...so i recovered from being sick....had my computer explode...got super busy with work & finished that project...THEN poured beer all in my main amp at a show & thought I killed it (didn't though - whew!)...and now i'm super busy with recording, trying to get the guitar parts for the new Silence Kit album finished before the end of march.
Also, I got asked to help a some guys at work to a Beatles cover thing, so i've been practicing for that.
so the end result is I haven't made a whole lot of progress on the deluxe lately, or this blog, obviously. The amp technically works, but it sounds not so fresh. my suspicion is we have something crossed on the circuit board, but behind it, where you kind of just have to go on faith that things were wired right before you put it in. there is a coupling cap that got too friendly with the soldering iron, and although I don't think that's the problem, i'm replacing it anyway. i also have all new carbon-comp resistors - i figure if i'm going to pull the board, i'm going to replace all the resistors to be of the type that the original amp design used. don't ask why i didn't do this in the first place...it was just dumb.
the third lessons learned thing is that i'm now using much thinner-insulation hookup wire, as it's much easier to work with in tight spaces. the gauge of the metal in the wire is actually the same, and it's rated the same, but instead of being poly-wrapped cotton, it's just waxed cotton, so the diameter of the overall wire is about half.
so the next pic of the guts of the amp will probably look totally different. hopefully i'll have something up after the weekend. wish me luck!
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