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Yes indeed. I think the Old Fashioned edges it out though, at least for what I want/need right now.

It's great! It's just that I like the Old Fashioned more, and - at least for my purposes - they serve similar roles.

Sorry for my overly-terse previous reply - I forgot to compliment your great-looking build! Those are two classic circuits, I'm surprised there isn't already a commercial version with them paired like this. As for that "splatty" decay on the BD-2... it's been a while since I've played through...

The BD-2 is infamous for the “splatty” or “crackly” decay.

Are these folks also in the audiophile business? Maybe selling $2k power cables or little stands for wiring or that kind of stuff? Sure looks like a natural fit!

I think if you wanted to do top mount 1590a - or even 1590b with more plug spacing, you could use a single TRS (stereo) jack. Tip for input, ring for output, sleeve for ground. Then use a TRS to dual TS breakout cable. Could be viable in some situations.

Top-mount 1590a incoming? 😉

That is impressive cramming that in the 1590A! I prefer the red knobs personally. Great build!

Thanks for all the kind words everyone! The kit came with traditional "chicken head" knobs, and I intend to use those. That also reminds me: in case it's not obvious, the face plate writing is upside down. This amp is designed to go in a head cabinet, so I flipped it upside-down to mount it...

It was suggested that I also post this here in the Amp Room sub-forum. I recently built a Hiwatt DR504 clone from a Ceriatone "Hey What 504" kit. I used Mojotone transformers and put it in a custom 1x12 cabinet made for me by Sour Mash Guitar Cabs using brown "country western" tolex. Full...

That is awesome! I’ve wanted to build one of those for years, just never got around to it. Rob Robinette’s site is indeed a fantastic resource. Great great great, thanks for sharing!

It's been nearly four years since I built an amp... and that was also a Hiwatt DR504 clone (Mojotone Custom 50 kit). I absolutely love the one I built years ago. The only "problem" is the size and bulk. I don't take it out as much as I'd like, because the head itself is fairly large and...

Great build, as always! Are those knobs black? It might just be the lighting but they look kind of silver. Good look, either way. So how does the mids control work? I feel like the mid-scoop of the Big Muff is core to its sound… but it’s also the Achilles heel when it comes to fitting in a...

Agree with the above comments: great looking build period; stellar first build. I’ve built a lot and mine still don’t always come out this nice. Thanks for sharing and welcome!

Perhaps homing pigeons in training could be called honing pigeons. They haven't yet fully developed their abilities to find their way home, so they are still honing that skill. Hence, honing pigeons. :)

It's been a rough day at work, I can't wait to get hone. I'm going to relax by sharpening my knives. I find homing a good edge to be very cathartic.

I'm not 100% on this, but I seem to recall Kevin/Aion saying that he has those resistors custom made. They are high-quality/name-brand 1% (or better), he has the values printed on with numbers, to make it more approachable/eaiser for new builders who don't want to have to reference color codes...

Nice build! It looks like you hard-soldered it to buffered bypass... this is the way. :) I really like this drive too, enough that I created my own custom PCB for it. I would never pay $600 for a retail version, but it's worth a DIY build for sure. It does appear to be a somewhat unique...

No sound when engaged is likely a short somewhere. Remove power, use your multimeter/continuity checker and look for a short between ground and the signal path. Even before that, look for an obvious short, e.g. pot housing touching an I/O jack, solder bridges, unclipped component lead touching...

With tube amps vs solid state amps. the output transformer is born out of necessity rather than for tone-shaping. Tube circuitry runs at extremely high voltages and relatively small currents. The output transformer lowers the voltage and thus increases available current to drive the...