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Building my first amp...

PostPosted: Thu Jan 26, 2017 11:19 am
by diocide
So I've been working on pedals and guitar electronics for a few years now. About a year ago I got into doing some light repairs on amp, including basic troubleshooting and biasing etc....

Over the summer I picked up a Weber 6S100 kit when they ran a sale on them. I finally got all the ancillary parts together and started wiring it today.

It's not much, but I got the filaments all connected. I used 20gauge solid core PTFE coated wire. This will be the main type of wire I use, since I use it in my pedals.

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Stay tuned for more as I complete steps and hopefully get it all done within a couple weeks. A friend is making me a headhsell, which hopefully will be done around the same time I finish the amp.

Re: Building my first amp...

PostPosted: Thu Jan 26, 2017 4:57 pm
by jrfox92
Following.
Really curious about how it sounds since I haven't read a whole lot on it and it seems that opinions are fairly split on the quality of the kit.

Re: Building my first amp...

PostPosted: Fri Jan 27, 2017 8:59 am
by diocide
jrfox92 wrote:Following.
Really curious about how it sounds since I haven't read a whole lot on it and it seems that opinions are fairly split on the quality of the kit.


I don't think there's a lot of finished builds of these out there. At least it seems like that. I'll post some more pics today and lots of clips when it's done.

Re: Building my first amp...

PostPosted: Fri Jan 27, 2017 9:07 am
by diocide
This weeks progress;

Got most of the controls, inputs and preamp sockets Wired up.

Instead of running a main ground buss wire, I'm wiring them all separate to a star ground. It's something I didn't really plan on, but I figure for my first time it will make things easier. It's not the neatest but I'll neaten it up once I have more in place.

Also connected a couple things on the board and soldered what I could.

The inputs;

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Controls and preamp sockets;

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The board;
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I had a few minutes and got the grounds done for the front end of the amp. This will be one of three star grounds. I think it looks neat enough. Solid core wire is not forgiving.

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Re: Building my first amp...

PostPosted: Fri Feb 10, 2017 5:11 am
by Iommic Pope
:snax:
Perfect timing to pique my curiosity.

Re: Building my first amp...

PostPosted: Thu Apr 20, 2017 6:26 am
by benjuro
Long wondered about this one. Keep us posted...