Thanks again for all the input. I guess this would be a little easier for me if I was a guitar player! I am going away with work, so if I don't post here for a week or so, it is not because I am ignoring all of your good input 🙂
Here is a question that comes to mind, probably been asked before, but here goes...
If guitar players want lower volumes for practice and higher volumes for jamming, but you need to drive the amp hard to get the interesting tone, is there a way to run the amp hard, but shunt some of the power at the output end when you want low volumes for practice?
Thanks for the schematics and layout link Eli. Good to see the values for voltages +/-20%. I think I can work to tolerances like that 😉 Maybe a low power amp will have my son hungry for more power and turn him in to a new Tubelab!
A buddy of mine who lives in Melbourne just built his young son a Fender Princeton Narrow Panel clone. It looks similar to the Champ mentioned, but with some tone controls at the input end. Is this worth considering? The Deluxe looks like it is similar to this, but uses PP 6V6 instead of single ended.
A thought just came to mind... I noticed on another thread on this forum where a member had a PP EL84 amp and removed one of the EL84s in the PP pair and the amp still worked. I tried this in my "Baby Huey" and got the same result - yes it did work. Would a viable option be to make a "Deluxe" and remove one of the 6V6s for practice?
Sorry for the random crazy thoughts, just getting ready for work now without much time for considered thoughts and questions 😉
Thanks Guys!
Chris
Here is a question that comes to mind, probably been asked before, but here goes...
If guitar players want lower volumes for practice and higher volumes for jamming, but you need to drive the amp hard to get the interesting tone, is there a way to run the amp hard, but shunt some of the power at the output end when you want low volumes for practice?
Thanks for the schematics and layout link Eli. Good to see the values for voltages +/-20%. I think I can work to tolerances like that 😉 Maybe a low power amp will have my son hungry for more power and turn him in to a new Tubelab!
A buddy of mine who lives in Melbourne just built his young son a Fender Princeton Narrow Panel clone. It looks similar to the Champ mentioned, but with some tone controls at the input end. Is this worth considering? The Deluxe looks like it is similar to this, but uses PP 6V6 instead of single ended.
A thought just came to mind... I noticed on another thread on this forum where a member had a PP EL84 amp and removed one of the EL84s in the PP pair and the amp still worked. I tried this in my "Baby Huey" and got the same result - yes it did work. Would a viable option be to make a "Deluxe" and remove one of the 6V6s for practice?
Sorry for the random crazy thoughts, just getting ready for work now without much time for considered thoughts and questions 😉
Thanks Guys!
Chris
chrish said:
Most amps have an overdrive/gain control which still gives plenty of distortion at lower volume settings.
If I were you I would take my son to a guitar shop and have a listen to a few amps. Just coz someone here says it sounds good doesnt mean you or your son will think the same. Sounds can be very subjective. You would also get an idea of what power level you require.
If yo udo go to a shop then take his guitar as different guitars can sound quite different due to different pickups etc
hey-Hey!!!,
I set up a guitar playing friend up with some schematic support on a simple SE KT66 amp. He's used a simple open baffle 8" EV speaker( MC8/LS8 ) and it sounds great. We limited the power a bit by making the output TX load lower( numerically ) at 2k and put in a 40% U-L tap and a 10% E-Linear tap.
The amp was A1, but one of the mods he's got in mind for it is to try A2 so he's sticking in a driver stage. It'll run a 6BK7 triode input stage, EF184/3 E-Linear driver and the other half of the 6BK7 as the CF to the KT66.
He's a power electronix designer, so it is also getting a switching supply...🙂 He's not fond of carrying around a traditional Iron design. The amp is on a small chassis, and there is not much to it. Quite a nice little amp I think.
cheers,
Douglas
I set up a guitar playing friend up with some schematic support on a simple SE KT66 amp. He's used a simple open baffle 8" EV speaker( MC8/LS8 ) and it sounds great. We limited the power a bit by making the output TX load lower( numerically ) at 2k and put in a 40% U-L tap and a 10% E-Linear tap.
The amp was A1, but one of the mods he's got in mind for it is to try A2 so he's sticking in a driver stage. It'll run a 6BK7 triode input stage, EF184/3 E-Linear driver and the other half of the 6BK7 as the CF to the KT66.
He's a power electronix designer, so it is also getting a switching supply...🙂 He's not fond of carrying around a traditional Iron design. The amp is on a small chassis, and there is not much to it. Quite a nice little amp I think.
cheers,
Douglas
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