Tube rectifier emulation

[Robert M. Martinelli]

Well,
don't want to start a philosophical debate, and don't want to question the usefulness of having a certain part readily available, but the reason why, IMHO, Matt should NOT buy a "ready to go" part is the very same that keeps all of us reading and posting on this forum.... the will to experiment, to learn, to discover how a certain thing work.....to find different solutions to a problem, to invent something different.....they call it evolution.

If Paul Bigsby, Les Paul and Leo Fender wouldn't have tried something different we would still be playing clumsy and prone-to-feedback guitars instead of the sleek, comfortable and efficient pieces of gear we're using today, and music's history ( and history itself ) would have been completely different. If Jim Marshall wouldn't have modified some Fender designs to his liking......If Seth Lover would have thought the single coil pickup to be the final stage of pickups' evolution.......If Floyd Rose would have thought the Fender bridge to be perfect.......and so on....and on......and on.......

Best regards

Bob

[Fretts]

I can't argue with that, I hardly own anything I haven't tweaked, ruined or done the hard way just to see! It's always a balancing act between wanting to see "just how deep the rabbit hole goes", and just putting the iron down and Playing Already... a real tug of war...

[txstrat]

That's what I'm thinking too. Sure I could go and buy one but this way's more fun too.
I decided to go for four diodes with two 220 ohm resistors at 11w put in parallel with the GZ34 tube (bought them today).
From the sheer calculating factor that would mean (assumed voltage of 420v) I have a voltage drop of 44v at 100ma (diode). While 6V6 have a max. current draw (typical) of 92ma that would be 40v and leaves me with 380v at the plates.
Slightly higher voltage with less current draw but thats to be expected. Even with more current draw the 11w should be enough.
Can tell you more when I finished the project and fired the amp up.

Matt