Thanks. My little mini handheld tripod has an attachment that can attach to a mic stand, and I thought about maybe rigging it up like that but that's a level of effort that goes above and beyond the already extra level of effort it takes to build an amp.
Thanks, no lie the medusa aspect is a little daunting at first. I remember on my first build thinking "there's no way I can make sense of all this". There are wires everywhere. But with study and experience it's gotten way easier - especially if you can mentally compartmentalize each little section of the board by it's purpose. Like I mentioned in video two the board is just a bunch of stuff but it can be broken down into little sections. And also like I mentioned as you start attaching wires you're left with fewer unattached wires so it gets easier and easier. Just go one at a time in some kind of logical order and it's not a big deal. Put on some background music and just get after it.
Thanks, so far so good.
Thanks that's coming up next. Got a fire extinguisher handy.
Thanks man. The crosstalk thing is a very real problem in any kind of amp. Usually what happens is you'll hear a very faint version of your signal passing through the amp even with the volumes all the way down. Really common on old amps with old parts and old boards. That kind of crosstalk is really not that big of a deal but obviously you don't want any "unregulated" signals flying around throughout an amp. The more detrimental kind of signal/voltage bleeding causes things like hum and oscillation. Hum is annoying and never sounds good. Oscillation can and will actually kill tubes. Oscillation is usually inaudible feral unwanted frequencies crashing through a tube that drive it insane. At worst the affected tubes can overheat and red-plate and just say fuck this I'm outta here. At best even a small amount of oscillation will add unwanted distortion and ugly artifacts to your signal. So you wanna do what you can to keep that from happening.WhiskeyJack wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 11:58 pm
Ok this was awesome. Man that is a work of art. I'm not just blowing smoke up your ass. But that just loooooks good.
That crosstalk thing you mentioned. Is that something you mitigated and dreamt up or it that a fairly common thing people take a little extra attention. Too. That's cool.
I was going to just reply with a wisecrack about knowing a licorice rope when I see one but I genuinely was gobsmacked but the final-ish walk thru. Good stuff buddy.
If yall haven't noticed, I've used exactly zero shielded cable in this amp. Normally I'm a big fan of shielded cable at least for the inputs to the first tube stage. Those wires are easily interfered with by literally anything - chinese radio stations, fluorescent lights, WIFI, cellphones, anything. But I'm not using it. The original Marshalls that this thing is copycatting had no shielded wire anywhere so neither will mine. Granted, they didn't have to deal with the technological nightmare that our current airwaves carry, but I'm trying it anyway. If it did it right it should be okay.
