Trinity TC15 build report

[Harry Klippton]

hey folks, I'm real excited about this! I took my time and worked real carefully on this over the last couple months. I bought this kit last year after seeing @jjjimi84 Dan's tweed deluxe video series. I had wanted a Vox style amp for quite a while and decided to go for it.

The TC15 has an EF86 channel with a 6 position contour rotary switch and a volume control, and a top boost channel with volume, bass, and treble. It has a global cut control and bypassable master volume. I went with a celestion alnico blue for the speaker. All NOS tubes just because I had them except for the rectifier, which is a TAD GZ-34. The power tubes are Soviet 6p14p, telefunken 12ax7s, and a svetlana winged C 6J32p for the EF86, all of which I had gotten before the war, and I had the telefunkens since before the pandemic. The OT has a switchable primary impedance for Vox or Matchless spec. There's also a toggle on the back panel for a gain boost on the top boost channel.

This was my first time working with a turret board or solid core wire. The whole thing went smoothly though and I'm pretty satisfied with how it came out. The logo badge was made by Ampliy Fun. I want to put up some clips but probably not til the weekend when I'm not taking care of my daughter. All of the work on this was done during her naps or after bedtime over the last couple months. Also shout out to Chris @thewintersoldier for cheerleading me on this as I went

 

[Big Monk]

Looks Awesome!

 

[fig]

Are you God?

 

[Harry Klippton]

Are you God?

It feels like it sometimes

 

[fig]

Also, that is truly beautiful work sir.

 

[Harry Klippton]

Also, that is truly beautiful work sir.

Thank you kind sir. I'm just here for the dopamine to be honest

 

[Fingolfen]

That is absolutely amazing! I've got an amp project going too, and hope it turns out that well!

 

[Harry Klippton]

That is absolutely amazing! I've got an amp project going too, and hope it turns out that well!

An important lesson I learned elsewhere is to care about every step of the work. If you're not satisfied, it's better to disassemble and redo it on the spot. Feel free to hit me up if you have questions during your build

 

[JamieJ]

Wow, this is incredible Will. Great work. That faceplate completes it as well!
How does it sound??

 

[dawson]

That looks like a really fun kit to build!

 

[Harry Klippton]

Wow, this is incredible Will. Great work. That faceplate completes it as well!
How does it sound??

I played it yesterday for about 5 minutes for the initial test and about 10 minutes this morning so I haven't explored everything it can do yet, but so far I'm really liking it. It seems to do exactly what I want. It's clean, bright, chimey, and much louder than I was expecting. I've never owned an amp this clean before. I'm dying to crank it and see what it'll do then too

 

[JamieJ]

Nice. Have you got a treble booster? I think the crowther hot cakes is also meant to work well with vox amps.

 

[dawson]

I played it yesterday for about 5 minutes for the initial test and about 10 minutes this morning so I haven't explored everything it can do yet, but so far I'm really liking it. It seems to do exactly what I want. It's clean, bright, chimey, and much louder than I was expecting. I've never owned an amp this clean before. I'm dying to crank it and see what it'll do then too

Get ready to bond with those neck pickups

 

[Harry Klippton]

Nice. Have you got a treble booster? I think the crowther hot cakes is also meant to work well with vox amps.

Hell yeah I have a treble booster. Been meaning to build a hot cake for the inevitability that I ended up with an amp like this. I might have to bump it up the queue

 

[Big Monk]

I picture BM making this face while he types this View attachment 24618

Nah. That is the face that I made when you promised to leave and then came back.

 

[Big Monk]

Don't make this about me, this is Will's build report. Hate on me in my build reports.

That's rich. That's the Pot calling the Kettle black shit right there. You funny son.

 

[dawson]

I picture BM making this face while he types this View attachment 24618

That's the face of true happiness right there.
I had the privilege of making that face the other day when I held a double-neck for the first time:

But again, this is about @Harry Klippton- I hope he gets to make that exact face when he digs into his new amp' some more.

 

[cooder]

Fabulous work, gorgeous amp! You must be stoked!

 

[Bio77]

Absolutely stunning! I'm at the office right now but I'm going to bookmark this page to have some alone time with the pictures of this build, later.

 

[almondcity]

On/Off and Standby switches on the front make so much more sense to me. Great job!