rocket?

[castor]

Hi to everyone.

Somewhere I read about a Rocket amp. can someone explain me the differences between a rocket and a 'pool? (I have my express clone as reference and some audio files in this site about a pool clone in my mind)
Could be interesting to build a rocket clone after my express clone.

stefano

[UR12]

Hi to everyone.

Somewhere I read about a Rocket amp. can someone explain me the differences between a rocket and a 'pool? (I have my express clone as reference and some audio files in this site about a pool clone in my mind)
Could be interesting to build a rocket clone after my express clone.

stefano

Differences between the Rocket and Pool' circuit wise is that the Rocket has a tube rectifier and uses a choke and the pool doesn't. They share the same power amp section (4 el84s) but the preamp sections are completly different. The Rocket only has 4 controls Vol, Treble, Bass and Hi cut. I think the Rocket is more of Ken's take on a Vox style amp as a lot of the component values comes from the AC30 and the Hi-cut control is an exact ripoff.

There are a few of us guys getting ready to do a group build on the Rocket amp if your interested. I already have a Liverpool and IMHO the Rocket is going to have to be a great sounding amp to sound better than the Pool.

[Clyde]

Hi UR12,
I'm very interested but can't find much info on the Rocket. The only thing I have is the page from Mark Abbot and there really isn't much difference between the AC30 and his findings. Is there any other info concerning the Rocket? I have my transformers mounted (MM AC30 set) and am just ready to start the board after I wire the filaments (argh!). I will be using an EF86 for a normal channel, no tone stack. Please tell me anything else I should know. Thanks.

[UR12]

Hi UR12,
I'm very interested but can't find much info on the Rocket. The only thing I have is the page from Mark Abbot and there really isn't much difference between the AC30 and his findings. Is there any other info concerning the Rocket? I have my transformers mounted (MM AC30 set) and am just ready to start the board after I wire the filaments (argh!). I will be using an EF86 for a normal channel, no tone stack. Please tell me anything else I should know. Thanks.

There is a preamp board layout is in the files section for the Rocket. Since the Liverpool and the Rocket share the same power amp section I would assume that the power board would also be like the Liverpool. The Rocket also uses a tube rectifier and the diodes would be omitted from the power supply board. The Rocket uses a choke instead of the 10 watt 1k resistor. I've never seen a gutshot of a Rocket so these are just asumptions on my part.

No tone stack and EF86 sounds interesting. Are you planning on two channels? Are you building the AC30 or the Rocket?

[Clyde]

UR12,
Yes, I'll be building 2 channels, top boost w/tone stack and EF86 w/out. I'm not sure what I'll be building as the Rocket isn't really much more than a tweaked AC30 so I'll probably do my own thing and I have a pretty standard layout I use for all my amps. Here's what the EF86 channel with no stack sounds like. Thanks for your help.
http://www3.telus.net/bgill1/Lou%20Cust ... el%201.mp3

[UR12]

UR12,
Yes, I'll be building 2 channels, top boost w/tone stack and EF86 w/out. I'm not sure what I'll be building as the Rocket isn't really much more than a tweaked AC30 so I'll probably do my own thing and I have a pretty standard layout I use for all my amps. Here's what the EF86 channel with no stack sounds like. Thanks for your help.
http://www3.telus.net/bgill1/Lou%20Cust ... el%201.mp3

Sounds cool!! Keep us updated on how it turns out. I want to get a true clone of the Rocket built so I can see for myself what one of these amps sounds like. I finally have all of the parts gathered up and myself and Pureoldsound will be starting our builds very soon. If anyone else wants to get in on a Rocket group build and share ideas let me know. I'll start a new thread on the Rocket group build.

[pureoldsound]

UR12,
Yes, I'll be building 2 channels, top boost w/tone stack and EF86 w/out. I'm not sure what I'll be building as the Rocket isn't really much more than a tweaked AC30 so I'll probably do my own thing and I have a pretty standard layout I use for all my amps. Here's what the EF86 channel with no stack sounds like. Thanks for your help.
http://www3.telus.net/bgill1/Lou%20Cust ... el%201.mp3

Nice playing, and great sound......