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Lew

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Amp nerds come and read
« on: September 23, 2011, 02:11:25 PM »
Yo!I know there a few ampheads that know their beans on over here soooooo....the aim is to end up with a girthy,grindy,chewy, spitty deathmachine amp built with a tone like...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbctpMaZoZ4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opxcniXR3hw&NR=1

So why not just get a Fortin bones or send a JCM800 to be modded?'cause I have a builder nearby who's the dogz bollocks which means we can have fun tweaking it to exactly where I want it.Not to mention the $3k+ price.

Just looking for a general chat about the actual parts (not circuits etc) as I'll be buying alot of the stuff and having it sent to him - why not just get him to do it? 'cause I'm a saddo that wants to be a nerd over the details and learn something on the way :D

I think we're pretty set on starting from a JCM800 style and taking it from there.So, starting at the start - the first thing I've come across is the chasis - Alu V Steel - I've been made aware of some of the pros and cons but still... discuss!Feel free to chime in with any info/advice you have of other parts too.I want the best bits I can buy from a tone point of view-not snake oil point of view.

Thanks :)


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Re: Amp nerds come and read
« Reply #1 on: September 23, 2011, 09:25:25 PM »
Me wants a bones, too!
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Lew

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Re: Amp nerds come and read
« Reply #2 on: September 23, 2011, 10:53:24 PM »
Got the chasis sourced thanks to super helpful forumite Tony, even if the project is taking a slightly different direction :D
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Re: Amp nerds come and read
« Reply #3 on: September 24, 2011, 02:06:47 AM »
Marshall Valvestate 8100 :)
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Re: Amp nerds come and read
« Reply #4 on: September 24, 2011, 05:53:09 AM »
EDCOR output transformers are some seriously nice pieces of steel and for a great price too. Highly recommend them myself and I doubt you'll find a bad word about them elsewhere. They are stiff sounding and have a wide frequency range.
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Lew

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Re: Amp nerds come and read
« Reply #5 on: September 25, 2011, 03:07:14 PM »
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Nephilim

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Re: Amp nerds come and read
« Reply #6 on: September 25, 2011, 03:53:09 PM »
Can you mod a JCM800 to take 6L6 tubes?
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Re: Amp nerds come and read
« Reply #7 on: September 25, 2011, 04:21:16 PM »
Quote from: Nephilim on September 25, 2011, 03:53:09 PM
Can you mod a JCM800 to take 6L6 tubes?

yep
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Lew

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Re: Amp nerds come and read
« Reply #8 on: October 23, 2011, 03:32:16 PM »
slowly but surely



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Re: Amp nerds come and read
« Reply #9 on: October 25, 2011, 08:54:31 PM »
SLOclone?
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Re: Amp nerds come and read
« Reply #10 on: October 25, 2011, 11:53:07 PM »
Looks very much SLO  8)
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Re: Amp nerds come and read
« Reply #11 on: October 26, 2011, 06:03:34 AM »
There are no openings for the transformers in the chassis?
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Re: Amp nerds come and read
« Reply #12 on: October 26, 2011, 06:27:14 AM »
Quote from: hunter on October 26, 2011, 06:03:34 AM
There are no openings for the transformers in the chassis?

Nah the guy who makes these chassis leaves the circuit board & transformer mounting holes off as people have such a variable range to choose from its impossible to get it exact.

If you know what you are going to use he will drill the chassis before shipping it though
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Lew

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Re: Amp nerds come and read
« Reply #13 on: October 26, 2011, 04:25:11 PM »
Yea, it's an SLO100 clone that's gonna be made with stuff from C3 with the exception of trannies. Huge thanks to Tony for guiding me through everything, he's the man!
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