Members mrbrown49 Posted May 29, 2010 Members Share Posted May 29, 2010 Do you mean hanging straight down off the back of the pannel? Look at the relationship btw the tubes and control panel in the pic of post 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Somedayrockstar Posted May 29, 2010 Members Share Posted May 29, 2010 Sorry. I guess I'm not tracking with you. I looked at the post you refered to and it doesn't look much different than my blues jr did. Here's the back of one. Am I missing something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Belva Posted May 29, 2010 Members Share Posted May 29, 2010 I guess we need to know what holes you drilled and what "stuff" you moved in order to track with you. Your one pic doesn't really explain to me what you did. Nice looking build though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Somedayrockstar Posted May 29, 2010 Members Share Posted May 29, 2010 I drilled new holes for the tubes and transformers. All the stuff you see on top in my build were not there originally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mrbrown49 Posted May 29, 2010 Members Share Posted May 29, 2010 I drilled new holes for the tubes and transformers. All the stuff you see on top in my build were not there originally. Ah ok. Sorry, my mistake. Looks like you did a great job on that conversion. Any tips on relocating those components? Did you run into any issues along the way? Any issues with wire dressing and noise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Somedayrockstar Posted May 29, 2010 Members Share Posted May 29, 2010 If i recall correctly I didn't have to do any rewiring or anything. I just messured where to drill the hole's and everything fit into place. I don't remember any issues. I'll look to see if I have more photo's of the process... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Belva Posted May 30, 2010 Members Share Posted May 30, 2010 Looks like the best solution for one of these. Any additional tips/tricks to this would be greatly appreciated. Especially by the op. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Somedayrockstar Posted May 30, 2010 Members Share Posted May 30, 2010 Mine all went pretty smooth. Definantly messure everything and make sure it will work first. Mark everything and lay it out to make sure it will all fit. Other than that good luck. Keep us posted too... Would love to see it when done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Belva Posted May 30, 2010 Members Share Posted May 30, 2010 Mine all went pretty smooth. Definantly messure everything and make sure it will work first. Mark everything and lay it out to make sure it will all fit. Other than that good luck. Keep us posted too... Would love to see it when done. You mean plan ahead? That's no fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ZombieCat Posted May 31, 2010 Author Members Share Posted May 31, 2010 Sorry I didn't read everything so if this is redundant or useless info I'm sorry. I converted my blue's Jr into a head which is setup the same way with the tubes hanging down and it was a piece of cake. I just drilled a few hole's on top and moved some stuff. Turned out awesome. I need to work on tolexing though. Nice job man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Somedayrockstar Posted May 31, 2010 Members Share Posted May 31, 2010 Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members micstew Posted September 8, 2010 Members Share Posted September 8, 2010 SDRS - Excellent head conversion on the Blues Jr! Bill M did the same thing and has some instructions on his website. http://home.comcast.net/~machrone/bjr/bjrhead/bjrhead.htm Any issues with the reverb tank being mounted upside down from the ceiling of the head cab? And yes, the Blues and HotRod amps are ALL that exact same (unfortunate) configuration. The key differences as it relates to this project would be the tube size (the FBJ runs EL84's and it's bigger cousins run 6L6's, and the tranny sizes which are undoubtedly much smaller in the FBJ). This may mean that there's just not enough room to drill the back (to be top) of a FBD or HRD chassis to stick the tubes through. The conversion has been done, but it's quite rare, it's not well documented, and it looks potentially more involved than the FBJ conversion. Here's one I found:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmXmo2UptiE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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