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Why are you slamming the transformer? What did it do to you?

By the way @jjjimi84 has a good post on good tube amps kits.

By the way, check out psionic audio on YouTube. Plenty of modern amp horror stories.

Spend time practicing and invest the money you would build pedals with into a good amp. It doesn't have to be the nicest most expensive tube amps. If you like building pedals, you might like building a tube amp kit which is very rewarding, especially because some of those circuits are impossible...

I don't know how he did it either! Definitely impressive. Plus he's only charging a few dollars more. I honestly thought the kits would include the transistors but cost like 130 bucks or so.

The new aion kits where released a few days ago. They do include matched germanium transistors, and are only about 8 bucks more expensive. I got the Deimos which is just a mkII tonebender, but with a catch. It has a switch that allows you to remove the first transistor of the tonebender to...

Yep. In some circuits the transistors have to be matched in order for the circuit to work properly. I don't know a ton about transistors in modulation circuits, so maybe somebody more experienced than me could elaborate a little more. So that costs more. It's also a quad matched set, so all 4 of...

It is a bit expensive but it is a quad matched set of transistors. Those are always a bit spendy.

I know it's a lot of music. But I like a little bit of everything. https://youtu.be/TMK0ybEaDaI https://youtu.be/UpcuRnh9eic

I can't really help, but this thread is definitely nostalgic. I used to ask some pretty horrible questions a few months ago. I'm glad that you are asking good specific questions. Good luck. I hope you find the information you need. This forum has some really great members, so I'm glad you are...

Is it your first build? I wouldn't recommend building a bassman as your first amp. It's certainly a tricky build compared to others for a variety of reasons. First, it has 4 speakers which will be a hefty sum. If you do a head and then a cabinet that will be even more difficult than a combo and...

That's a lot of knobs...

11 maybe. My luck is as good as my jokes. I just saw Big Monk has the same answer. Is choosing the same number allowed?

That's probably it. I appreciate the answer. I don't have a lot of experience with heavy distortion because the types of music I play rarely need it.

Yeah that's a good point. I am definitely happy it worked on the first try. One thing is that the person helping me with the offboard wiring wired the jacks to be center positive. He didn't realize that most pedals are wired center negative, so I got to rewire that. Not really an issue at the...

I changed my mind. I actually like the sound of it after trying it again! :) I don't normally play stuff that requires heavy distortion, but I will definitely be playing it more often.

Yeah it's not picking up on video for some reason. I will have to see if I can pick it up. I probably won't do that today though.

Yeah it's not picking up on video for some reason. It's really not that big of a deal, but I just thought it was odd. You can hear it a little more at the end, but it's still not clear.

Here's a video. Tell me if you think it's oscillating or if it is just feedback.

It's got pictures now. If they don't work then I will have to fix it of course.