Trainwreck inspired Amp finished + pics + first recordings

[drhulsey]

Sounds as good as she looks

[Rimy]

right!
i've got them today and i did a new recording. (see my first post)

v1 tungsram ecc83
v2 ei ecc83 telefunken
v3 tung sol 12ax7

v4+v5 mullard xf3 bias at 39ma

sounds incredible. now i know what it's all about mullards an nos.



edit: i listened again to the recordings and it's hard to capture the real sound of the amp. the amp sounds definately different, bigger, warmer, more open as on the recording.

[glguitarman]

Hello, this is my first post here. That's a very nice sounding amp.

[j-po]

I see you dared to diverge from the original TW layout. Good work. Is that a toroidal PT I'm seeing? No hum problems with placing it on the input side of the chassis?

Gut shots! Gut shots!

[Rimy]

yes, the pt is a toroidal.
there was a lot of hum right in the beginning, so i had to move the pt to reduce it.
the chassis is a hammond 17x4x3 which i figured out is a bit too small.
because of that i had to put the pt behind the chassis and
i had to stack the board more or less on top of the tube sockets.
so the wireing and the leaddress is not the best.
but i am building a second one right now, where the mistakes i made in the first build, hopefully are rectified.