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Was planning on building a new enclosure. It really comes down to a Small Special or AC100. Thanks for the input.

I'm sitting on a set of fender pa100 transformers. I really want to build a big clean amp for prototyping tube and fet preamp pedals. I was thinking of a AC100/brown black silver twins/ showmans or a dumble small special.

Any input is very much appreciated,
Thanks
Nate

I did find one on ebay.

Where's everyone buying their Transformers nowadays?

I've been away from building for a while. I always appreciates Y'alls help
thanks
Nate

I talked to him before he passed away. He designed the Whizzer for Neil young. he built two amps for Mike McCready and stone Gossard. From the looks of their amps...may have been Dumbleish. I thought maybe a tech out there in the universe might have serviced them.

Nate

Any new info on Sal Trentino's amplifiers built for Mike McCready or Stone Gossard? Just wondering

Thank you
Nate

Thank you Folks!

Thanks

I'm looking for a parallel single ended 6v6 poweramp with a half power switch... example. I've looked at the old Angela super single ended champ. Just needed a switching example. Thoughts on a pair of output transformers for the project??? I really appreciate y'all and the help I've received on this...

Any new discoveries?

I wanted to see if we could start a compilation of Sal Trentino Amps and mods info. I talked to him via email before he passed. I believed he was a legend in his own right. He was really proud of the amps he built for Pearl Jam. Just a thought


Thanks folks,
Nate

Has anyone tried the Texas tea mod in a top boost preamp?

He'll truly be missed... Super nice guy and his page was part of my up bringing in the tube amp world! Rest easy brother and thank you

So if I were to build a tweed champ... Using the one green heater wire in series to the pilot, octal and novel... I could still use a pair of 100 ohm resistors to ground from the pilot lamp. The grey wire would go directly to ground?

Thanks again for your assistance

Frankenstein amp alert!!! The power transformer has one green heater wire. I'm building a champ clone. Does the grey wire need to go to ground? Does the green wire go to the pilot lamp then pin two on the octal then 4 to 5 on the noval socket like the champ layout? Is there a better way to run a sin...