amp, and an Awesome Name. Who does your Face plates/Graphics.?
That Holy Grail is a stroke of genius.....never would have thought of that.
Nice pictures by the way.

[tubelectron]

Thanks C Moore,

The name was given by a friend when he saw the tolexed cab : "it reminds me the Orient Express classy luggages and interiors", showing me this picture :

[img:637:423]http://static1.purepeople.com/articles/ ... 37x0-2.jpg[/img]

I design the graphics by myself with a free vectoriel design software (inkscape) which is compatible with the laser engraving machines of a local company specialized in signs and plates.

And yes, the Holy Grail Nano is a Reverb God's Gift ...

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