6G6-B Bassman clone project

[dubtrub]

Jim finished the art work today for both the faceplate and rear plate. I am blown away at how cool this is. Between Mr. Bills electronic guidance and Jim's fantastic artwork, this is fast becoming a forum member project.

[JimPage]

Danny, you must realize how tempted I was to have those volume indicators go to 11 . . .

--Jim

[MWaldorf]

Wow - the faceplates look great! Personally, I vote for 11.

[JimPage]

Mel wrote:
>>Personally, I vote for 11 . . .

Maybe, in light of Danny's experience at the car show, I should have made the top indicator on both volumes "4."

That way, when someone tells him to turn down, he can honestly say, "Hey; I'm only on three, volume-wise. What's your problem?!?!?!"

Always trying to help is my motto . . .

--Jim

[Mr. Bill]

Great looking panels! I really love the lighting bolt logo on the back.

Back when we were kids, we used to practice in our drummer's basement. Volume was often a problem with his family. We were told not to turn the amps higher than 5 and there would be at least one check an evening where they would see if the volumes were higher than 5. Eventually our solution was to reset the volume knobs so that when turned off they registered 2, that way when they were on 5 they were really on 7.

[dubtrub]

Mmmmmmm......making wire spaghetti. Now all I have to do is figure out where the wires go.

The board is just sitting there and is not mounted. I will make the high voltage board and mount it first, then the transformers and tube sockets before installing the circuit board. I've got the art work for the face and rear plate at the sign makers. It should be ready by next weekend. Slow process but it's coming along.

[Mr. Bill]

Nice work there Dub. Those 5 band resistors make me think twice when I read them.

I see the mounting hole that you were talking about earlier. That is kind of an awkward spot. At least if the cathode shorts to ground at that point it won't do too much harm.

I agree with your plan to build the power supply first and then add the rest of the circuit. In fact I'd test the power supply before wiring it up to the rest of the circuit. If you do this be sure to have a way to bleed off the voltage from the caps after your testing, as there will be no circuitry connected to drain to for you.

[dubtrub]

Those 5 band resistors make me think twice when I read them.

I read them by cheating. I used the link below to verify each and every one. Simply click on each color on the bars across the top and it tells you their value.

http://www.hobby-hour.com/electronics/r ... ulator.php

[olrocknroller]

Those 5 band resistors make me think twice when I read them.

I read them by cheating. I used the link below to verify each and every one. Simply click on each color on the bars across the top and it tells you their value.

http://www.hobby-hour.com/electronics/r ... ulator.php

Neat link! Thanks! Now I can throw away my dog-eared old color chart!

[Mr. Bill]

Yes it is a neat link. I remember having one of those things with three wheels where you dialed in the color bands and then read off the resistance through a window. Maybe they make one now for 5 band resistors.