Ok all you Ultra-Gearheads.....this is for YOU! :D

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  • Hardrock69
    DIAMOND STATUS
    • Feb 2005
    • 21833
    #1

    Ok all you Ultra-Gearheads.....this is for YOU! :D

    Ok so sometimes I have dreams of building my own JCM 800 clone.....you know, ordering a kit, and breaking out the ol' soldering iron.

    Well, check this forum out....DIY builds for studio gear....Fairchild 670 compressor clones, Neve and SSL channel strips, U47 Mic kits...oh god....

    This is the sort of shit I would die to have.....I guess you can pretty much order kits for all kinds of clones these days. Jesus...to have a REAL clone of a Fairchild 670, instead of a plugin....

    Man....there is some wild shit here. These are guys who fucking wind their own transformers and stuff.
    Pretty hardcore!

    http://www.prodigy-pro.com/diy/index.php


    Look in the forums marked "The Lab" or "The Drawing Board".
    Tags: ultragearheads
    • Seshmeister
      ROTH ARMY WEBMASTER

      • Oct 2003
      • 35159
      #2
      Need to be careful you don't electrocute yourself.

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        • Hardrock69
          DIAMOND STATUS
          • Feb 2005
          • 21833
          #3
          Not worried about that, lol.

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            • jhale667
              DIAMOND STATUS
              • Aug 2004
              • 20929
              #4
              I too would love to build a Plexi clone some day, but I'm tentative about building something that may electrocute me ....faulty guitar wiring will usually only get you zapped, not fried...lol :eek:
              Originally posted by conmee
              If anyone even thinks about deleting the Muff Thread they are banned.... no questions asked.

              That is all.

              Icon.
              Originally posted by GO-SPURS-GO
              I've seen prominent hypocrite liberal on this site Jhale667


              Originally posted by Isaac R.
              Then it's really true??:eek:

              The Muff Thread is really just GONE ???

              OMFG...who in their right mind...???
              Originally posted by eddie78
              I was wrong about you, brother. You're good.

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                • Nitro Express
                  DIAMOND STATUS
                  • Aug 2004
                  • 32798
                  #5
                  I built a Metropolos kit a few years back. If you are a beginner it's best to go with a kit with good instructions and a clear schematic. It's even better if you have someone experienced to help you. The things you have to watch out for is not discharging a filter capacitor through yourself. I bleed the charge off with a big resistor. Lee Jackson has some videos on amp repair and how to build a test bench that are pretty good. I made one with a variac, osilliscope, and isolation transformer.

                  What's nice about those old Fender and Marshall designs is they are basic and easy to work on and tweek. The more modern amps with channel switching and multiple circuit boards are harder to work on and modify if you want.
                  No! You can't have the keys to the wine cellar!

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                    • Hardrock69
                      DIAMOND STATUS
                      • Feb 2005
                      • 21833
                      #6
                      True dat. Friend of mine in Seattle has built several amps over the past couple of years. They sound fucking awesome.

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                        • Coyote
                          ROTH ARMY SUPREME
                          • Jan 2004
                          • 8185
                          #7
                          Wouldn't mind trying a Metro 12000 head, m'self...

                          Why settle for something you have, if it's not as good as something you're out to get?

                          Originally posted by Seshmeister
                          It's like putting up a YouTube of Bach and playing Chopstix on your Bontempi...

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                            • indeedido
                              Veteran
                              • Feb 2004
                              • 2293
                              #8
                              I had a Metro 12000 series head last year that I sold. It was nice, but it was closer to Led Zeppelin than Van Halen. Not a bad thing, I was just looking for something more raw. It did Zep perfectly, it needed to be modded a bit to be more VH. Those guys at Metro know what they're doing. In fact, I'm sending my Marshall 1959slp reissue off tomorrow to Mark at Rockstah Amps (ex Metro forum guru) to do the Mod 5 to it. It will be a VH machine afterwards.
                              This space for rent.

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