more parts,

well.
more parts on the way.
going to shoot for a jcm style head. 100 watts.
and the bass amp parts are coming. this needs a ton of fabrication and custom fittings.


for sale.
highwhat style 100watt head running kt88's.
and 18watt brit style head great for recording.
both are black with black faceplates.
contact me if interested.

its only 7pm.

well the parts arrived today... and guess what?? they sent me radial lead capacitors instead of axial leads. so now it looks like there are buildings inside this amp. the function the same so i can use them still and no one will see em anyways... and if i really start thinking about it. they might even be better because standing up they may not se as much cross signal and noise. it just took some creativity to get them in there and make them work.
so just a few shots of the board. and the back of the pots.
and the board is done. i didn't realize it was only 7 pm... i'll probably try and get the pots done. though if i keep going at this rate i wont have anything to do while i'm waiting for some other parts including the 6 position pot that i need for the fet circuit.

ass master

this was a bass master, but i think it just got its new name....

ordered all the parts, but they didn't show up today.. supposed to be tomorrow..
so i decided to work on the little cosmetic details. i had to move the standby to the back of the amp so i could fit another knob on the front. and previous i had a modded bass master that still had the original letter for each knob. it was a pain in the ass to remember what was what. so i remedied that. good thing i have a vinyl plotter at work.

i also found in my box of spares and parts. the exact output transformer that i had taken out of another bass master awhile back. inbetween the two big transformers you can see the little choke i had to add.
i used a razor blade to scrape off the old lettering on the chassis.
add then applied the new vinyl ones.
and labelled the tube sockets. third hole in is and unused tube socket where the bias pot will be. no more redplating tubes neal!
and that concludes today. tomorrow i will populate the board and work on the pots.

burnt out and old.

long ago, my ol friend neal bought this old traynor off a friend of a friend... it needed some work.. long story short, i said i would fix it. i put it on the back burner for a long time. until now...
you think you have problems? think again. this guy had a blown out put transformer, blown out caps... something went so wrong that the fiberboard had a hole burnt through it...

so... i guess its time to build him a 50 watt orange with what parts are salvageable.
so here goes.


this is the chassis prior to me starting, i should have taken better pics of the damage. but i didn't

and here it is again. with a new fiberboard fitted.... thats right. hand punched... and a new bus bar. i use a star grounding system. and the old traynors use many grounding locations.

little mods.

heres some pics of the little heathkit i modded..... pretty basic little amp. very similar to my 18 watt marshall

hiatus ends

well back at it again. need to ored a dransformer for my reverb unit.... i blew it up. hahhaha
still working on two 100watt heads. going to try and finsih them by the end of the weekend. and in a strange turn of events i did something a little different....
a friend of a friend had a vintage Heathkit tube powered mono hi fi amp. and he wanted to trade it to me for a champ build. i told him i would see what i could do to his first and then go from there. so i took his 14watter home. sat it on the bench and looked closely for a while... changed out the power cord. added an input jack, bypassed the mode selector and away she went. best sounding 14watt i have ever heard when cranked... i think he'll be mighty happy.

i was so impressed i bought one on ebay for myself...... all in the name of collecting junk right...

i'll post photo's of the one i modded for that friend when i get home.

-kyle