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Well looks what the good folks at Canada Post brought me yesterday. I started a blog for the build here.
https://wampsblog.wordpress.com/

Now following your build. Cool idea!! Good luck with the hefty little package!!

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Hah...how immature, Coco. I'm forced to edit that a bit now.

is nothing sacred?

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I got my feet wet today. I decided to start with the board. It's been a few years...I forgot about that wonderful solder smell. I got the back of the board done. Just a little left to do.
https://wampsblog.wordpress.com/

Completed the board yesterday. Time to move on to the chassis.

Looks about right!

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About? Thanks...it's been awhile. I made a couple errors on the back but caught them yesterday before completing the board. I can't believe how much I've forgotten since my last build.

Continued with the heaters and indicator today...slow but steady.




https://wampsblog.wordpress.com/

Oops...screwed up on the heaters. Correcting right now!

Almost done. I'll hook up leads and grounds tomorrow, check it over and test the voltages.

Looks pretty good.

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Too bad I didn't show you the back, eh? I'll attempt to fix this problem today.

Yes, the preamp wouldn't work too well that way. It wouldn't work at all, actually!

Good thing you spotted that now. Wiring proiblems on the underside of the board are hard to fix once the board is installed. This should be easy to fix but you will need a longer jumper.

The build looks good so far. Slow and steady with lots of checking and double checking is the way to go.

Move that jumper one hole to the right on the top row.!

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I had to fix the misplaced jumper. Here’s how it went down. First I removed one side of the affected components.

The big problem was the jumper was on the underside of the board and I didn’t want to remove the board. I used copper braid to remove the solder from both eyelets. I could see the tips of the jumpers. I took an inflation needle and after heating the eyelets I pushed it through shoving the jumper leads out.

I ran the new jumper on top the board underneath the components. I made sure to get it right this time.

So I fired up the amp and everything looked fine…voltages great. I plugged in the Les Paul and it sounded great, then I tested it with the Tele. I switched the 6v6 out and tested it with a 6l6. I love the 6l6 in this amp. Later in the evening I took out the Strat and ran the amp through the full range of options, tone and volume. It’s great!

Congratulations!!!

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Thank you, Stephen. And thanks for your support during the build.
https://wampsblog.wordpress.com/

The board was already attached and wired in. It wasn't too difficult to remove the underside jumper once I figured out the above method. I took my time and thought that one out before removing it.
https://wampsblog.wordpress.com/

Short demo of tweed mode with tune mode at the end with the LP.
https://youtu.be/06UivpZWqnU