Hehe.
Do you buy your components in the Netherlands?
Tommy
Who are we? Let's get to know each other!
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Tommy,
Yes, I buy transformers tubes and e-caps from a Dutch company, most resistors and caps at the local radio shack. I cannot buy Vishay/Dale rn65 resistors here...
Currently I'm using 0.6w smallish metal film resistors and they hold up but I prefer to use the rn65.
Jelle
Yes, I buy transformers tubes and e-caps from a Dutch company, most resistors and caps at the local radio shack. I cannot buy Vishay/Dale rn65 resistors here...
Currently I'm using 0.6w smallish metal film resistors and they hold up but I prefer to use the rn65.
Jelle
Re: Who are we? Let's get to know each other!
Mark (Last name withheld so that angry ex-girlfriends can't Google me)
Boston MA
No Wife
No kids
No dog
50 yrs old
One mother, just out of the hospital - time to pay back Mom for all that good mother stuff she did for me.
I've built an 18 watt, an AC15, a push-pull 12AU7 practice amp, and I just finished a 2x5V6GT 2 channel push pull amp. Finished, but not really finished - it's still noisy in one channel.
I put TWreck guts in a Bassman head, but there's something seriously wrong in there somewhere - I'll get back to it eventually.
About those aluminum tubes.....
Boston MA
No Wife
No kids
No dog
50 yrs old
One mother, just out of the hospital - time to pay back Mom for all that good mother stuff she did for me.
I've built an 18 watt, an AC15, a push-pull 12AU7 practice amp, and I just finished a 2x5V6GT 2 channel push pull amp. Finished, but not really finished - it's still noisy in one channel.
I put TWreck guts in a Bassman head, but there's something seriously wrong in there somewhere - I'll get back to it eventually.
About those aluminum tubes.....
Re: Who are we? Let's get to know each other!
Steve Liberty
Computer consultant
East Brunswick, NJ
Wife, 2 kids, no pets
Built lots of pedals and 5 amps. 5e3 (hums a bit), 5f2a (sold - I didn't like it), AX84 P1 (which has been converted to a Dr. Z Mini, Matchless Spitfire (love this one), and a TrainWreck Express. I'm no engineer, but I seem to be able to follow a diagram (to a point).
I play classic rock and modern hard rock (and blues - doesn't everybody play the blues?).
Computer consultant
East Brunswick, NJ
Wife, 2 kids, no pets
Built lots of pedals and 5 amps. 5e3 (hums a bit), 5f2a (sold - I didn't like it), AX84 P1 (which has been converted to a Dr. Z Mini, Matchless Spitfire (love this one), and a TrainWreck Express. I'm no engineer, but I seem to be able to follow a diagram (to a point).
I play classic rock and modern hard rock (and blues - doesn't everybody play the blues?).
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Re: Who are we? Let's get to know each other!
sliberty wrote:I play classic rock and modern hard rock (and blues - doesn't everybody play the blues?).
10 years ago I made an offhand remark to a guitar player at work that "everybody plays the blues." Next thing ya know, people I didn't even know were insulted and starting ribbing me about what a dumbsh!t I was. Anyway, long story short, I've kept that as my tagline for all these years. It's become an inside joke among friends.Re: Who are we? Let's get to know each other!
Political correctness? Overly sensitive dopes? Oh well, I have no time for people like that. At least you have a sense of humor and with your sig keep rubbing it in their faces. I'd probably have been less kind 
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Jeff Fisher
32 years old
Project Manager for Environmental firm
Blacksburg, Virginia
Hobbies include playing in a cover band, fishing, and a serious amateur cook.
Modded/fixed many of my friends amps to date (mostly Marshalls). I built a HRM clone three or four years ago, back before there was much, if any, online support like this wonderful forum. I learned a lot from this build, especialy giving yourself plenty of chassis space. It sounded rather good, but in my tweeking and constant modifications I was soldering more than playing guitar, so I ended up scrapping it for parts. Currently ordering parts to build another, which will be planned and laid out better. As a previous poster stated, I'm much more of a reader than writer, given the cumulative wisdom and excellent advice posted on this forum.
32 years old
Project Manager for Environmental firm
Blacksburg, Virginia
Hobbies include playing in a cover band, fishing, and a serious amateur cook.
Modded/fixed many of my friends amps to date (mostly Marshalls). I built a HRM clone three or four years ago, back before there was much, if any, online support like this wonderful forum. I learned a lot from this build, especialy giving yourself plenty of chassis space. It sounded rather good, but in my tweeking and constant modifications I was soldering more than playing guitar, so I ended up scrapping it for parts. Currently ordering parts to build another, which will be planned and laid out better. As a previous poster stated, I'm much more of a reader than writer, given the cumulative wisdom and excellent advice posted on this forum.
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Robert Something
36
Detroit, MI
Computer repair tech... (that means i listen to people cry bout virii and spyware then fix it and hope they STFU)
Horible guitar player.. stuck in the same rut for 20 years... no joke:(
Have built a 18watt, some fender clones.. but the ODR from norms layout kills even amps i payed to have built in the past:)
havn't posted much lately... my interests seem to come and go.. wont touch a guitar for 3 months then thats all i wanna do for awhile:)
36
Detroit, MI
Computer repair tech... (that means i listen to people cry bout virii and spyware then fix it and hope they STFU)
Horible guitar player.. stuck in the same rut for 20 years... no joke:(
Have built a 18watt, some fender clones.. but the ODR from norms layout kills even amps i payed to have built in the past:)
havn't posted much lately... my interests seem to come and go.. wont touch a guitar for 3 months then thats all i wanna do for awhile:)
Hey man, you're leanin on my dream......
