Small Tube Amp Build - Step by Step (7 - Pots, Switches, Small Demo)
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- čas přidán 24. 03. 2018
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Excellent work, with beautiful close-up shots. Meticulous wiring and a pleasant, concise narrative style. Thanks so much for posting such a fine video.
Uncle Doug!! Thanks so much for commenting and checking out the vid. I've been a fan of your videos for years and, like many others, found a wealth of knowledge from your channel. Very sad to hear about Rusty, he was a true Rock Dog indeed. The mystery amp series was great, particularly the transformer used for the phase inversion, amazing stuff. thank you again, and I'm looking forward to the next pickup truck!
It was a pleasure, E. I meant every word.....your work is exceptional. Thanks for your very nice comments, especially about Rusty. He was a great little pal.
@Jairo Kody yup, have been using FlixZone for months myself :D
@Jairo Kody Thank you, I signed up and it seems to work =) Appreciate it !
@HONCEWANG CHANNEL Please clarify your question.
I could watch this all day!
Thank you, really appreciate it!
That is a very interesting vid, those macro shots are so great. Well lit and without disturbing shades. You show a very proper way of organizing and soldering the cables, it is inspiring. Thanks!
This was one of the most satisfying videos I’ve watched in a long time. You’re attention to detail is amazing. Thank you!
Thanks so much for kind words, really appreciate it and glad you liked it, cheers
wow. beautiful craftsmanship.This makes my fender pro look like it was put together by an epileptic hamster. The only thing i've seen this neat was on old ferranti signal generator from the RAF c. 1967 all silver-plated connectors and cord lacing...and that probably cost more than my dads first house!
I love how you wire everything! It just looks very nice!
Thanks DF!!
I've watched this amp build, and am thoroughly impressed. I have bought your plans from your website, and they appear very well done. I admire your technical abilities and will strive to do better in my future builds and repairs. Thank you so much and I hope you build more things in the future! We are wanting more!!!!
Thanks so much Phill! Glad you enjoyed the videos, thanks for kind words and I hope to have some more stuff posted soon, have a great day. Cheers
Just downloaded the full set of plans and wanted to say that the plans are very well done! Now I have to decide which one(s) to build!😂 thanks!
Surgical precision. Great project and build.
Incredible craftsmanship my friend. Now I see what separates a consumer made amp to a custom point to point one made with love! Excellent work. I'm getting closer to building one myself and your videos have helped me prepare mentally for the task. Thank you.
Thanks GB! Really appreciate it. All the best for your amp build.
This is why I love youtube, I was trying to find info about a pedal with a 6111 inside, and found this amazing series that has helped me learn a lot of nice tricks to use in my little projects. Thanks again my friend.
Glad I could help!b cheers!!
Thanks for making this video series, you've did a great job and it was very insightful. Also weirdly pacifying to watch on a Monday morning haha!
Thanks you very much for this vídeo season. Very good work and very very beautiful amp construction . Congratulations!!!
Sounds great.. and many thanks for the shout out!
I look forward to your next project.
Thanks George! Thanks for tuning in, appreciate it, cheers
Absolutely amazing! I really enjoy this stuff. I am starting to learn to do this kinda work. Thank you for this series mate!
You are very welcome, glad they are of some help as tube amp building indeed can be quite the journey.
Wow! Line in recording. Now we can hear tube sound in full color. Thank you for video.
You are very welcome, thanks so much!!
A real work of art! Great inspiration...
Thank you Peder!
More than your pure craftsmanship in building electronics I like your playing guitar.
Thanks so much!
Good stuff,I am currently building my first push pull circuit so I picked up a couple of tricks watching yours,thanks !
Thanks Daniel, best of luck for your build!
Crazy how neat of a job you have done fantastic
Wow very clean work. Sounds great .
I haven't really touched electronics since I took that class in 1970 but that is beautiful work on any planet and it sounds sweet !!!
Hey thanks zing!
Beautiful craftsmanship!
This was a terrific series. Thank you.
No problem TL, thanks for watching, cheers
Great video, inspired to attempt my own build from your plans! Cheers
Man... That is a work of art!
Thanks for doing the vid's you do an awesome job and she sound great.
Really appreciate the kind words, have a great day!
Learned so much from these videos. Love the crickets(?)!
Beautiful work.and have learnt a lot,thank you.
Love your videos thanks for sharing.
That is some beautiful work mate!!! I never thought to tin then use a solder sucker to clear the holes! stealing that idea :)
Thanks Chris!
i like your macro shots and the silence in the video :)
Crunch channel soundss ace! I am feeding off your calm vibes and whatever I have service/build next shall just take it in small steps. When it comes to Music Electronics I get a surge of addrenaline cos I really want to get to the plug and play part quickly, in all else I have the patience of the Saints .
