The Amp Garage

Back in the day I used to help a friend with his mobile disco and we used two 100W valve matamps.
I can't remember what model they were but we are pretty local so visited Mat at the workshop a few times with those amps.

Now I see that someone has revived the name
https://www.matamp.co.uk/

Craig

As an ex BT guy, I can honestly say that I've done miles of lacing both on bunches of cables and bunches of wires.
It's a lost art now though, it's all cable straps and double sided velcro now.

Craig

Thanks for the replies,
I'll give it some thought, I hadn't even noticed the top connection until now, that might complicate matters.

Craig

I've got hold of a bunch of NOS CV1052s otherwise known as EL32s
They appear to be from 1969 and from Mullard Blackburn UK

Are they any use? what could I build with them?

Thanks
Craig

I've replied to you PM Seb.

sluckey wrote: ↑Fri May 26, 2023 4:56 pm No. If you look at the bottom of a 6V6 you'll see there is no pin 6 on the tube base.

Thanks sluckey

Does this apply to 6V6's too?
I used pin 6 to mount the grid resistor going to pin 5

Craig

A friend of mine is a CSI and they were called to an incident where a guy tried to cut through a 3 phase cable in an electricity substation with a hacksaw.
Suffice it to say that the cable never made it to his van!

Definitely a win for Darwinism

Craig

On a connected note, I also have a Line6 Helix and that models amp hum at 60hz and it just sounds wrong to a 50 hz'er like me.

Craig

Thanks Mark
Those are the ones I've been referring to.

Craig

No, I"ve only opened it up to clip the bright cap.
I will have a good poke around in there at some point though.

Thanks pullshocks,

Did you use the values from the 20th anniversary schematics for your build?

I'll have a look over on Hoffmans to see if I can find that thread.

Craig

Thanks maxkracht, they're good points and you're right that the OT on the anniversary model is complicated with multi tap outputs but I believe that the MKII moved to an Ironman based attenuator which I already implemented in my previous build so hopefully it's a single tap transformer. With regards...

I finished my first build last year based on the Benson Monarch and was very happy with it until I bought myself a Tone King Imperial MKII. Now I'm finding my build to sound very sterile in comparison to the Imperial. That got me thinking about trying to build my own, I have some schematics for the ...

Well it's a bugger to strip that's for sure so I had to buy a new stripper, side cutters just won't do. I found it easy to get neat, the lack of shrink back when you solder it is great and putting a twist in will keep it flat to the chassis. I've attached a pic of my first build which I used it on a...