100W 4 x 6ca7 Superlead/Superbass kind of thing but with a few extra controls. Not yet complete but its coming together
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Silly question, but have you ever released a Dunwich Horror amp?
does it come with a pair of dancing midgets? ;D
Quote from: deaner33 on March 23, 2012, 12:02:00 PM
Silly question, but have you ever released a Dunwich Horror amp?
No but if a customer asked for 1 i would build it
Quote from: Hemisaurus on March 23, 2012, 12:09:50 PM
does it come with a pair of dancing midgets? ;D
if u asked for it, i would do it
If ever an amp should go up to 11 ;D
Quote from: Hemisaurus on March 23, 2012, 12:12:34 PM
If ever an amp should go up to 11 ;D
i have not built a Dunwich amp with numbers on the controls
They should all be 11.
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But is it 18 feet or 18 inches?
It's spec'ed at 18''.
So, you know...massive.
I really think you're making much too big of a thing about it.
Quote from: The Riffer on March 23, 2012, 12:55:21 PM
I really think you're making much too big of a thing about it.
me?
Derek: Can I raise a practical question at this point?
David: Yeah.
Derek: We gonna do Stonehenge tomorrow?
David: No we're not going to fucking do Stonehenge!!!
all the references lost on me today....work is fucking me up
Quote from: dunwichamps on March 23, 2012, 01:10:48 PM
all the references lost on me today....work is fucking me up
Ah man, you need to sort that out.
Quote from: moose23 on March 23, 2012, 01:25:42 PM
Quote from: dunwichamps on March 23, 2012, 01:10:48 PM
all the references lost on me today....work is fucking me up
Ah man, you need to sort that out.
just gunna continue to build later...oh well
Two words:
Shit Sandwich.
Whenever I'm working on gear, wiring a pedal, replacing pickups etc...I put Spinal Tap on the background...helps time fly.
Obviously Nick can't Smell the Glove
- or -
If you're gonna have a cheesy amp name, you better know the cheesy movie that references it. ;D
just too much in my head to focus on the jokes
stick with da building and loud noises
Yeah, you know it's such a fine line between stupid and uh...clever.
Nurse, we need a humour transplant, stat :'(
its all good best someone gets a laugh out of it
I watched spinal tap a few months ago after not seeing it for years. I didn't find it nearly as funny as I had in the past.
Except for the herpes, those little scenes still crack me up.
I actually just forwarded to the
Stonehenge scene. It had been so long I had forgotten Big Bottom they all played bass in. So Nick can see why we find his new amp name so funny.
ahhh ic, well thanks man
You might want to call the next one Bohemian Rhapsody :-X
Big bottom was easily their best tune. I forgot they all play bass :D
Quote from: Hemisaurus on March 23, 2012, 04:13:11 PM
You might want to call the next one Bohemian Rhapsody :-X
trolling me all day everyday, must be the accent :D
Sorry, I just can't see the name Stonehenge without thinking Spinal Tap, you do realise there's 1000+ other megalithic sites you could have picked, or just the word Megalith, or Megalithic, isn't a bad name for an amp.
Check out Julian Cope's Modern Antiquarian, and excellent read, and I think he has a companion website you can check out. Holocaust named a song after a megalithic site in Fife I think, Cairnpapple Hill maybe?? Memory is faded after 20+ years.
Looks great. I for one actually thought of the prehistoric monument before Spinal Tap when I read the name of the thread. Then again I like Break like the Wind more than This is Spinal Tap. Anyway, what are the bright and dark volumes and blend?
i think megalith is another companies name for something, I can change her later for the production models
Trying to make it either a 100W or 150/200W Model T killer
Quote from: Volume on March 23, 2012, 04:25:33 PM
Looks great. I for one actually thought of the prehistoric monument before Spinal Tap when I read the name of the thread. Then again I like Break like the Wind more than This is Spinal Tap. What are the bright and dark volumes and blend?
Since this baby is like a superlead, the volumes are just analogous to the Normal/Bright volumes on a Superlead. Now I simplified the input scheme so your always jacked into both channels. Thus, Blend allows you to tailor the gain of each channels gain stage, one way is max gain one channel, min gain the other, move control to other side and its vice versa, somewhere in between is mixed gains. Since the freq response of each channel is different then you blend the sounds together that way. I will also offer, Max and Min modes where you either have both channels Max gain or Min Gain.
