Members -Juggernaut- Posted November 14, 2007 Members Share Posted November 14, 2007 Got my Weber 6M100 Kit in today, now for the fun part......... So far everything looks good, not real impressed with the tag board, I may go ahead and order another turret board from Metro, but everything else looks fine, I upgraded the caps to Spragues, and the wire to Teflon coated. Well, I guess we'll see how this goes. My "work bench" with the Trannies, choke is back ordered.....so I got time to do this right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GYBE! Posted November 14, 2007 Members Share Posted November 14, 2007 Nice! I really want to do the Egnater course so that I could build something for myself. I can do pedals when following schems, just don`t really have a good feel for what does what and so on. (or the proper way to discharge caps!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members -Juggernaut- Posted November 14, 2007 Author Members Share Posted November 14, 2007 Yea, I'm actually passing on my trip to NAMM so I can do the Egnater build sometime next year.....should be fun. Building and tweaking on this one should be a blast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members drucifer Posted November 14, 2007 Members Share Posted November 14, 2007 Are you allowed to say "NAD" prior to completion of assembly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TU BE Posted November 14, 2007 Members Share Posted November 14, 2007 Are you allowed to say "NAD" prior to completion of assembly? LOL!!! That's what I was thinking. Unless somebody can hollar "CLIPS?" at you, you cannot claim NAD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members -Juggernaut- Posted November 14, 2007 Author Members Share Posted November 14, 2007 Oh yea, I guess I was a little premature on the NAD announcement huh? How about "Soon-to-be NAD"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cobrahead1030 Posted November 14, 2007 Members Share Posted November 14, 2007 you have a new amp...most of it you'll have to have this one for a little while before ya sell it tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members -Juggernaut- Posted November 15, 2007 Author Members Share Posted November 15, 2007 Day - 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members drucifer Posted November 15, 2007 Members Share Posted November 15, 2007 Sweet! I like that you don't have to put the board together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members -Juggernaut- Posted November 15, 2007 Author Members Share Posted November 15, 2007 oh no I have to do the board, the boards in that first set of pics are from a SloClone build I'm also doing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Weathered Posted November 15, 2007 Members Share Posted November 15, 2007 Nice. I'm working on a Java as we speak (should get it wrapped up over the Thanksgiving holiday) - I share your sentiments about the board. I ordered a new one from Ken @ Turretboards.com and it rocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members -Juggernaut- Posted November 15, 2007 Author Members Share Posted November 15, 2007 I'll probably use Teds initially, but then I'll upgrade it, when I get everything lined out to exactly what I want in this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ravelm3nt Posted November 15, 2007 Members Share Posted November 15, 2007 Nice man! I'm really jealous of you guys who build your own amps. It's gotta be awesome to play one that you made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dolf Posted November 15, 2007 Members Share Posted November 15, 2007 ooh, the madness has begun then... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Weathered Posted November 15, 2007 Members Share Posted November 15, 2007 Nice man! I'm really jealous of you guys who build your own amps. It's gotta be awesome to play one that you made. It's a great feeling when it makes the first real noise after the work put in. It also sucks when the first noise is either just a hum or silly feedback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members -Juggernaut- Posted November 15, 2007 Author Members Share Posted November 15, 2007 Isnt that the truth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Weathered Posted November 15, 2007 Members Share Posted November 15, 2007 Isnt that the truth? So on my Marwatt build, I was mainly working from the layout, which neglected a pretty crucial ground in the power section. First fire up - sounds great when I plugged my guitar in, turn the volume up - goes into cutoff. I'm like "WTF?" - measure voltages - my cathode voltage was something like 36 volts, when it was supposed to be like 12. Found that ground, the thing came to life. Now I'm trying to decide whether I want to rebuild it (I HATE the chassis it's in) or if I want to do something else with the trannies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BigBone Posted November 15, 2007 Members Share Posted November 15, 2007 Excellent, I have been looking at those for a while but I have too much junk piled up I need to fix and get out of the way first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members -Juggernaut- Posted November 15, 2007 Author Members Share Posted November 15, 2007 I know, the options and possibilities are just stupid...... cant make up my mind for shit........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members knucklefux Posted November 15, 2007 Members Share Posted November 15, 2007 yeah, nothing like having OT wires backwards to make funky noises. so far, both amps i've done have had the OT wires backwards on the first try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members -Juggernaut- Posted November 19, 2007 Author Members Share Posted November 19, 2007 Well I didn't get shit done this weekend on this, but I got a little done last night. So heres the update pics...........sorry for the crappy quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vrm Posted November 19, 2007 Members Share Posted November 19, 2007 lookin good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jamesclark Posted November 19, 2007 Members Share Posted November 19, 2007 I need to really do one of these builds. Happy Almost,Just about there, New Amp Day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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