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I've got this never-used Hammond 1750J OT (4000 ohms primary, 4 ohms secondary, rated for 35 W) here, and want to build something with it; my building experience is relatively limited (built a JTM45 clone from a Weber kit, did a few minor mods to other amps - like adding a master volume, etc.), so it has to be something simple; and it would be nice if it was soemthing relatively small, since I want to use a combo cab (& 8 ohms speaker) I already have... Tonally, something with a gritty, but still semi-clean tone would be great, at volume levels above "practice"/"bedroom", but not necessarily at the the volume level of a full band with a hard hitting drummer - I've got other amps for that).
Here are some ideas:
-) Use it for a 5E3 - 4000/4 ohms should work with 2x 6V6, if I use an 8 ohms speaker, right? And the beefier OT might give a bit more headroom which would be a plus in my case... If I use a beefier PT as well, I might even try using that 5E3 with 6L6s instead of 6V6s...
-) Or go straight for something simple with 2x 6L6 - like a 5E5, 5E5A, or following Weber's 5E3P Proluxe schematic. But I want to use the 8 ohms speaker I already have in that combo cab, and that would be a mismatch with 2x 6L6 and a 4000/4ohms OT, right? Would that be a big problem?
I've got this never-used Hammond 1750J OT (4000 ohms primary, 4 ohms secondary, rated for 35 W) here, and want to build something with it; my building experience is relatively limited (built a JTM45 clone from a Weber kit, did a few minor mods to other amps - like adding a master volume, etc.), so it has to be something simple; and it would be nice if it was soemthing relatively small, since I want to use a combo cab (& 8 ohms speaker) I already have... Tonally, something with a gritty, but still semi-clean tone would be great, at volume levels above "practice"/"bedroom", but not necessarily at the the volume level of a full band with a hard hitting drummer - I've got other amps for that).
Here are some ideas:
-) Use it for a 5E3 - 4000/4 ohms should work with 2x 6V6, if I use an 8 ohms speaker, right? And the beefier OT might give a bit more headroom which would be a plus in my case... If I use a beefier PT as well, I might even try using that 5E3 with 6L6s instead of 6V6s...
-) Or go straight for something simple with 2x 6L6 - like a 5E5, 5E5A, or following Weber's 5E3P Proluxe schematic. But I want to use the 8 ohms speaker I already have in that combo cab, and that would be a mismatch with 2x 6L6 and a 4000/4ohms OT, right? Would that be a big problem?
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