The Amp Garage

I picked up one of those a couple of years ago. Not a bad little unit - my most powerful amp is a JMP50 clone. As soon as it is cabled up it drops the signal by at least 3-4 dB. Very noticeable, I can dial it down much more, but the volume reduction comes with a proportional deterioration in the ton...

Sales children are not unique to GC. We still have a couple of mom/pop music stores locally and one GC. The last time I went to one of the mom & pop stores I was checking out a Godin guitar w/P90s. Very nice guitar - used. There were a couple of kids w/an entry level Jackson electric plugged into an...

The fantastic interplay between Rossington, Collins and King has never been matched. One of my favorite bands.

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Then "One of these days, I'm going to cut you into little pieces." comes to mind?

Oh, and be careful with that axe Eugene.

I've had the same thing happen with a pair of EH 6CA7s last year. Anode to heater was shorted on one tube. Those were great sounding tubes and can't get them anymore.

I would check both tubes to make sure there is no continuity between pins 2 and 7 and the other pins.

I think he's referring to the headstock inlay or logo, which IMO is superb. Well, actually the whole guitar is superb.

Yes. Try the Tung Sol 6L6GC-STRs. They are still available in matched sets. I bought a pair a few years ago for a Supro 1688 cone project. These puppies absolutely roar! Sweetwater had them on sale - at least $10/ less than Tube Depot or AES. This was for a single tube. They have matched sets too, a...

I have been trying to search this forum for any threads on this kit but the only results are on a "102" Probably because no one has had trouble building this amp with the supplied directions. Those are very good instructions and well illustrated. Far more info there than the news in my Sunday paper.

Very cool. Screams "Rule Britannia".

That must be a schematic error, no?

The grid leaks in the Thunderbolt power amp schematic appear repeatedly in a lot of other Valco amplifier schematics.

My favorite wood is ash. It exhibits a strong grain like oak, without (to me) the annoying speckles in the wood. Also red oak, very nice. These woods are very hard, heavy, and take a good bit of grainfiller to result in a level surface. That finish may seem to be out of character with a Trainwreck c...

I used to use T-nuts until I found these these:
https://www.tubesandmore.com/products/ ... ffle-mount

Are you sure those resistors in the image annotated by bepone aren't touching? Any chance the enamel on them or the cap insulation is chipped?

I think he is referring to the connections to the power and standby switches. I solder to these connections all the time, no issues, but the spades on my switches are brass.

The narrow panel cabinet's baffle is secured to the top and bottom valences with a screw in each corner. I put a rubber washer between the baffle and the valence. Let me find a few photos - one I did in plywood. I used a 15" speaker on this one.