The Amp Garage

dumble used formica ...lol DON'T use wood of any type for a circuit board it's extremely heat sensitive will dry out and then stuff will get loose....can you say ZAP! pop...wtfbbq?! you can use the crappy wax impregnated cardboard fender used to use...but i prefer phenolic or epoxy and i like turret...

heh i was reading recently eddie VH was running his stock super lead 100 watt plexi into a 20 ohm power resistor ....but with the variac turned down so it's comperable to a 50 watter (same preamp schematics and the extra output tubes and bigger trannies)...so he's running the power tubes way under b...

um.... heh. well i gotta say i like to prototype as much as the next guy but a kit is kind of attractive if it isn't overly expensive....having said that i HAVE NEVER MET AN AMP I DIDN"T JUST have to tweak; " cause turning the knobs just don't get it!" where's that soldering iron and those extra cap...

attenuators don't seem to be aproblem if they are good ones like the air brake (big ohmite power resisters, no inductor fancy stuff) but they aren't cheap to build or buy since the ohmite resistors are like 15 to 20 $ each and you need a big box too like 8" X 11" heh since the resistors are huge. bu...

"input resistor" (68 k is part of dynamicsor lack thereof) in the trainwreck it's not there to give better sensitivity to playing hard or soft....if you put it in you loose sensitivity and a little treble. colors on schematics indicate parts that are verified "black ones" parts that are in the fende...

the zugster webpage is where i got most my info also...i also was talking to normster and we tweaked the excell speadsheet a bit...he had done originally. sorry was away for a bit . but info is this i built my attenuator using the bridged t design from zugsters webpage link here is a list of stuff i...

the old T.V. marshall cabs sound great ...the reissues not so great... but a note the reissues are not as deep as the old ones...by one inch.so if you want a 4X 12 cabinet go mesure any marshall cabinet and add one inch to the depth to get the older sound ( this is because the standing wave inside t...

rock and roll you are referring to the spl, sound pressure level. whic in a small room you get more of due to the reflection of the sound waves ....but a note i live out in the middle of no where and i dime my amps all the time ...so it's only my preference for the less is more approach of the expre...

wow, what a circus we have here huh? ...well i allready compared the schematics between the komet and the express and they are different amps.....diff post . also who would want to clone a komet? it's sooo damn loud and really it's kind of an offshoot of the express; which frankly in my opinion is m...

way to go moose!

rock on ! i live out in the middle of nowhere and i have to dime my clone of a small box 50 watt marshall (schematic 1987). well it's a concert everytime i play lol, oh i do have an attenuator i built similar to the airbrake...so i can play the beast at -3 to -12 db for some less "ears are ringing, ...

yeah omar! we're here to talk amps, not politics about amps !

just build an attenuator steve i have some info on them if you want to build one. cost about 100$ parts and shipping from mouser.com to build one...they sound like the amp. parts are just big power resistors...

i read ken said to put the express on the floor , hehe i boult a clone in a combo where the speakers were right in front of the chassis...you know that was a pain to tune in since the sound shakes the chassis...never again ...comboes are terrible for high gain amps...those el34 winged c power tubes ...

relays make noise optocouplers don't...fender soldano and boogie all use optocouplers the soldano lead 100 has a nice setup for 2 master volumes if i recall.... the optocouplers are always Vactec VTL5C1 and hey you can use the 6.3 volt supply to run them ...look at the slo 100 watt soldano at blue g...