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Re: Show off your builds!

Posted: Fri May 08, 2020 12:10 pm
by Arcane
Thanks! Been a bit of a struggle getting parts in lately. Nice to be getting back to work!

Blue Jacket OC45 Rangemaster

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Re: Show off your builds!

Posted: Thu May 21, 2020 10:33 pm
by Dr Tony Balls
Balls P-45. Straight up JTM45 clone for a guy on the EA forums.

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Re: Show off your builds!

Posted: Thu May 21, 2020 11:30 pm
by innerflight
clean as a whistle man :badlove:

Re: Show off your builds!

Posted: Fri May 22, 2020 1:09 am
by daCod
Trade a western tele for it? :hihi:

Re: Show off your builds!

Posted: Fri May 22, 2020 3:39 am
by Dr Tony Balls
daCod wrote: Fri May 22, 2020 1:09 am Trade a western tele for it? :hihi:
Time will tell....ive only seen the body of that guy!

Re: Show off your builds!

Posted: Fri May 22, 2020 4:08 am
by daCod
Dr Tony Balls wrote: Fri May 22, 2020 3:39 am
daCod wrote: Fri May 22, 2020 1:09 am Trade a western tele for it? :hihi:
Time will tell....ive only seen the body of that guy!
:marx:

Re: Show off your builds!

Posted: Mon May 25, 2020 1:36 pm
by Arcane
Beautiful work Dr Balls.

Re: Show off your builds!

Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2020 4:24 pm
by Arcane
OC45 Rangemaster with all the goodies!

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Re: Show off your builds!

Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2020 10:09 pm
by Dr Tony Balls
Weird Shit.

This started as an experiment to build an amp with a long tail phase inverter and push-pull EF86 backend. The idea being a ~1/2watt bedroom amp with a relatively standard phase inverter and PP pentode back end so you could recreate some classics at TV set volume. Even with some adjustments that was too much gain into the EF86s and didnt really work out. Decided to rev the design and use NOS ECL84s for the power tubes which dealt a lot better with the gain of the LTPI. Those provided a bit too much power for my everyday use (~2 watts) so I added a little built in attenuator on the back. The preamp is a kind of BF Bassman / Dumble-y kinda thing.

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I built a little cab for it to and used up some odd parts that I dont need like some tweed fabric, which I think I used the wrong glue on because it got all splotchy. So I stained it black and got weird black tweed:

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Re: Show off your builds!

Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2020 2:58 am
by HorseyBoy
^ That looks cool as shit, Tony, although I would have been tempted not to build a cabinet around it. I know - live voltage, safety issues, etc. But I just love looking at those tubes.