Hi.
This is my second one. A friend of mine heard the first one and decided he needed me to build him one. I got in touch with RJ again (thanks RJ!!!) and I did. I changed a few things from the first one, the main thing being the buss bar that floats above the PEC pots and not through those painful pierced ground tabs. Then I placed the board interconnections on the board and not underneath it.
It sounds terrific! I was even surprised that it sounds already damn good on 2. Of course it's better on 6... I will take it to rehearsal tomorrow evening for a lengthy three-hour test. All the tests are good so it should be fine.
statorvane wrote:Cool looking build. Nice lead dress and the cab is very well done.
BTW, what is the inspiration for the crow?
Thanks! The crow was inspired by me liking birds... And they're easy to do... I like wolves too and some guys make my jaws drop when they woodburn them but I can't do that, especially on cherry. Cherry wood is too dark to really be able to work on nuances and shades, or at least not as well as on fir or poplar for instance.
Fred, this is an excellent looking build and no surprise to me that it sounds great... you used great parts and did an excellent job on the fabrication.
For those not familiar with Fred's work, he has really done an excellent job in developing a European version of the Express amp. The options for power transformers for European voltages often run wires out of both end bells and puts a wire bundle right in the way of the traditional stack O caps. This makes the can cap an excellent option to overcome this interference issue.... I refer to this as the "Euro" platform that uses can caps in an otherwise traditional Express layout.
Nice job and thanks for the fantastic photo documentation!
I will take it to rehearsal tomorrow evening for a lengthy three-hour test. All the tests are good so it should be fine. 