Great build, very careful work
Thanks raymond!
Nice work..thanks for sharing your skills.
Perfectionist ❤️
A work of art....
Felicidades!!! Gran trabajo! Muy prolijo! Que lo disfrutes...
Thanks FR!!!
Loved every episode. Sad that this series had to have a finale. Maybe there's a possible spin off project on the drawing board?
Que trabalho incrível!!!
Assisti todos os vídeos!!!
Parabéns!!!
Gostaria de ter um desse pra ligar minha Squier Califórnia!!!...😅😅
Gosh Geoff, I am so enjoying all your videos! I so work differently, a lot rougher with far less planning so your meticulousness is totally inspiring. I suppose it's the art thing I did for years which encouraged mistakes because then I'd be in territory where I'd have to come up with new ideas... but now I'm back into amps, effects and guitars, well lets just say that being careful and applying forethought is a good idea and your work is great for that. Actually I wouldn't mind sending you some wood to play with as here in East Tamaki, Auckland I come across a fair amount of Rainforest woods that arrived as packing crates, especially a CNC machine importer down the road. I've ordered the plan set and my email is within that so if you wanna follow this up I'll get your address and see about getting stuff to you. Cheers matey!
Hi Sean! Sorry for delay in reply, Easter got a little busy. Thanks for the kind words. I checked through my records but cannot find your email, perhaps it is under a different name? If you could email me through my website then I will certainly get your address. The hardwood sounds very interesting as well as your amp and effects work. Get in touch certainly, cheers!!
Nice!! Well done!!
Thank you!
Thank you. Beautiful work. Inspiring.
Thanks heaps
Wow! great amp building skills.Learned quite a lot from this.Only thing I would perhaps do differently would be using cc resistors for the plates.Great video!
Thanks Randy!
Amazing everything!
Thanks so much!!
Beautiful Craftsmanship...
Buenas noches, te felicito, es una muy buena calidad de sonido y muy buen pasatiempo, yo hace más de dos años estoy empezando esto de los radios y amplificadores de valvulas, saludos, Mario Cruz, México.
beautiful series....as usual! I'd love to try it with one of my guitars!
you are the greatest!
Thanks so much MG. I'd love to play one of your guitars too. That Hamer replica you built, whoa dude!! Love the neck inlays, great contrast! Maybe one day we will cross paths and make it happen. If you ever in New Zealand, let me know, cheers!
This series is far and away the best of its kind that I have ever seen. Great job !! I have watched the last few videos. I just happend across video #3 ( I think that it was 3, maybe 4 ) . So I haven't seen the first couple videos. I am very interested in the materials you have used. Board, wire, switches, jacks, etc.... . Do you mind sharing where you acquired you materials? Did you collect everything from one source or many ? I particularly like the switches and jacks you installed. I rather like your choice of wire. I do apologize if you shared this info in a earlier video already. I will be going back to watch those videos. Once I finish up the videos from which point I'm at now.
Again, thank you and a job well done. Watching you assemble this amplifier has been a treat.
Love your videos can you share what type - brand solder you are using for this build ,i really like the flow thank you.
Any chance you might show a build of a power amplifier like a McIntosh MC 275 as an example
Awesome series of video! Thank you so much! I have a question, that may have already been asked, and sorry if it's the case :) Do we have to use turrets boards and so on to build such amps? or can we get the same result with a PCM and all the components soldered on the PCB? Thak you in advance! Cheerz from France!
Clean job ! I’m thinking about building one with only soldering experience . I do know schematic symbols but understand nothing about circuits . 14:23
That wiring is a work of art; great series of videos too, and the amp sounds great and better still through headphones.
Is that another guitar that you have built and if so will we be seeing the build videos.
Thanks SAF! Yeah that is a guitar I built some time back. It was made from one piece of Matai wood (NZ Red Pine) and I made just as a parallel build so that all the mistakes could be made on this guitar first. Turns out to be my favourite, so light and wonderful snarly tone. In my experience, one of the finest tone woods I've used. I need to replace the neck as it is too narrow for me so I'll probably do that soon and document the process. Many thanks, have a great day!
C'est de l'art
Now I'm just drooling!lol
Thanks again PT!!
Nice!
Gabriel Cuevas I watched the entire build. I enjoyed every minute of it. Your attn. to detail is excellent! Also your pace of work and narrating was very good! So easy to listen to the areas of work that require a methodical approach as well as identifying the problem spots! I may arrempt this project myself. There is a great satisfaction when you build something great! Could I ask what it cost approximately for this build ?
Incredible dude, I have a question, what are the terminals that you use to solder, and been looking for sale but I do not know the name, I would appreciate if you would pass me the data, if someone else can tell me I would appreciate
Painfully fantastic and ... very inspirational. A tuibe amp ... hmm ...
Thanks Pink!!!
