cosmonaut
Joined: Apr 02, 2019
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Posted on Jul 24 2021 01:08 AM
Received a warmoth neck for a fender xii tribute guitar. Ebony fingerboard on maple neck. I’ll be cutting the body myself sometime before the end of the year. Thinking firemist or shoreline gold.
This will be an affordable player guitar with the less inspiring gotoh bridge. Novak XII pickups.
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cosmonaut
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Posted on Aug 02 2021 08:16 PM
Finally got to stress test the princeton at full volume in an empty concert hall. It rips. Time to finish the cosmetics and we’re done.
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rfcii
Joined: Oct 28, 2018
Posts: 143
Quimper Peninsula, WA
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Posted on Aug 03 2021 09:23 PM
Gorgeous, and looks like a ton of fun, especially with the chance to test it full bore!
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cosmonaut
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Posted on Aug 07 2021 02:04 AM
rfcii wrote:
Gorgeous, and looks like a ton of fun, especially with the chance to test it full bore!
removed the negative feedback and ran it on 10 for two
hours straight. had a flir camera on the transformer and power tubes the whole time. nice and stable. i love this circuit so much.
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cosmonaut
Joined: Apr 02, 2019
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Posted on Aug 23 2021 12:40 AM
Apollo Lunar (reverb) Module
Picked up a pair of surfy pans and decided to make another 6g15 reverb unit, this time influenced by the lunar modules. chose black fiberboard for the circuit for some 2001 monolith vibes, with a few related aesthetic choices forthcoming.
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Gilette
Joined: May 04, 2014
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Posted on Aug 23 2021 11:01 AM
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cosmonaut
Joined: Apr 02, 2019
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Posted on Sep 10 2021 04:20 PM
adding a compact convertible 1x15 tilt-back cabinet. choosing the right speaker will be tough.
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cosmonaut
Joined: Apr 02, 2019
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Posted on Dec 08 2021 11:38 PM
5f10 Harvard
this is a delightful circuit. Very easy to build, aside from the chassis machining. I built this into a 5f2 chassis. No current sellers have chrome chassis. I went through 4 to find one that was just ‘reasonable’.
I made this for a very kind person on another forum. He’s doing the cab and speaker on his end, I’m just shipping the completed chassis.
gut shot. I had to wire the heaters low to fit the board in, but the noise floor is stupendously low.
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cosmonaut
Joined: Apr 02, 2019
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Posted on Feb 20 2022 05:01 PM
Shell Pink parts Telecaster - recently I inherited some guitar stuff. A LOT of budget parts and a few gems (enough for a telecaster!). Sold some of these inherited GFS bodies and picked up this equally cheap import alder body in shell pink. Need a neck, everything else is from the spare parts bins. Wilkinson compensated saddles, emerson pro 250k pots, tex-mex pickups for now.
edit: 3/03/22 set it up as a baritone for now with my subsonic neck. stringing it up today! have my eye on a normal tele roasted maple neck after I finish some more amps.
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Black_Bee_Tunes
Joined: Feb 24, 2022
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Posted on Feb 24 2022 02:15 PM
Great stuff Cosmonaut, I really like your design style.
Any updates on the Apollo Lunar (reverb) Module?
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cosmonaut
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Posted on Mar 03 2022 05:15 PM
Black_Bee_Tunes wrote:
Great stuff Cosmonaut, I really like your design style.
Any updates on the Apollo Lunar (reverb) Module?
thanks! I appreciate it. The circuit is built and ready: found an original gibbs pan, and have a surfy pan as well. I’m currently test printing some custom fabric crucial to the design. I‘ve also been designing different enclosures for it. I want to go with something a little different than a rectangular box, so I’m practicing different wood joints.
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cosmonaut
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Posted on Mar 23 2022 05:06 PM
Playing this today. can't decide on a name or badge design for the cabinets. baritone tele, 2x10 ceramics (WGS and weber), 1x15 Neo Weber.
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Black_Bee_Tunes
Joined: Feb 24, 2022
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Posted on Mar 24 2022 12:17 PM
AWESOME RIG!!!! I'm planning a 6g16 build and am completely rethinking the cosmetics after seeing this.
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cosmonaut
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Posted on Mar 25 2022 03:50 PM
Black_Bee_Tunes wrote:
AWESOME RIG!!!! I'm planning a 6g16 build and am completely rethinking the cosmetics after seeing this.
I love the classic fender look, but I’m trying more and more different things to get away from it while still paying homage. I had some more crazy ideas for that lunar-themed reverb unit pushing it more toward space odyssey 2001, once I have some custom parts 3d printed i’ll update here.
can’t wait to see what you come up with!
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DeathTide
Joined: Apr 13, 2018
Posts: 1330
New Orleans
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Posted on Mar 26 2022 08:42 AM
Oh DUDE that Tower is awesome!! I was following this when you were making it and I had my doubts, I’ll be honest. But after seeing that photo, it all makes sense. I just didn’t understand before. Brilliant work, inspiring!
— Daniel Deathtide
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cosmonaut
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Posted on Mar 27 2022 01:56 AM
DeathTide wrote:
Oh DUDE that Tower is awesome!! I was following this when you were making it and I had my doubts, I’ll be honest. But after seeing that photo, it all makes sense. I just didn’t understand before. Brilliant work, inspiring!
i dreamt this thing up in 2015 and HAD to finish as planned. I have a hard time completing anything, and this has helped my brain immensely. it was always meant to handle baritone or normal guitar. the cabs either do side by side tilt back or stack. i kinda like it stacked, tbh. it’s a lot
of blue, but whatever. i have other amps, and reverb units.
It plays VERY well in stereo with a ‘65 style black princeton, so guess what head i’m making next…
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cosmonaut
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Posted on Apr 25 2022 03:42 PM
today we convert the bullet mustang to vibrato. next we do something about those pickups….
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SandBug
Joined: Feb 22, 2016
Posts: 439
California
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Posted on Apr 25 2022 05:35 PM
Looking good! I love those little Mustangs. Despite the shallow body depth they're great for modding.
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cosmonaut
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Posted on May 03 2022 06:22 PM
Princeton-ish Reverb - switchable Midrange Pot, 3 way NFB switch, 4/8/16Ω impedence selector, bias test jacks, bias pot, switchable reverb dwell control, handmade poplar cabinet. Mercury transformers, NOS GE rectifier.
color palette:
drilled and staked the circuit board today! got some custom one of a kind grey board material from the (exceptionally skilled) Tungsten Amplifiers.
chassis is all drilled and populated:
underside:
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Black_Bee_Tunes
Joined: Feb 24, 2022
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Posted on May 18 2022 09:23 PM
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