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I am itching to build something to better suit my needs than my little SF Champ...and I miss having vibrato. My last amp was a Weber HP Princeton, that I modded to my liking. I more or less "browned" it down to more of a tweed flavor...sold it to fund some studio upgrades.
Anyway, I've been going though and speculating what I really want. I think it comes down to the 5F6 front end mated to the AA1164 power section. Although, I don't want the reverb, just the vibrato. This is going to be a head only, and adjustible imp.
Has anyone built something along these lines, and what kind of pitfalls am I looking at? I do plan on running lower voltages to the power section than the standard, so I understand I will have to make changes as I go. I orginally planned on a 5E3, and have a 300-0-300 100ma tranny on order with either a 5Y3, 5V4, or GZ34 on hand to play with voltages.
Pics of my old princeton, the new cab I built from scratch (with '62 Jensen Triaxx grille fabric), and speaker that's in it. I use the cab now as an Ext cab for my champ
Anyway, I've been going though and speculating what I really want. I think it comes down to the 5F6 front end mated to the AA1164 power section. Although, I don't want the reverb, just the vibrato. This is going to be a head only, and adjustible imp.
Has anyone built something along these lines, and what kind of pitfalls am I looking at? I do plan on running lower voltages to the power section than the standard, so I understand I will have to make changes as I go. I orginally planned on a 5E3, and have a 300-0-300 100ma tranny on order with either a 5Y3, 5V4, or GZ34 on hand to play with voltages.
Pics of my old princeton, the new cab I built from scratch (with '62 Jensen Triaxx grille fabric), and speaker that's in it. I use the cab now as an Ext cab for my champ
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