18 watt 2.0

exhausted
exhausted Posts: 6,638
edited October 2008 in Musicians and Gearheads
vacation is here. time to build.

http://picasaweb.google.ca/exhausted1975/Weber6M18TMB20#

the board. much nicer than the dog's breakfast i made last time.

http://picasaweb.google.ca/exhausted1975/Weber6M18TMB20#5252336109766134898
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  • All Those Yesterdays
    All Those Yesterdays Posts: 2,723
    Looks great bud. Can't wait to hear some clips.

    By the way whats a vacation like?
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  • Pacomc79
    Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    nice looking turret board Greg.

    As the Beastie Boys might say... takes a second to wreck it takes time to build...

    What speakers go with it?
    My Girlfriend said to me..."How many guitars do you need?" and I replied...."How many pairs of shoes do you need?" She got really quiet.
  • exhausted
    exhausted Posts: 6,638
    it's just another chassis so it's going into the white cab with the silver bell.
  • Pacomc79
    Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    exhausted wrote:
    it's just another chassis so it's going into the white cab with the silver bell.


    oh cool so Voxish?
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  • exhausted
    exhausted Posts: 6,638
    it'll still be all marshall all the time, just with all the tweaks and tricks i picked up last time. it's still a TMB channel and a normal channel.

    most of the coupling cap values are different, the bass EQ is changed, the normal channel has a bright cap etc.

    plus the upgraded components and the fact i'll do it right the first time this time.
  • All Those Yesterdays
    All Those Yesterdays Posts: 2,723
    Pacomc79 wrote:
    nice looking turret board Greg.

    As the Beastie Boys might say... takes a second to wreck it takes time to build...

    What speakers go with it?

    We all should qoute the Beastie Boys in at least one response a day.
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  • exhausted
    exhausted Posts: 6,638
    it's alive!!! perfect functionality from the first shot of voltage. no oscillation etc. everyone's asleep but i turned it to 10 with the attentuator on and it's behaving.

    gallery will be updated shortly.

    big test run tomorrow.
  • Anon
    Anon Posts: 11,175
    exhausted wrote:
    it's alive!!! perfect functionality from the first shot of voltage. no oscillation etc. everyone's asleep but i turned it to 10 with the attentuator on and it's behaving.

    gallery will be updated shortly.

    big test run tomorrow.
    Awesome. You rule. Good luck with the test run...
  • exhausted
    exhausted Posts: 6,638
    bah. both input jacks on the TMB channel were bad. cutting out. had to replace them with cannibalized parts from the old one.

    also, slightly bad volume pot on the normal channel.

    so i have a couple things left to do. but those are component problems, not build problems. i now have to source some higher quality jacks.

    sound clips in a bit. she's loud. stupid amounts of gain on the TMB channel.
  • who's_pearljam?
    who's_pearljam? Posts: 2,104
    Man, you do a great job, Exhausted. That's a great amp.
    I just got the 150 dollar Crate version yesterday and I'm probably going to screw around with that, then get the 18 watt kit and go for it.

    I was just A/B ing the Crate against my Deluxe Reverb to see how they line up.

    The A/B used was the handmade Exhausted Switcher
    I was thinking how I could use that effect loop to make a feedback looper, too.
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  • exhausted
    exhausted Posts: 6,638
    god it's finally done.

    http://picasaweb.google.ca/exhausted1975/Weber6M18TMB20#

    i had this thing open on my bench for ages and almost went crazy.

    i've ended up with a sort of british tweed channel and the plexi-ish gainy channel. it's nice. i wish i had the hands to make it sing.
  • All Those Yesterdays
    All Those Yesterdays Posts: 2,723
    Looks fantastic...... Um where's the clips!
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  • exhausted
    exhausted Posts: 6,638
    i'll try this week. i've been busy during the days painting the house so my noise windows are lacking.
  • All Those Yesterdays
    All Those Yesterdays Posts: 2,723
    exhausted wrote:
    i'll try this week. i've been busy during the days painting the house so my noise windows are lacking.


    Painting the house, that sounds like a normal vacation. "Insert update" to house
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  • exhausted
    exhausted Posts: 6,638
    http://fridgemagnetmanifesto.net/audio/clips/6M18_norm.mp3

    normal channel with tele and strat. volume and tone at 5 with the guitar volume and pickup choices doing the rest. going through the fender reverb too.

    lots of mods to this channel with the most noteworthy being the tweed-style tone control. i think it's tons more open and dynamic than my first build.

    plexi channel clips to come maybe tomorrow.
  • savman
    savman Posts: 230
    Sounds awesome man. Great tone! (Great playing too ;-)

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