tonetti
Joined: Aug 20, 2008
Posts: 654
California
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Posted on Aug 05 2009 10:50 PM
After building the first one, I decided to build a second one, the first one I built was sort of a trial to see how well it would work, It sounds excellent by the way! This one I am pretty proud of, as I used all new components, and again built it completely from scratch (not a kit) myself. I had only one problem with this build, I blew out the power transformer immediately when I first plugged it in, (very discouraging by the way!) After going over the circuit, I found that when I soldered the leads from the PT to the bridge rectifier, one of the leads bridged over to the other leg of the rectifier, hence the blown PT. Ill definately never do that again.
I call this one "The Big Dripper" I hope you enjoy the pics!
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LHR
Joined: Aug 23, 2006
Posts: 2123
The jungle
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Posted on Aug 05 2009 11:18 PM
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Mel
Joined: Feb 25, 2008
Posts: 321
Canada's Wet Coast
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Posted on Aug 05 2009 11:32 PM
What a beautiful looking job you've done!
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scotstandard
Joined: Nov 09, 2008
Posts: 1140
Davenport Iowa
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Posted on Aug 06 2009 12:02 AM
Nice job! Looks Great!
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SURFmole
Joined: Nov 22, 2007
Posts: 901
Portland, OR
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Posted on Aug 06 2009 12:09 AM
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dp
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 3546
mojave desert, california
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Posted on Aug 06 2009 12:21 AM
Very nice! Any chance we can hear a sound sample?
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crumble
Joined: Sep 09, 2008
Posts: 3158
Guildford England
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Posted on Aug 06 2009 06:34 AM
Very nice
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dannylectro
Joined: Aug 18, 2008
Posts: 373
Orange, CA
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Posted on Aug 06 2009 06:42 AM
I notice you used a Sylvania 6K6. Good choice, those are my favorite of the NOS brands. I've used many of the GE and RCA types but I really dig the tighter sound of the Sylvania's.
Just out of curiosity, what type of output transformer did you use? Is that a stock Fender one?
Tank looks great with the blonde toltex and oxblood grill, by the way
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morphball
Joined: Dec 23, 2008
Posts: 3324
Pittsboro, NC
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Posted on Aug 06 2009 07:41 AM
That looks fantastic, I'm sure it sounds just as good. (Love the name too.)
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Thunderhead
Joined: Apr 11, 2009
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Posted on Aug 06 2009 08:27 AM
Very nice build, Congrats 
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FritzCat
Joined: Sep 11, 2007
Posts: 685
Sonoma, CA
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Posted on Aug 06 2009 08:30 AM
Looks good, but are these things safe with a 2-prong cord?
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Brian
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Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Aug 06 2009 09:15 AM
Nice work.
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zak
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Posted on Aug 06 2009 09:18 AM
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tonetti
Joined: Aug 20, 2008
Posts: 654
California
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Posted on Aug 06 2009 10:16 AM
dp
Very nice! Any chance we can hear a sound sample?
I'll try and get a sample up, when I get a chance, my dad has some recording equipment I could use.
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kick_the_reverb
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 1339
Escondido, CA
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Posted on Aug 06 2009 10:25 AM
Very Nice! I like the tidy circuit board.
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Ruhar
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Posts: 3909
San Diego, CA
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Posted on Aug 06 2009 10:33 AM
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tonetti
Joined: Aug 20, 2008
Posts: 654
California
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Posted on Aug 06 2009 10:38 AM
dannylectro
I notice you used a Sylvania 6K6. Good choice, those are my favorite of the NOS brands. I've used many of the GE and RCA types but I really dig the tighter sound of the Sylvania's.
Just out of curiosity, what type of output transformer did you use? Is that a stock Fender one?
Tank looks great with the blonde toltex and oxblood grill, by the way
Yes the tube is a NOS Sylvania 6k6, and it does sound good. The output transformer is one that was kind of hard to hunt down, on the first one I built I used one I purchased from Triode Electronics, which is suposedly standard replacement for the 6g15, on this one, that particular transformer was unavailable from Triode, I would have had to wait a month for it. So what I decided to use was a Blackface Champ transformer, with both the 4 and 8 ohm tap. I have both the OT and the Choke mounted on the back of the chassis, and the PT inside the chassis as you can see. Both the choke, and the PT are direct replacements for the standalone reverb unit. The only difference with the PT is that it doesn't have a center tap for the heater wires, so I had to add 2 100ohm 1/2 watt resistors to create an artificial center tap.
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tommyalvarado
Joined: Jan 03, 2008
Posts: 512
Delaware, USA
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Posted on Aug 06 2009 04:27 PM
Nice work. I'm anxious to hear it.
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tonetti
Joined: Aug 20, 2008
Posts: 654
California
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Posted on Aug 06 2009 05:05 PM
Anyone know of a real easy way to put up sound samples?
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thesjkexperience
Joined: Jul 02, 2009
Posts: 56
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Posted on Aug 06 2009 05:17 PM
It looks so easy when you do it! ;) Fantastic!
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