Nice
Hi, is it possible to change the pots to motorized pots from ALPS or Bourns?
Many thanks for your excellent videos. Quick question... How do you twist your pot contacts to be at right angles like that?
I very carefully twist them with the needle nose pliers. They can handle the twisting no problem, you just have to take it easy. Thanks for question, have a great day!
Absolutely outstanding
I think this is completely beyond me but I have thoroughly enjoyed watching a skilled builder
Thank you
Have you said how much the components are ?
Of great playing
And demonstration of amp
Thanks Andy! With the components I used and all of the other bits and pieces the price came to about $400 US from memory. However you could use cheaper components of course. Thanks for kind words much appreciated.
elams1894 I would love to build my own amp I just hope I don’t end up with 400 $ of crap
Thanks again for posting
And speedy reply
Hi man, big fan here
Do you have this amp for sale?
I would love to make it myself, but i lack the knowledge and the tools for it.
Great video, thanks for all the tips and info! Just wondering what the red resistors are throughout the build? Cheers
The reds are from the manufacturer PRP. Cheers!
Hi! Where can I buy these resistors?
How would you compare the sound of a carbon film & a PRP resistors?
Why are PRP resistors used in your build? Great videos!
To be honest, probably very little difference, carbon films are very nice however I used PRP resistors because they always perform well for me and the leads are very long which I also like. Cheers
Thank you for the quick reply's. Great educational videos.
What are 'PRP' resistors? Thanks.
13:00 I don't know the song, but is that Creed? Creed has such a recognizable style xD
Indeed, creed, hold me now, cheers
Do you send to Brazil?
You do some beautifull work,but the side cutters you were using hurt my brain ;-)
@@johnbravo7542 hear hear! Diagonal cutters that's for sure mate now that you mention it! I stopped using them when I started wearing long pants lol! He's gotta get himself a pair of FLUSH CUT wire cutters for sure!
I dunno how I missed that ay, with Geoff's superclear close-up photography!
What type are the red resistors? I am not familiar with those.
PRP resistors, cheers
Thank you, great video series!
Highly recommend metal film resistors over carbon. They don't drift, so no poor sucker in the future has to fix everything in 40 years.
Those 1% resistors look expensive, are they really necessary?
They are not too expensive. I only used these because they have long leads and are a cool colour. They are way cheaper than Takman's but not the cheapest by a long stretch either, cheers. I think they are about 15 cent a piece, something like that.
Clean build but looks like a nightmare to service with all the wire wrappings and winding's.
Dis tou happen to build your guitar also ? It looks to ne very interesting itself.
Yes, I built that guitar too. It's made from one piece of Matai wood (NZ Black Pine), cheers
@@elams1894 thanks for your reply. I just finished bing watching all your amp and guitar videos. No really....all of them. I finished up reading the comments from the guys arguing about your strat pickups, yeeesh. It is way past my bed time here in northwest Indiana. Its 12:13 a.m. and I have to up at 3:30a.m ( thanks alot man, lol), to pick up overtime at work so I can afford more toys.
Your work is amazing. And the back drop around your work space is amazing. You must have some peaceful days when your out toolin around. Yeah...im jealous. Thanks for the enjoyment. Hope to see more great projects from you.
@@whatyoumakeofit6635 - Thanks Bryan! Really appreciate all your kind words and also glad you found the vids enjoyable. I have a few more projects up my sleeve so all good. Hope you get some sleep and dont work too hard ay;) Cheers!!
Unsurpassed quality of your work, don't think anyone goes to this level. to bad it does not have a plexiglass back to show the work. 😀
amazing what more needs saying
Dexter Morgan's sidehobby.
I paid one dllr in your boutique, to buy a set for an amp, but I was not able to dowload.
I wrote you an email, and have not got any response.
Hi Jose, thanks for message. Here in NZ it is 6am , Ive been asleep so haven't quite got to my emails yet. I'll send you the plans when I'm at my desk in a few hours. Sorry for delay and mix up.
@@elams1894
Many thanks.
I got the full package.
Now its time to start buying stuff.
Very cool, and see you in other videos.
Cheers
I've heard of some guy in this blokes neighborhood who's reputed to polish his toilet seats regularly.
Who could it be?
That's definitely me. I love a polished toilet seat. If it ain't polished, then I ain't sitting on it.
This is wiring porn. Love this!
Very nice job mate! But I HATE the method of mounting of the power transformer you used it looks awful! Sorry, but looks like it's about to fall off the chassis. You should have made right angle brackets for it! Geez what were you thinking? Fugly as! Oh so painful to look at! Go on mate, I know you can do it properly!
Apart from that, a beautifully constructed amp my friend, at NASA standard, but not perfect!
first
Made with cheap china parts
Only the Alpha pots are Chinese. What other parts are MIC?