mmcm4 wrote:
Thanks for all the help. I ended up installing the rectifier (which gave me some pretty high voltages on the rectifier pins, but I got the right B+ voltage at the capacitor. Then I checked the voltages on the tube sockets, some of them were signtificantly higher than what they're supposed to be. After double checking my wiring, I ended up just saying to heck with it and plugging the tubes in. Everything worked great and it sounds amazing. Nothings blown up, burned up, or red-plated, so i think everything's good.
Good news. In the manual on start up procedure it says
Check the plate voltages on the tube sockets. Measure from pin to Chassis ground.
12AX7, AY7, AT7 etc plates are pins 1 and 6; EL84 plate is pin 7 and 6V6, 6L6, KT66, EL34 etc plate is pin 8.
The plate voltages will be slightly higher than the voltages listed on the schematic because there is no load provided by the tubes. .
That explains the high voltages.