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Thanks! Yep, grids are ordered. I wanted to finish the headshell before ordering to make sure I had the right size down to the mm. The plan is to paint them, put some tape, laser tape "my logo", paint it, lacquer it and hope it looks good. It will be very see through as the KT88 run hot as hell.

Update time. Debugged some stuff, buily a headshell. First, the general debug, as I noticed during more advanced testing some "issues". Some I still have to fix. - the boominess was due to the depth and mid pots being wired the wrong way around. So the more I wanted to add mid and lower...

I couldn’t wait any longer. So good news, bad news. Test bed while the wife was kind enough to take the kids to the playground: I went through the entire “RobRobinette amp startup” procedure with my trusty current limiter. Got a cramp clumching my buttcheeka so hard and so long. Well it was...

Well yesterday was a productive day. I spent quite a lot of time beforehand planning and preping at home, so I could go in the workshop and go from this: To this: After doing some tests, I also concluded that a thick ass chassis (3mm alu) made the noval socket just a tad shy of flush, and...

Thanks ! The OT is a Hammond 1650NA. Fits the bill almost perfectly. The Faston are TE electronics fully insulated https://www.digikey.de/short/25fm4h87 . Just be careful with the tab width and wire gauge when ordering. They seem fine to me, but afaik they are the same thing as Molex more or...

Yesterday evening was transformer installation, wiring and general cosmetics. I am using Transply for the faceplates. I had to do a few laser runs to make sure it was working as intended, but it didn't turn out too bad. I made everything using AutoCad and I am using the same font I use for...

Looks great, welcome to the hobby! And you made it your own with the Marshall styling, love it.

Update long overdue, but between sickness and being abroad on a conference, I barely had time to make some progress. Anyhow, worked on the chassis and faceplates. I did a test run on plywood on our laser, just to see how I liked the looks and use as a drill guide. Looking good I think! I just...

First actual progress today! I populated the PCBs. They look good and I had no particular issue, I just had to solder off a resistor that I had misplaced. Since all my tolerances are tight it wasn’t that fun but I managed. I think some pads could be slightly larger but with a thin tip it was...

After doing an amp PCB by hand, can confirm. I would also add a third stage which is the "moving shit by 1mil to optimize by wasting more time being afraid of commiting".

From your latest iteration I think you need to take the design rules from whatever manufacturer you'll be going for and force them onto your design like @vigilante398 insisted on. The recommendation in general is placing what HAS to be at a certain spot, then work by groupings starting from the...

Making some progress while waiting for PCBs is hard. So just more planning: Also received some tubes. The seller did match my request for 40mA Ip, so there is that. Packaging was prefect too. All power tubes and all preamp tubes are here now (although I will buy some 12ax7 here and there at...

Start with a full kit (including chassis and possibly headshell) if you can. Plenty of stuff to chose from, from the simplest Fender single channel to full-sized Marshall and SLO. Obviously easier amps will be easier to start on but doing something more complicated is doable if you take your...

There are different approaches but a decent one is to have at least 2 star ground system meeting in one point: - one star ground for "signal ground" - one star ground for "power ground" You could replace one ground system by a ground plane, typically the power ground. You can have them meet at...

For what it's worth I have been using WD40 contact cleaner and am pretty satisfied with it. No scratch but not unwanted lubrication either.

Yep, rocker switches. VHT/Fryette uses those too but in green. I also have the smaller version in case in run into real estate problems (I will do a test on laser cut wood before). I am going to use Psvane KT88C. According to different sources, it’s difficult getting reliable KT88 those days...

You guys might have seen my Rosamp Slo 30 kit build at the end of 2024. I really liked doing it, and I really like the end result. But (there is always a but)... I still miss dearly my VHT Deliverance 60 that I had a while ago, before power soaks were common. Amp was massive, loud, but so...

90% snake oil, 10% cock ring. Which makes for a nice combo really.

Those I think: https://de.aliexpress.com/item/1005007016391946.html

Glad you got it fixed! If I remember correctly there are two or three spots where there is a small mistake with the shielded coaxial. Usually you would connect the actual cable to carry signal but and never the shielding in two spots.