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PostPosted: Sun May 22, 2011 12:02 am 
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Well I'm 99% done. Still want to chase a pesky little buzzing problem. Will get at it again soon. My tweed cabinet arrived today. It looks brand new, I cannot find a mark on it. I found a deal on the net from a private seller. $125 shipped from Philly to NW Washington. Heck of a find. I mounted the chassis and an original 1964 Jensen C12N in there that I took out of my 64 Bandmaster cab to store. It sounds very darn good. The volume is so touchy from 0 to about 2.5, then at 2.6 it explodes into full-on, rip your face off tube distortion. From 2.5 to 12 the amp does not seem to get any louder just dirtier. I can see this is not really a "keep your family happy at home" amp. It rips, but man, it's loud. The C12N is a ceramic speaker. I plan to order a BBQ 12125-A, alnico soon and put the old C12N away again.

The buzzing is not completely gone yet. It's great when I plug my guitar into either of the bright channels. If there is no guitar plugged in, or I plug into the normal channel it's there. I'll get it sorted out soon enough. Right now, I am having too much fun playing it. I highly recommend the Trinity Deluxe kit. It has good quality components and good instructions for beginners. was my first ever amp build and I am very happy with how it turned out. - Keith


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PostPosted: Mon May 23, 2011 6:09 pm 
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Keith.

That is simply stunning.

I have placed my order with Stephen and I'm waiting for my kit to arrive.

If mine looks half as good as yours, I'll die a happy man.

Well done.


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PostPosted: Mon May 23, 2011 7:23 pm 
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VERY nice indeed! You might wanna rotate that upper-rear panel 180 degrees, though. The oblong openings typically line up with the tubes for cooling. Kinda cool being able to peek at the circuitry, though.

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PostPosted: Tue May 24, 2011 11:42 am 
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Very nice results.

Loved reading your thread on the TDPRI forum. I even posted a few replies on it.

Maybe a VRM kit would help make your amp more <home friendly> by helping to control the volume. Even on a smaller amp like my Tramp, which I use at home, I find the VRM very useful.


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PostPosted: Tue May 24, 2011 8:57 pm 
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I ordered the VRM mod, I just need to install it. I will one day. For now I am just playing the amp and enjoying it.
Amp building is so addictive, during the project my actual guitar playing was nearly nil. I have some catching up to do
and having a new amp that I personally built is a lot of motivation! I can't get enough of this Deluxe. It is awesome.
I had to take it out to the garage to give it a good work out. I am used to dime-ing my 68 vibro champ for natural tube
distortion, down in the basement. Not this deluxe. It is killer loud in comparison. In order to stay married I took it to the
garage and put in my ear plug ands literally ripped on it for about an hour. Awesome amp. I love the grind it puts out.
The two volume controls are so interactive it's pretty cool. I already swapped the rear panel around as I installed it in
a hurry and over looked it.

I am extremely pleased with the Trinity kit, and the end product. Looking at the photos I am still in shock how well it
turned out. It'll be around for a loooonnnggggg time.


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PostPosted: Tue May 24, 2011 11:20 pm 
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Glad you are pleased with your amp.

You will probably like it even more with the VRM installed.

Keep us posted on your impressions after the installation.

Sudden volume: My old Traynor Bass Mate behaves like your amp. Next to no volume up to 2.5 and suddenly it becomes very loud and attains full volume at 3. With a 15 inch speaker in a small room the windows shake.


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Kinda cool being able to peek at the circuitry, though.
Yeah, and to be able to poke fingers onto live wires inside the amp. :shock: :bugeye: :lol:

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PostPosted: Thu May 26, 2011 7:37 am 
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Nice to see pictures. Looks great and I'm sure it will be a keeper. Nice to see a person in a pic too! To know the 'man' behind the amp.

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