Amp Build: Ceriatone Kraken 50

[FourT6and2]

Ok fine, it's really a Chupacabra. But it's got some voicing changes of my own and if the Yeti gets its own name... then this does too lol . All the Cali-type amps are the same anyway. Chassis, turret board, and all the hardware are from Ceriatone. I sourced everything else myself. Still waiting on the iron and a few components here and there. But figured I'd get this ball rolling.

Without further ado, I give you... The Kraken!

[FourT6and2]

Chassis:








Turret board:

[FourT6and2]

Still waiting on transformers so I decided to just get started on the turret board.










And some resistor porn lol.

[FourT6and2]

[Justin Thomas]

And here I am still doing true PTP... nice work!

Justin

[catalin gramada]

Hi. Did you felt independent bias supplies works better in a plexy style amp from a sound perspective ? I.m asked cause I tryed and have my own thoughts. Please to share your own. Thanks

[FourT6and2]

Hi. Did you felt independent bias supplies works better in a plexy style amp from a sound perspective ? I.m asked cause I tryed and have my own thoughts. Please to share your own. Thanks

I don't think it's a sound thing. It just lets you bias each tube independently, which I think is a good idea. You don't have to worry about buying matched tubes.

[catalin gramada]

Good to know. Nice job. Thanks

[SoulFetish]

Good work, man! I'm a sucker for black FR4 board as well.
On a side note, nice touch on the photos. The effect of the luminance has a smooth glassy look.

[mikepukmel]

Beautiful work!

[FourT6and2]

It's time for everybody's favorite part of building an amp—heaters!

JK, it's the worst.

Decided to run DC on V1 and V2; regular AC on V3-V6.

[SoulFetish]

It's time for everybody's favorite part of building an amp—heaters!

JK, it's the worst.

Decided to run DC on V1 and V2; regular AC on V3-V6.

I think it was a good call going with the twisted pair this time. nice technique.
Hey, has deviantart given you any shit for 3rd party hosting at all? Photobucket just dumped everyone's links with an unexpected update to their user agreement unless we pay $400 a year for 3rd party hosting privileges. I have a deviantart account I hardly ever use so I may switch to using them if you've had good experiences.

[FourT6and2]

I think it was a good call going with the twisted pair this time. nice technique.
Hey, has deviantart given you any shit for 3rd party hosting at all? Photobucket just dumped everyone's links with an unexpected update to their user agreement unless we pay $400 a year for 3rd party hosting privileges. I have a deviantart account I hardly ever use so I may switch to using them if you've had good experiences.

I couldn't find any tube sockets that were clocked/timed correctly. And I didn't want to drill new holes in the chassis for running bus wire. So I said screw it and did the twisting lol. It's such a pain in the ass.

No, DiviantArt seems to be a good place to host. Just make sure to use the "scraps" folder for uploading/hosting and not your main "art" gallery.

[SoulFetish]

I couldn't find any tube sockets that were clocked/timed correctly. And I didn't want to drill new holes in the chassis for running bus wire. So I said screw it and did the twisting lol. It's such a pain in the ass.

No, DiviantArt seems to be a good place to host. Just make sure to use the "scraps" folder for uploading/hosting and not your main "art" gallery.

It really is a pain in the ass. I ended up having to replace my tube sockets after wiring the entire amp, and I've been putting it off for a solid two weeks because I have to redo the heater wiring

[FourT6and2]

More progress today. Finished up the power section and did the power tube sockets, bias test points, impedance switch, and a few other things here and there.