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Chad Smith turning 30 next week Orangeville Mi. (about 25 miles south of Grand Rapids) 1-daughter I work in the timber and sawmill business I have built 1-5f40, 2-D-clones,1-AB763 Deluxe Reverb,18-watt marshall clone,T-Wreck Express,and 1/3rd done with a Kom t clone I've been building amps and guitars for the past 4 years and wouldn't think of stoping anytime soon ! BTW I'm very greatfull to have found this place over a year ago and am very thankfull for all the knowelage I have gained from all here. Chad
I've been building amps and guitars for the past 4 years and wouldn't think of stoping anytime soon ! BTW I'm very greatfull to have found this place over a year ago and am very thankfull for all the knowelage I have gained from all here. Chad
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that sounds like a challenge, son.rfgordon wrote:I also cook pork ribs that are so goo you'll hurt yourself with them and a peach cobbler that'll change your perspective on that fruit forever.
i also bbq up some killer ribs. I hardly ever get any, peeps rush em so quick.
how do ya make yer sauce?
germ
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jeremy ledford
33, married, 1 daughter, 1 stepdaughter, 1 bitch of a kitty, roxy
stay at home dad, self trained amp engineer (like that term..)
repair and build tube amps with my own company, Tone Shop.
countless builds, mostly high gain multichannel (4, 3 channel amps) and trainwreck types. I especially like rack gear.
I have a messy basement and a gut that seems to get larger as if by magic (and beer and cookies)
germ
33, married, 1 daughter, 1 stepdaughter, 1 bitch of a kitty, roxy
stay at home dad, self trained amp engineer (like that term..)
repair and build tube amps with my own company, Tone Shop.
countless builds, mostly high gain multichannel (4, 3 channel amps) and trainwreck types. I especially like rack gear.
I have a messy basement and a gut that seems to get larger as if by magic (and beer and cookies)
germ
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Yeah, I know whatcha mean about gettin your share of the ribs! Both of my kids are fairly picky eaters, but when the ribs get served, they turn into ravenous carnivores!
As for sauce, I went thru many attempts at creating my own sauce. Some were OK, some were downright awful. The one based on Dr. Pepper was not too bad, but not a universal favorite. I also tried lots of commercial sauces, but none was quite right. Then I hit upon a combination that made people downright silly: Stubbs Original cut with a liberal dose of orange blossom honey.
In many rib circles I would be stoned for blasphemy because I don't spend hours smoking my ribs. Instead, I use a modified Alton Brown approach. First I rub 'em down and let 'em meditate overnight in the fridge. Then they go, wrapped tightly in foil after receiving a layer of sauce, into the oven for 2.5 hours at 250 degrees. Near the end I get the grill ready and the wood smoking. I take the ribs out of the oven (being careful to preserve all the juice) and put them on the grill to get a combination of wood smoke and the smoke from pouring the juice on the hot stones little by little. The final treatment is a layer of sauce that's allowed to set up on the ribs. Then I serve 'em up and watch the faces get messy!
As for sauce, I went thru many attempts at creating my own sauce. Some were OK, some were downright awful. The one based on Dr. Pepper was not too bad, but not a universal favorite. I also tried lots of commercial sauces, but none was quite right. Then I hit upon a combination that made people downright silly: Stubbs Original cut with a liberal dose of orange blossom honey.
In many rib circles I would be stoned for blasphemy because I don't spend hours smoking my ribs. Instead, I use a modified Alton Brown approach. First I rub 'em down and let 'em meditate overnight in the fridge. Then they go, wrapped tightly in foil after receiving a layer of sauce, into the oven for 2.5 hours at 250 degrees. Near the end I get the grill ready and the wood smoking. I take the ribs out of the oven (being careful to preserve all the juice) and put them on the grill to get a combination of wood smoke and the smoke from pouring the juice on the hot stones little by little. The final treatment is a layer of sauce that's allowed to set up on the ribs. Then I serve 'em up and watch the faces get messy!
Rich Gordon
www.myspace.com/bigboyamplifiers
"The takers get the honey, the givers get the blues." --Robin Trower
www.myspace.com/bigboyamplifiers
"The takers get the honey, the givers get the blues." --Robin Trower
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Kevin Winter I just had my 40th B day, I guess I can,t be a kid anymore.
I will be married 21 years next week with one son 17. I have been in the music biz over 25 years, repairing, building and selling guitars. Spending time at home now due to a chronic illness (Crohns Disease) I have built all kinds of guitars, solid body's to a carved archtop. I am a tone junky and now want to learn more about amps , an equal contributor to tone that I see gets overlooked all the time. I gig every now and then depending on how I am feeling and will play most anything.
I will be married 21 years next week with one son 17. I have been in the music biz over 25 years, repairing, building and selling guitars. Spending time at home now due to a chronic illness (Crohns Disease) I have built all kinds of guitars, solid body's to a carved archtop. I am a tone junky and now want to learn more about amps , an equal contributor to tone that I see gets overlooked all the time. I gig every now and then depending on how I am feeling and will play most anything.
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I love cooking.... ribs 6 hours in the smoker... pork butt 18-20 hours... amazing stuff.. but thank to my blood having bits of pork floating in it, i don't eat anything bad anymore! why god why...
P.S. need a guitar teacher near macomb, mi... who knows might get lucky:)
P.S. need a guitar teacher near macomb, mi... who knows might get lucky:)
Hey man, you're leanin on my dream......