I also added Depth/Resonance control like a SLO or Wizard, and a Mid Shift control to change the mid range on the EQ
In terms of other tweaks, I may run a 12at7 in V1 and a 5751 in V3.
Quote from: dunwichamps on March 23, 2012, 04:25:40 PM
i think megalith is another companies name for something, I can change her later for the production models
Trying to make it either a 100W or 150/200W Model T killer
I was wondering at you bothering with 6CA7's. Going to step up the plate voltage and get a decent set of trannies with a nice 5.5K plate impedance?
Quote from: Hemisaurus on March 23, 2012, 04:51:32 PM
Quote from: dunwichamps on March 23, 2012, 04:25:40 PM
i think megalith is another companies name for something, I can change her later for the production models
Trying to make it either a 100W or 150/200W Model T killer
I was wondering at you bothering with 6CA7's. Going to step up the plate voltage and get a decent set of trannies with a nice 5.5K plate impedance?
For this proto Im running a normal 3.6k OT with 460-475V plates. If I wanted to get serious power out of a the quad of 6ca7s Id need to build a dual rail power supply or id nuke the screens to much in a single rail system then a nice OT with that kind of primary impedance would be worth it. In the dual rail setup I could have 600-700V plate, and a separate 300-400V Screen tap
Wouldn't it be fairer to call it a multitap? Dual rail implies a +/- supply, you're just changing the reference to ground / or using a PT with multiple taps, don't confuse the natives ;)
Quote from: Hemisaurus on March 23, 2012, 04:58:19 PM
Wouldn't it be fairer to call it a multitap? Dual rail implies a +/- supply, you're just changing the reference to ground / or using a PT with multiple taps, don't confuse the natives ;)
dual rail or multi tap, whatever. I know its a reference to SS rails with +- supplies but in this case for a tube amp thats fine with me.
Id either do it Hiwatt style or Ampeg style, either is fine with me. hiwatt Dr201/405 approach is condensed to less caps so it might be better.
"...where the banshees live and they do live well."
get the dvd, it has an outakes section that is as long as and almost as good as the movie itself.
The commentary is possibly better than the movie since it was all ad libbed.
Humor aside, I thought it was a fine name. Superlead -> Marshall -> Britain -> Stonehenge.
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Shoulda wired that like a proper pentagram, made it more mystical ;)
wasnt in the stars iguess
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That's a clean motherfucker. Hope the tone is as gnarly as the wiring is perfect.
Quote from: mutantcolors on March 28, 2012, 12:18:45 AM
That's a clean motherfucker. Hope the tone is as gnarly as the wiring is perfect.
thanks, im hoping 2. its more or less a Superlead kinda amp but i got some tweaks on it
more guts
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Quote from: mutantcolors on March 28, 2012, 12:18:45 AM
That's a clean motherfucker. Hope the tone is as gnarly as the wiring is perfect.
I imagine it's so clean because he hasn't finished wiring it yet ;D
or does it have decorative pots, too ;)
Quote from: Hemisaurus on March 28, 2012, 10:42:56 AM
Quote from: mutantcolors on March 28, 2012, 12:18:45 AM
That's a clean motherfucker. Hope the tone is as gnarly as the wiring is perfect.
I imagine it's so clean because he hasn't finished wiring it yet ;D
or does it have decorative pots, too ;)
should still be clean when it has the board in. I gotta to to ratshack and get a small PT for the relay switching and til then I wont put the board on. Pots are just Bourns basic shit.
where's the dwarves, or just get Sunn to dance on his knees ;D
least buy him some kneepads :P
Is that pure amp? Sounds fantastic
Quote from: mutantcolors on April 21, 2012, 04:31:52 PM
Is that pure amp? Sounds fantastic
1st clip is all amp 2ndclip has a pharoah
i think stonehenge is a rad name and it suits the amp's voicing.
that being said, this amp sounds fucking radical.
hopefully some day i'll be able to place an order with you, sir.
Quote from: tombhex on April 23, 2012, 10:21:34 AM
i think stonehenge is a rad name and it suits the amp's voicing.
that being said, this amp sounds fucking radical.
hopefully some day i'll be able to place an order with you, sir.
thank u. let me know, send an email