Skully's First Tube Amp Rebuild- Valve Junior Collaboration

[skullservant]

Not much to post here yet, but I am collaborating with my good friend at B Custom Cabs to completely rebuild my Valve Junior from the ground up.
Going to be completely gutting the chasis and starting over.
Just bought a new turretboard for a modded version of the Valve Junior circuit, using a 6V6 instead of the stock EL84.
Going to be building it with orange drop caps, replacing all the old plastic jacks with switchcraft and overall making it a little bit nicer in terms of the amp unit itself.

Where B Custom Cabs comes in is the new combo shell- I think the stock 8" speaker sounds a little whimpy, so I'm having him make a new combo shell for the amp that will house a WGS Reaper 12" 30w speaker and be the same size as the other cab he built me. It will be stained red mahogony with Ampeg style grill cloth.

Right now the face of the amp has a bunch of extra holes from different mods that I tried here and there. I haven't quite decided, but I have either the option of cutting a new faceplate for the amp out of aluminum (which I am leaning toward) and just screwing that onto the face for a cleaner look and covering up the extra holes, or I can get a whole new blank chasis and drill out all the holes for everything myself. If I went the later route, I would replace the in-adapter fuse for an external fuse holder, and replace the lighted switch for a regular switch with a jewel light. I haven't quite decided what I will do there, but I don't really feel like cutting out the square hole for the power chord jack myself so I'm not sure if I will do that.

Anyways, stay tuned. I'm going to be doing this slowly and finishing up the pedals that I've got to do for Dirge before I really get started on this, but the cab is under construction!

[DarkAxel]

6V6

[friendship]

I'm watching from the shadows with great interest.

[univalve]

6V6

[odontophobia]

I'm watching from the shadows with great interest.

real talk, right here.
will be 'liking' every instagram post and then lurking this thread.

[AxAxSxS]

very cool. I'll be watching as well. Post lots of progress pics!

[rfurtkamp]

If you're going for this much effort, new chassis with the jewel light and the stuff you want.

Doing it right only hurts once.

[skullservant]

If you're going for this much effort, new chassis with the jewel light and the stuff you want.

Doing it right only hurts once.

Yeah this is kind of my thought. I need to scrape together some more cash for the chassis, light, switch, fuse holder, abd power plug though but I think it will look cleaner

[skullservant]

Got to see the cab after it was stained today! Should be finished by Friday so I can get my grubby paws on it. So blown away with how incredible it is turning out.
I will be buying the new chasis, switch, jewel light, fuse holder, and power plug this upcoming week I believe!

[ShaunNecro]

Get a vintage jewel light for the tone.

That cab looks great; it's going to be one hell of an amp.

[Deltaphoenix]

Sweet looking wood right there

[skullservant]

Thanks dudes! I'm so stoked on it. I'm not sure what color jewel to get yet, but I'm leaning toward red or blue, possible white even

[bcustomcabs]

Ill post some proper pics when I finish it this weekend as well!,

[skullservant]

Hey man!!

[colossus]

Psyched to see how this plays out.