Members skaaks Posted February 16, 2009 Members Share Posted February 16, 2009 So the head shell for my SLO clone finally came in this weekend, and I couldn't be happier. The shell was built by a fellow amp builder, and he did and incredible job! IMHO it looks awesome! I'm so happy to finally be done w/ my first real amp (I've done a few smaller builds before). All in all, it was an awesome experience and I can't wait to start on my next one. I have another SLO chassis and headshell so I think I'm going to do one more SLO build using turret boards, then I'm going to attempt a Bogner Ecstasy clone. As for the amp itself, it's pretty much a straight up SLO w/ a few minor tweaks. It doesn't have nearly as many mods as knucklefux did on his Titan, but I think it sounds pretty similar to how his was described: extremely tight and aggressive with a fairly dynamic sound. I actually think it sounds pretty similary to my VHT w/ a slightly different voicing. Here's a clip of how it sounded a few weeks ago before some more tweaking: http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=917428&songID=7287907 I'm going to try to get some more clips made tonight. In the meantime, here are some pics of the build. For anyone interested, I am selling this SLO clone to help fund my future builds. The link to my HCAF classified ad is in my sig. [ATTACH]287383[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]287384[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]287385[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]287386[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]287387[/ATTACH] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gtrplr71 Posted February 16, 2009 Members Share Posted February 16, 2009 Looks good is that a so-cal chassis and head shell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members trey85stang Posted February 16, 2009 Members Share Posted February 16, 2009 nice work!! real clean... sounds close to mine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members skaaks Posted February 16, 2009 Author Members Share Posted February 16, 2009 Looks good is that a so-cal chassis and head shell? No, they were made by a member of the SLO Clone forum. I'm fairly certain he built them himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gtrplr71 Posted February 16, 2009 Members Share Posted February 16, 2009 Nice tone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members knucklefux Posted February 16, 2009 Members Share Posted February 16, 2009 wow. my stuff is out five minutes, and other stuff is like it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members KCTigerChief Posted February 16, 2009 Members Share Posted February 16, 2009 Dude nice job! That sounds great! I've got two sets of the PCBs myself but haven't bought any of the other parts...Did you happen to jot down your final parts list? Just be curious to see where youre at there Great job dude...Makes me want to start mine PS - you ever get that Mark IV in tip-top shape? You can PM me if you don't want to ruin your thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members skaaks Posted February 16, 2009 Author Members Share Posted February 16, 2009 Hehe, I meant that it was along the same lines as yours--a modified SLO. It was meant to be a compliment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Erock503 Posted February 16, 2009 Members Share Posted February 16, 2009 looks and sounds great man, nice work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Badside Posted February 17, 2009 Members Share Posted February 17, 2009 wow. my stuff is out five minutes, and other stuff is like it? Apparently Line6 is working on a new model pack with the Titan included Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members skaaks Posted February 17, 2009 Author Members Share Posted February 17, 2009 Too bad the Axe-FX version will kick its ass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members knucklefux Posted February 17, 2009 Members Share Posted February 17, 2009 Hehe, I meant that it was along the same lines as yours--a modified SLO. It was meant to be a compliment i was just funnin' ya:poke: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vrm Posted February 17, 2009 Members Share Posted February 17, 2009 that looks real nice, supper clean. How long did it take you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members skaaks Posted February 17, 2009 Author Members Share Posted February 17, 2009 The build itself took about 20 hours, but I had to wait on some parts to come in, so it took me about a month total. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Megadeth Man Posted February 17, 2009 Members Share Posted February 17, 2009 Nice job. Is that the same chassis as knucklefux? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members skaaks Posted February 17, 2009 Author Members Share Posted February 17, 2009 I don't think it's the same one that he's got in the one that's being passed around (it's a Weber I believe), but it is the one that he's going to use for the final product. It's a seriously hardcore chassis. I'm sure he won't have any of the same problems he had w/ the Weber one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dolf Posted February 17, 2009 Members Share Posted February 17, 2009 very cool, man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guidedbyechoes Posted February 17, 2009 Members Share Posted February 17, 2009 wow. my stuff is out five minutes, and other stuff is like it? You didn't hear about the bugera atlas yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarbilly74 Posted February 17, 2009 Members Share Posted February 17, 2009 the clip sounds good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Casey4s Posted February 17, 2009 Members Share Posted February 17, 2009 Why didn't you use a turret board on this one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members skaaks Posted February 17, 2009 Author Members Share Posted February 17, 2009 Since this was my first high gain amp, I wanted to simplify the build as much as possible. It was really easy to solder all of the parts into the PCB, but it also makes it a lot harder to do mods since it takes a bit of work to remove the PCB for part replacement. Now that I'm pretty comfortable w/ working on a circuit like this, I want to move on to a turret build because it's much easier to mod, plus you can change the circuit layout without having to make an entirely new circuit board. I decided to stick w/ doing another SLO because there's a ton of information out there on SLO turret builds, including turret layout diagrams. That saves me a lot of work because I won't have to decide how to lay out all of the parts myself. Once I'm really comforatble w/ building an amp using turrets, I'm going to move on to something that's not nearly as well documented (like an Ecstasy). It'll be my first build where I'm pretty much on my own and I'll have to lay out everything from scratch. From there, I start designing and building my own amps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Casey4s Posted February 17, 2009 Members Share Posted February 17, 2009 Since this was my first high gain amp, I wanted to simplify the build as much as possible. It was really easy to solder all of the parts into the PCB, but it also makes it a lot harder to do mods since it takes a bit of work to remove the PCB for part replacement. Now that I'm pretty comfortable w/ working on a circuit like this, I want to move on to a turret build because it's much easier to mod, plus you can change the circuit layout without having to make an entirely new circuit board. I decided to stick w/ doing another SLO because there's a ton of information out there on SLO turret builds, including turret layout diagrams. That saves me a lot of work because I won't have to decide how to lay out all of the parts myself. Once I'm really comforatble w/ building an amp using turrets, I'm going to move on to something that's not nearly as well documented (like an Ecstasy). It'll be my first build where I'm pretty much on my own and I'll have to lay out everything from scratch. From there, I start designing and building my own amps Looks like you did a nice job on your kit personally I don't like printed circuit boards at all, partly for some of the reasons you mentioned above. I do everything with turrets and I think they look neater than printed circuits. Best of luck to you on future builds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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