Guitar Amp Build: Day DONE

mrwright024 — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 02:50:42 +0000

All I need is a logo…

Guitar Amp Build: Day 8

mrwright024 — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 04:45:33 +0000

I’m Still tweaking the circuit… some friends over at The Gear Page saved the day… the cabinet is coming along nicely… I suspect I’ll have it done tomorrow… still need to find a suitable faceplate.

Guitar Amp Build: Day 6

mrwright024 — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 04:06:26 +0000

Ok So here’s the finished chassis…. Everything works but…

When I wired up the AC for the power transformer i had the live wire where the neutral wire should’ve been and the neutral wire where the live wire should’ve been. So i kept blowing fuses…. Then… I had a loose plate wire on V3…. which caused the tube to blow when i fired her up… I fixed both of those wiring issue and now the amp stays on just fine. I’m getting sound, but it’s not that pretty… gotta buy new power tubes… stinks… but at least so far it’s working…

The Head cabinet is about 75% Finished now… Got to get Greg to cut my front piece for me… Because apparently I don’t know how to use a jig saw…

Guitar Amp Build: Day 5

mrwright024 — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 03:24:31 +0000

Day 5: Grounding continuity checked out a ok…. and I’ve started building the head cabinet. guess we will see how good my woodworking skillz are over the next few days.

guitar amp build: day 4

mrwright024 — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 05:56:52 +0000

so today it’s basically finished… waiting on the tubes to arrive now… is it bad I’m too scared to test it out…

Guitar amp build: Day 3

mrwright024 — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 05:37:00 +0000

Day 3 consisted of hooking up most of the ground wires and the power transformer. still awaiting my tube sockets…

Amp Build: Day 3

mrwright024 — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 22:01:12 +0000

So It’s starting to look like a guitar amp…. Still waiting on the Tube sockets and the output transformer to get here so i can start soldering…. hurry up USPS!

Guitar Amp Build: Day 2

mrwright024 — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 01:42:48 +0000

So… A few Months later and I finally have acquired all the parts for my next build. The chassis came in today so here’s what I’ve completed so far.

“The Instrumental” is shaping up…

mrwright024 — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:52:17 +0000

So I’ve gotten a little further along on this piece. Here is a version with some lyrics. Not totally done yet, but it’s starting to have a really cool feel to it. The concept/inspiration for the lyrics come from Exodus 15

Let me know what you think:

The Instrumental.wav (need a name now)

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::tracked in ProTools 8 – rewired to Reason4

::AT4040 straight into a Digi 002 – Waves and Focusrite plug for compression and fx

“The Instrumental”

mrwright024 — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:12:28 +0000

So here’s the deal. Here’s a new song I’ve finished composing. Many thanks to Ben Worcester for starting this project.

The Instrumental – rns

The Instrumental – wav

So if anyone has any ideas for some lyrics, I’d love to hear them.