I was looking at front panel express and some of the prices there were saying for specific jobs seemed expensive like the front panel of what I’m working on would cost as much as the rest of the parts….
.. I thought that couldn’t be right.
I was looking at front panel express and some of the prices there were saying for specific jobs seemed expensive like the front panel of what I’m working on would cost as much as the rest of the parts….
Nothing wrong with that, if I was 100% sure I will like everything about the anvil I would do the same. But there is a few things about this I am unsure of, first and foremost the transformer I couldn’t find a 120v mains in with the same specs so it’s getting a step up converter and waterslide decals
. I could always spring for the custom faceplate and transformer later for upgrades if it’s my dream amp.
Damn man. A quartet of KT88 is 250€ here!
I haven’t used them in several years. They didn’t offer UV printing back then, so the things I wanted got very expensive very quickly. Absolutely first class work though, every time I used them.
That’s good to know, makes the idea a little more affordable I would use amplify fun to make face plates but the front panel on a 19” 2U rack is too thick to use a face plate and mount all the pots and jacks with proper thread engagement. I could over cut it he faceplate but to me that would look ridiculous.
I've done a bunch of builds with placeholder front panels until I'm sure on control layout and various other build aspects. I just do laminate labels on my inkjet printer for starters, and sometimes that's as far as it goes.Nothing wrong with that, if I was 100% sure I will like everything about the anvil I would do the same. But there is a few things about this I am unsure of, first and foremost the transformer I couldn’t find a 120v mains in with the same specs so it’s getting a step up converter and waterslide decals
Last time I talked to Spencer he said he could do the face plate but the rack panel would be to big to ether CNC or UV print (I don’t remember which one it was though… maybe that has changed.) I’m a little picky on somethings, if I’m going to put a that much money into a front panel I want it to look a specific way, I know it’s probably a little silly but I don’t Iike the way recessed jacks, switches and bezels look. But you are absolutely on target with the place holder panel IMO if I really like the project it’s easily upgraded. If not it’s staying home grown
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Hey, we all like what we like. I've replaced stock front rack panels with engraved and infilled FPE parts on a few builds for that very reason. But you can also just ship them the original panel for machining, which I've actually done once or twice.Last time I talked to Spencer he said he could do the face plate but the rack panel would be to big to ether CNC or UV print (I don’t remember which one it was though… maybe that has changed.) I’m a little picky on somethings, if I’m going to put a that much money into a front panel I want it to look a specific way, I know it’s probably a little silly but I don’t Iike the way recessed jacks, switches and bezels look. But you are absolutely on target with the place holder panel IMO if I really like the project it’s easily upgraded. If not it’s staying home grown
How do you like that tone tubby speaker? I almost put one in my amp but went with a celestion blue instead
Tone Tubby Red Alnicos are my absolute favorite speaker to put with an EL84 amp, certainly perfect to balance the brightness of something Matchless-flavored like this. I have a pair of them in a 2x12 for my DC-30 head and they're fabulous.
Nope, every time I build an amp it reminds me how much I don't really enjoy building amps. My two main amps (DC30 and SLO100) were fully built by Ceriatone. Anything more complicated than a Lightning, and I would much rather just pay someone else to do it.Did you build the DC30 too? You should show off under the skirt of both
