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This was a combined effort between my son-in-law and myself.
I visited them in the UK during September 2008, and he warned me beforehand that he has a little "project" for us.
We built a 5E3 from scratch. The chassis, cab and speaker was from a lil' SS Marshall donor-amp. Chassis was hand-drilled & filed to fit the tube layout.
It took us just over a week to get from blank to clank.
For me it was a first into the magic world of high voltages and goodies in glass. I'd built a few silicon-based "devices" before, but not valves-stuff.
We used the Fender layout, with a few custom-fit components on a tag board. In the end the results were just beyond our expectations.
Charlie did some refitting of the tone cap and input jacks and a decent speaker afterwards, and reports the amp quiet and loud with a sweet tone. Quiet: no buzz or squeaks/pops etc. Loud: She sings with gusto!
We also had a bit of help from an electronics boffin-to-be!
Here are a few pics of the project:
I visited them in the UK during September 2008, and he warned me beforehand that he has a little "project" for us.
We built a 5E3 from scratch. The chassis, cab and speaker was from a lil' SS Marshall donor-amp. Chassis was hand-drilled & filed to fit the tube layout.
It took us just over a week to get from blank to clank.
For me it was a first into the magic world of high voltages and goodies in glass. I'd built a few silicon-based "devices" before, but not valves-stuff.
We used the Fender layout, with a few custom-fit components on a tag board. In the end the results were just beyond our expectations.
Charlie did some refitting of the tone cap and input jacks and a decent speaker afterwards, and reports the amp quiet and loud with a sweet tone. Quiet: no buzz or squeaks/pops etc. Loud: She sings with gusto!
We also had a bit of help from an electronics boffin-to-be!
Here are a few pics of the project:
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