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Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: Dmoney on January 21, 2013, 11:56:54 PM

Title: New Headshell Day
Post by: Dmoney on January 21, 2013, 11:56:54 PM
A while ago I built myself a backup amp. I just got a seafoam green headshell for it.
Here it is. Gut shots are from before the thing was finished but you get the idea.

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(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v174/xtattybobx/IMG-20121119-00535_zpsca1fed92.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v174/xtattybobx/IMG-20121119-00534_zps5da34a15.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v174/xtattybobx/IMG-20121119-00533_zps16d1ce9f.jpg)
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Title: Re: New Headshell Day
Post by: TheyCallMeVolume on January 22, 2013, 12:53:53 AM
That looks awesome!
Title: Re: New Headshell Day
Post by: Toe-Knee on January 22, 2013, 06:16:44 AM
I knew you would go or seafoam green!

Looks great! But we've already discussed this many times!
Title: Re: New Headshell Day
Post by: darkbluemurder on January 22, 2013, 08:47:30 AM
Wow - super clean build, very nice.

Have fun with that amp.

Cheers Stephan
Title: Re: New Headshell Day
Post by: d1dsj on January 22, 2013, 12:31:13 PM
Wow, that does look fantastic. Both Toe-Knee and yourself build real pro quality gear.....amazing.
Title: Re: New Headshell Day
Post by: dave_mc on January 22, 2013, 12:43:10 PM
very nice. I wasn't sure about the colour at the start but the more i look at it the more it's growing on me. :)
Title: Re: New Headshell Day
Post by: Afghan Dave on January 22, 2013, 01:16:00 PM
Can't beat Seafoam Green!

Great work.
Title: Re: New Headshell Day
Post by: Telerocker on January 22, 2013, 05:55:15 PM
Love the colour and great workmanship!
Title: Re: New Headshell Day
Post by: Toe-Knee on January 22, 2013, 07:35:57 PM
Quote from: d1dsj on January 22, 2013, 12:31:13 PM
Wow, that does look fantastic. Both Toe-Knee and yourself build real pro quality gear.....amazing.

Rob is by far the better builder. I still have a lot to learn. I'm going to try out a few tricks that Dmoney has done & Soldano themselves do when i eventually get around to rebuilding my amp as it was my first build and is an abomination compared to my last few builds and especially this one!
Title: Re: New Headshell Day
Post by: 38thBeatle on January 22, 2013, 08:03:35 PM
Fantastic- I love the colour.
Title: Re: New Headshell Day
Post by: Dmoney on January 22, 2013, 08:31:27 PM
I found it really hard to get a photo on my blackberry that didn't wash out the colour of the tolex. I always wanted a seafoam green guitar but the things I fancy don't tend to come in that kind of colour.

Thanks for the compliments on the build. I went all out on it. It's my cleanest build to date and I put a lot of effort into it. Not only in construction but also in sourcing all the parts. No corners have been cut in that amp. I even had the power supply PCB manufactured from drawings I made after teaching myself to use some PCB software specifically to do this. Bit over the top, but it's about picking up new skills as well finished article.
Title: Re: New Headshell Day
Post by: Dmoney on January 27, 2013, 09:10:31 PM
Here is a recording I did of this amp. It's really just my first attempt at using cab impulses in garageband (Cheers for the help with that Toe-Knee). One track duplicated to either side. Taken from the amp's DI out and using some kind of uberkab sim.
Title: Re: New Headshell Day
Post by: TheyCallMeVolume on January 27, 2013, 11:24:23 PM
Sounds great!