My New Clone - check er out

[aaronz28]

thought you guys/gals might enjoy critiquing this bad boy - cabs by Larry - Allyn's chassis/board, some goodies from RJ and the rest I sourced - including NOS A3801 and Clarostat Pots (Thanks Glen)

http://s593.photobucket.com/user/aaronz ... ss%20Clone

waiting on my 77dx mic to be returned from Wes Dooley so I can do a proper recording - but i'm veryvery pleased with the outcome.

[Colossal]

Looks great! Larry does killer work.

[Progear]

Looks awesome ...

How built your cab and face plate ?

[Mark]

Very nice, who did your cab and where did you get the Dyno labels from, I'm having issues on both fronts.

[redshark]

Very nice Aaron!! Since you own one of JM express amps...did you copy the layout, wire color and lead dress from that amp?

Sorry I had to ask that!!:)

[M Fowler]

That one cab looks like my Larry cab,

Sweet build.

Mark

[aaronz28]

Very nice Aaron!! Since you own one of JM express amps...did you copy the layout, wire color and lead dress from that amp?

Sorry I had to ask that!!:)

hi, actually no, throughout the entire build process, i never cracked open the JM amp - I used other photos and known amps to copy.

i have sent photos to John though - he said the old bias layout and transformer etc brought back alot of great memories of when the first amps were being built.

as for color of the wire - the only available colors that you can get in the exact wire that Ken used is black/white - unless you want to order 1000's of feet - i am only planning to build a handfull of amps, so no need for miles of the stuff.

cheers

[BIG Dave]

Very nice, who did your cab and where did you get the Dyno labels from, I'm having issues on both fronts.

Dymo still makes a "3D" style label maker. Search for model 12966. It comes with enough black and red labels to make many sets of Trainwreck labels. I believe I picked mine up off Amazon for about $15.

[aaronz28]

Very nice, who did your cab and where did you get the Dyno labels from, I'm having issues on both fronts.

Dymo still makes a "3D" style label maker. Search for model 12966. It comes with enough black and red labels to make many sets of Trainwreck labels. I believe I picked mine up off Amazon for about $15.

got my label on ebay for 4.50$ shipped, and another 6.75 for 4 pack of color labels.

cheers

[jeff12]

Very nice looking amp.

[geetarpicker]

Very nice Aaron!! Since you own one of JM express amps...did you copy the layout, wire color and lead dress from that amp?

Sorry I had to ask that!!:)

hi, actually no, throughout the entire build process, i never cracked open the JM amp - I used other photos and known amps to copy.

i have sent photos to John though - he said the old bias layout and transformer etc brought back alot of great memories of when the first amps were being built.

as for color of the wire - the only available colors that you can get in the exact wire that Ken used is black/white - unless you want to order 1000's of feet - i am only planning to build a handfull of amps, so no need for miles of the stuff.

cheers

I helped with the wire. A forum member swore me to keep a lid on what specific stuff that KF used. That said, I sourced a small amount for Aaron and pulled the identification labels before I sent it to him so the ID is still a mystery...
Not that it truly matters probably, but I didn't want to burn bridges with a fellow forum member.

[Mark]

The wire certainly won't make or break these amps. I have my money on valves and transformers. I find it a little odd that someone would want to keep the wire type a secret. I remember hearing Ken bought the wire based on availability and not sonic quality, still people love their mojo factor.

[RJ Guitars]

Great looking build... nice looking output transformer. I'm curious how it compares to the Pacific units??

[Mark]

There is a clip somewhere on You Tube where I thought Matt O'Ree demonstrated both output transformers.

I found this clip of the amp.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy3hbpKYfYc

[M Fowler]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42g5_DAlUsE