Looking for good blank chassis

[StratTone]

I'm digging the Hammond chassis's but they only make them 17'' long. Anyone got a link to some good aluminum or steel chassis's in the 20'' range?

[Chuck H]

I don't know of any manufactured chassis over 17". There are a couple of guys around that make custom chassis for reasonable prices. Ron Work is one of them. I had good results. It was 3 times the cost of a Hammond unit. But the aluminum was over twice the guage thickness and I had him do some chassis punching. Also, these were angle front chassis like a BF Fender which is trickier for only two custom chassis. All joints were welded and ground. Very "uptown" product for the $$$. His email is:

rkwork@tisd.net

The only other suggestion I have would be to use two chassis side by side. One for the power supply and another for the amp. You could still use one faceplate but the chassis mount screws might still be clumbsy looking.

Chuck

[scole]

these look pretty good
http://www.turretboards.com/guitar_a...ssis_blank.htm

[StratTone]

Yeah I've ordered from them but don't like the tabs on the end and here lately they have been slow on shipping. Like I live in ga and it takes 2 weeks. There in a move right now so I'll try back when they are back up and running strong.

[clyde1]

I just took delivery of my angle front chassis today, 21" x 7 1/2", punched for controls, pilot, strain relief, etc. and 4 noval sockets. I'll post pics as soon as I'm able, home renos out of control at present. interested?

[StratTone]

I just took delivery of my angle front chassis today, 21" x 7 1/2", punched for controls, pilot, strain relief, etc. and 4 noval sockets. I'll post pics as soon as I'm able, home renos out of control at present. interested?

Yeah I would love to see pics. Where did you get the chassis at?

[clyde1]

StratTone, Please check the "Angle Front Chassis" thread for some pics. Chassis front has: 2 input holes, 7 control holes, 1 indicator light hole.
Chassis rear has: 3 holes for 2 switches, 1 fuse holder, 5 holes for speaker jacks (2x4 ohm, 2x8 ohm, 1x16 ohm), 2 holes for footswitches or whatever,
1 hole for 16-18 strain relief plug.
Chassis bottom has: 4 holes for noval sockets, 4 holes for mounting screws.
Front faceplate will have 5, 6 or 7 control holes.
Rear faceplate same as chassis rear.

I will be getting silk-screen estimates tomorrow for the front and rear faceplates. They will be available in either stainless or black powder-coat.
Control layout will be your preference, a one-time silk-screen layout charge if it's something that I won't be getting made up in quantity. Hope this helps.

[RogerWilco99]

Chassis bottom has: 4 holes for noval sockets, 4 holes for mounting screws.

Hi, Clyde1. I'm curious. I assume "noval" is a tube/valve. But what is the origin of that word? It's not in my dictionary.

Cheers,
Bruce

[clyde1]

"noval" is the nine-pin miniature pin-out, common to 12A_7 and other tubes.
http://www3.telus.net/bgill1/IMG_3017.JPG

[tubeswell]

and 'octal' is eight pin-out etc

[RogerWilco99]

Oh, thanks. That kind of threw me. When I was in college (I was a chemistry major) I had to learn the alkane hydrocarbons and isomer progressions and the naming progression, based on the number of carbon atoms in the molecule (for the alkanes), went (not starting at beginning): hexane (6), heptane (7), octane (8), nonane (9) then decane (10). Using the Latin base for nine, "nona".

In Latin "nova" means "new" (I think). That's what threw me. Octal I got easily. But noval just didn't click. I kept trying to think of what "new" could mean in terms of tubes or even of holes.

Does anyone know the origin of the noval term? I'm not saying it's wrong. I'm just curious what its origin is. And, yes, I'm weird. I'm always interested in trivia

I googled for "noval" last night and only found it referring to someone's family name and Quinto do Noval Port at first. I did finally find it at HiFiTubes when referring to tube sockets just a few minutes ago when I Googled for noval and tube.

Oh and one other question about the chassis. Why create just the nine-pin sized holes? What about the larger octal socket sized holes?

Actually, come to think of it, had noval and octal been used together, I might have twigged to it. That's just a "might" mind you...

Thanks!
Bruce

[clyde1]

Hi Bruce,
The reason for only the 4 9-pin holes is that these chassis are generic and my thoughts were that most builds would need 3 or 4 noval sockets but the outputs might vary, 2 octals, 4 octals, 2 novals, 4 novals and I leave it up to the builder to drill his own holes for same.

[stingray_65]

NOVEM is latin for 9

like NOVEMBER

[clyde1]

..which is the 11th month. ???

[bnwitt]

It's the 9th month of the original Roman Calendar"


Calendar of Romulus:

Martius (31 days)
Aprilis (30 days)
Maius (31 days)
Iunius (30 days)
Quintilis (31 days)
Sextilis (30 days)
September (30 days)
October (31 days)
November (30 days)
December (30 days)