ProDave Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 45 minutes ago, Onoff said: That's a sine of how clever he is... And a sign of my lateral thinking. I came by it at a previous employer, on a scrap truck outside a lab being cleared out. I "borrowed" it and over a lunch break found the fault and repaired it. Having repaired it so I knew it would work, I undid the repair and sent it off to the appropriate channel to buy it as electronic scrap. Then as soon as I got it home I knew how to repair it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoothorn Posted April 25, 2022 Author Share Posted April 25, 2022 22 hours ago, ProDave said: And a sign of my lateral thinking. I came by it at a previous employer, on a scrap truck outside a lab being cleared out. I "borrowed" it and over a lunch break found the fault and repaired it. Having repaired it so I knew it would work, I undid the repair and sent it off to the appropriate channel to buy it as electronic scrap. Then as soon as I got it home I knew how to repair it. That's clever, & honourable.. it wouldn't have been borrowed at all if it was me! Already proving a better area to work, stripped a router down to fix & all tools to hand.. no swearing & rummaging at all. Relief. Thx zoot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 24 minutes ago, zoothorn said: no swearing & rummaging at all. Certainly makes a difference having somewhere decent to work... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoothorn Posted April 25, 2022 Author Share Posted April 25, 2022 4 hours ago, Onoff said: Certainly makes a difference having somewhere decent to work... Ah yes. The patio where mrs Onoff has her afternoon tea & crumpets. I shall make a wood thing today right here. zh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 1 hour ago, zoothorn said: Ah yes. The patio where mrs Onoff has her afternoon tea & crumpets. I shall make a wood thing today right here. zh It's been a while since Mr Onoff has had afternoon crumpet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoothorn Posted April 25, 2022 Author Share Posted April 25, 2022 53 minutes ago, Onoff said: It's been a while since Mr Onoff has had afternoon crumpet... Haha! Fab. I was leaving the door open/ I dared not venture on the crumpet joke re. mrs Onoff! But that is a cracker.. zh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoothorn Posted May 3, 2022 Author Share Posted May 3, 2022 Thanks all for help on this. Zoot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 24 minutes ago, zoothorn said: Thanks all for help on this. Zoot. Looks a good workspace. What's the story with that amp then, spec etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoothorn Posted May 3, 2022 Author Share Posted May 3, 2022 Just now, Onoff said: Looks a good workspace. What's the story with that amp then, spec etc? Hi Onoff. Its a fabulous space, ceiling in both (extention) rooms pinpoint perfect, & both rooms perfect size. Gone the days of monster marshalls (even twin reverbs -beasts- are 'cheap' due to inconveniently heavy). Thank god. So: the smaller 1x 12" speaker @ 12-15w (tube) amps are sensibly the most popular. N. Young model for eg, so crank them on volume knob & you're just ok with drums ( ie amp volume just sufficient), plus once past 6.5 or so THEN the glorious overdriven tube tone emerges. This ^ model is most popular of all, Princeton Reverb, due to the above aspects plus its reverb & tremolo are especially rich: the 'desert island' go-to amp. The next most popular is NY's Tweed Deluxe a 50's model, I'm midway thru a build now. If interested, youtube a 60's fender princeton reverb (or a dimed original tweed deluxe). My cabs can be heard via clips on Rift Amps site ( under 50's, 60's models). Zooter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoothorn Posted May 3, 2022 Author Share Posted May 3, 2022 @Onoff my biggest 'build project' of all here: bought a blown cheap ebay '78 twin reverb. Then like joe90's mg, stripped & rebuilt every part, using the better 60's circuit. Another reason this bigass fender actually cheaper, is @ 85- 135w(insanity) you can't dime them, to dig into the natural tube overdrive like a princeton. So known as 'clean machines' jazz & country dudes love them tho (& j.marr so have their fans). Actually one person did dime his TR.. sex pistols s.jones! What a surprise! (what a glorious sound too, poor engineers & fans tho). Zoot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoothorn Posted June 6, 2022 Author Share Posted June 6, 2022 Last photo showing, at least, this 1/2 of workshop complete. T'other 1/2 a jumble of stored xyz / will come back for ideas on this later / a future thread maybe. Thanks again- zoot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProDave Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 10 minutes ago, zoothorn said: T'other 1/2 a jumble of stored xyz / will come back for ideas on this later / a future thread maybe. you mean the other half filled with everything to had to move to make this half look tidy? Looks very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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