Dave1963 Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 Here's one of mine. A hand built 5f1 in an old radio case from 1948..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave1963 Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 And my other one: A scratch built 5e3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted December 27, 2017 Author Share Posted December 27, 2017 '69 1959 Super Lead 100 (Not really mine )- Holy shite How I would love to crank that and pretend to be Eric Clapton... Here's one of mine. A hand built 5f1 in an old radio case from 1948..... And my other one: A scratch built 5e3 Cool stuff Dave! I built myself a 5e3 clone as well and I LOVE that amp. What speakers are you using in the Champ and 5e3? Surfpup always love seeing your stash too!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted December 28, 2017 Author Share Posted December 28, 2017 I’ve been staring at that Marshall 1959 pic and it really looks like the cabinet is trapezoid shaped. Trippin me out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave1963 Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Holy shite How I would love to crank that and pretend to be Eric Clapton... Cool stuff Dave! I built myself a 5e3 clone as well and I LOVE that amp. What speakers are you using in the Champ and 5e3? Surfpup always love seeing your stash too!! The Champ has an 8" Jenson ceramic and the Deluxe has a WGS G12C/S American classic, also ceramic. I didn't have the cash to drop Alnicos in at the time. I tightened the bass up on the Deluxe using higher value filter caps ans she sounds sweet.... My next build is a Blackface Deluxe Super Reverb or Vibroverb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbluesplayer Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Bet you have done some glorious blasting away through it though! I haven't played it yet. It's been in somebody's closet for 20 years and it needs a cap job before it gets fired up again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted December 28, 2017 Author Share Posted December 28, 2017 The Champ has an 8" Jenson ceramic and the Deluxe has a WGS G12C/S American classic, also ceramic. I didn't have the cash to drop Alnicos in at the time. I tightened the bass up on the Deluxe using higher value filter caps ans she sounds sweet.... My next build is a Blackface Deluxe Super Reverb or Vibroverb. That’s cool man!! I’ve heard good things about the inexpensive Weber alnico sig 8” for the 5F1. I think they made an Eric Clapton signature champ with that speaker I really want to try the brownface Deluxe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave1963 Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 I really want to try the brownface Deluxe Is that the 6V6 one with Reverb?...Nice! I just HAVE to build a 6L6 beastie.I have the AB763 circuit made and a couple of Mil spec Sylvania's 6L6's to chuck in it. I also have some really nice black walnut for the cab. "Just" got to get the chassis (gonna buy one this time) and all the iron.....About another £450.00 or so.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 One more time then as I can't edit my original post in this thread ....... Fender Twin Reverb II Park MV, late 70s Fender red-knob Super 60 Vox AC10 head, more work to be done on this! Fender Vibrochamp Need to take a good pic of the Dual Showman combo...... Happy New Year to all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted December 28, 2017 Author Share Posted December 28, 2017 Is that the 6V6 one with Reverb?...Nice! I just HAVE to build a 6L6 beastie.I have the AB763 circuit made and a couple of Mil spec Sylvania's 6L6's to chuck in it. I also have some really nice black walnut for the cab. "Just" got to get the chassis (gonna buy one this time) and all the iron.....About another £450.00 or so.... The brownface Deluxe uses a pair of 6V6, but is more powerful than the 5e3 due to the fixed bias and GZ34. It doesn’t have reverb, but it has bias modulating tremolo. I built a Weber Revibe which has great sounding reverb Are you ordering those parts from the states? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NHTom Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 My newest............. Marks Guitar Loft MGL20 on it's matching 2x12 sitting next to my 1985 JCM 800 Canadian on a 1936 cab NHTom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 I can't edit my post above, either...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krock Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 Not too much finer than an Ampeg tube head. The Ampeg V-4B / SVT-212AV with SG Std. Walnut. That is a rig of dreams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave1963 Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 Are you ordering those parts from the states? I had a peek at the schematic for the Brownface, that is going to be sweet and no mistake. All tube tremolo? Lush! I had a '63 Reverberocket with all original tubes and a UK tranny. That reverb and trem were just lovely. It came to me needing a bit of work (usual cap drift), but was sounding good when I moved it on....I can source some parts from Germany for the Blackface. Shipping to the UK is horrendously expensive from the US.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted January 2, 2018 Author Share Posted January 2, 2018 Here’s my 5e3 build Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Beautiful. Couldn't be neater. Hope it sounds as good as it looks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbluesplayer Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Here’s my 5e3 build Dang that's nice work!! [thumbup] What speaker is that and how do you like it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted January 2, 2018 Author Share Posted January 2, 2018 Beautiful. Couldn't be neater. Hope it sounds as good as it looks! Thanks! It definitely sounds better than it looks, depending on the player haha Dang that's nice work!! [thumbup] What speaker is that and how do you like it? Thanks BBP! It’s a Weber 12F150. 25W, ceramic magnet, ribbed cone, light dope It was a bit edgy when it was new, but now that it has broken in it is very sweet. It’s not a super loud speaker, but I couldn’t be happier with the tone for this amp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave1963 Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Here’s my 5e3 build NICE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted January 4, 2018 Author Share Posted January 4, 2018 Thanks Dave! Must have played with the amp for about 3 hours after work last night. Never gets old, love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave1963 Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Thanks Dave! Must have played with the amp for about 3 hours after work last night. Never gets old, love it! For fear of being embarrassed by your cracking work, I won't show pics of mine close-up.....She does sound sweet though. Mine is stained natural Canadian pine with a brown tweed grille, looks ok from a distance.....(four or five miles....) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted January 5, 2018 Author Share Posted January 5, 2018 Lol I thought your build looked cool in the pic you posted. I especially like that you made the chassis yourself. Did you use chassis punches to make the holes for the transformers and tube sockets? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave1963 Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 Lol I thought your build looked cool in the pic you posted. I especially like that you made the chassis yourself. Did you use chassis punches to make the holes for the transformers and tube sockets? Ha! No.....Drilled with a hole saw undersized and filed out to a snug fit. The tranny cut out was four holes, a jigsaw and lots more filing....The chassis was a lot thicker than I thought, maybe 2mm, so it took a while. I drilled and punched all the turrets on the board as well, all good fun! What coupling caps have you used? I don't recognise them. I used Mallory 150's, but a lot of guys use Sprague orange drops. I also tightened the bass up quite a bit by increasing the filter cap values, so instead of 16uF, I used 22's. It was my first build and I really enjoyed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted January 5, 2018 Author Share Posted January 5, 2018 Ha! No.....Drilled with a hole saw undersized and filed out to a snug fit. The tranny cut out was four holes, a jigsaw and lots more filing....The chassis was a lot thicker than I thought, maybe 2mm, so it took a while. I drilled and punched all the turrets on the board as well, all good fun! What coupling caps have you used? I don't recognise them. I used Mallory 150's, but a lot of guys use Sprague orange drops. I also tightened the bass up quite a bit by increasing the filter cap values, so instead of 16uF, I used 22's. It was my first build and I really enjoyed it. Yeah that sounds like a pain in the *** The coupling caps are NOS Russian paper in oil. I think the model number is KGB-M1 in English. I just used these caps because I think they’re cool. I realize the 5e3 didn’t use PIO caps, and you shouldn’t use NOS caps in an amp etc, but these caps are as good as new Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbluesplayer Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 Lookie! A customer's '62 Super coming in for some TLC. Look how clean it looks! He bought it from a closet somewhere. This one'll need to get played in a real lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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