Early pics of my Express build.

[leadfootdriver]

Finished. Now i need a cab. It's way to late to play it, but it seems to be working fine. V1 is real sensitive to long plate tubes, so I put a SINO era chinese tube in there, and that stopped the microphonics. I can tell this amp will be LOUD.

I bought a pack of bolts that were just a bit to long, so I put nuts on them so they wouldn't bottom out in my standoffs'. They look like crown nuts from a far. I'll grab the right set tomorrow.

I went with a 10mm LED for the pilot light. I ran a 220R off one leg of the heater for about 13 mv's of current. It's plenty bright without being annoying.

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[Steve Conner]

Looks excellent!

I'm accepting PayPal donations at leadfootdriver@comcast.net.

High quality free advice on your build isn't enough, you want actual money too?

[leadfootdriver]

Thanks for all' the help; I couldn't have finished without it.

Don't worry, nobody gave me a dime!

[hasserl]

That looks really good. It's been about a year since my last build, and your thread is inspiring me to start another one. On the other hand, I've spent a whole lot more time playing this past year.