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Thank you Casey. If the aged cloth I ordered doesn't look good when I receive it, I will go for an Earthy color.

The shellac I used in this case is Bullseye amber, made by Zinsser. Very easy to apply and fast drying. It really helped to bring out the wood grain.

Taz: I guess I'll leave it as it is without protecting coat and will put my beer bottle elsewhere.

Nice job. It's always nice to see how people finish these off. An cane grill would look nice.

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I stain the Woven Cane with 50/50 Amber schellac and denatured alcohol, it dries fast and gives a cool patina to the cane. I did finish one with just matt poly spray which looked OK but had no color. Cane grilles look terrific with Brownface Tolex too.

Here are a few pics of the aged blue white silver grill cloth I have just received. I put it next to my cabinet to see what it would look like. I have never seen such a cloth color/cabinet color combination, but I like it.

Nice looking job Gotie,

The Silver cloth looks better than I would have thought, TBH

I still like the "earthy " colors on natural woods, but what is important is that you like this and it represents your vision of how your cab should look. That's what DIY is about.

I am looking forward to seeing the finished cabinet.

Thank you Casey. Here are two pictures taken today of the finished cabinet, minus the speaker and amplifier.

Edited to say that the grill cloth is a little off horizontal in these pics. This has since been corrected.

Looks great.

Finished my cabinet with speaker installed. The speaker I installed is a WGS G10C - 8. The speaker cloth is " Fender Style Oxblood with Gold Stripe". My tramp kit should arrive any day now, then I will start on that. Getting closer to completion

Great looking cabinet Dave.

Oxblood is a good choice for your grill cloth.

Keep us posted as you complete the build.

Slowly working on the tramp kit, but have a few questions. In the attached pic, my drawing shows the yellow and pinkish wires, that I have indicated with a black line, as black shielded cable. The drawings I received obviously are out dated. The pic is of the latest posted drawing. Which one is correct.

Thanks

Those wires are now shielded.

The amp will work either way but the shielded cable will help with noise and make the amp more stable.

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Thanks kurtlives. So the tramp drawing that is posted in the "tramp resources" is an older drawing?

Shield the line from the input jack to the board. The other to the terminal strip is less suceptible to noise.

Use this updated Layout (now shipping with all kits)

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Oops, I used unshielded wire from the input jack to the board.

Works fine though and I don't find it noisy.

The sound coming from it is so good and musical that once I start using it I don't want to stop.

May I leave it like that or should I change the wire for a shielded one?

Its working fine and you like it, leave it. Its not critical to operation. Mines the same, although the cfls in the area are shut off when we play as they add noise to everything.

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Thanks Taz.

I'll leave it like it is.

I use the Tramp only in my home, so I presume there is not many interference from things (lighting, electrical equipment) that could cause noise.

I hate to be a pain, but I have another question if anyone can help. In the attached pic from the newest posted drawing for the tramp, there is a 220k risistor soldered under the board with the 33uf cap.

The drawings that came with my kit a few weeks ago, the date posted on them is 09/20/10, shows there is no resistor there.

I just want to confirm that a 220k resistor is installed under the board at this spot, because it would be a real pain to remove it after the board is installed if it does not belong there,,

Thanks,

I pretty sure it goes under the board.

There is no space for it above board.

Thanks gotie, I would just like to confirm that the 220k resistor does go here?

Dave, I checked the coloured drawing that I received with my kit and I find no resistor there. The date is the same as yours, 09/20/10.

Since the build on my amp is finished, it is possible that this resistor has not been installed on my amp.

However, I have also used the newer drawing (03/25/11, Rev. 11) during part of the build. The 220K resistor is visible on that one, but I don't remember if I noticed it.

Better to wait for someone more experienced to give us an answer on that.

My Tramp build is finished and runs fine, so what effect this resistor has on the running of the amp, I don't know but would like to know.