Show your amp's guts

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Olderama wrote:Image

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Is that the Ryan build?

Noticed one there with a plexiglass panel over the workings. That's just too cool!

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Yep :)
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Impressive array of options on the aft side.
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Olderama wrote:Image

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I was hoping I'd see these here – Ryan did a beautiful job cramming so many options in there
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Off the shelf Vox HW
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Reg18 wrote:Off the shelf Vox HW
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That looks a really neat job.

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Wow never realised the skills and efforts that go into this
And patience I mean do you test as you go along or just crack on with it and test when completed
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Here's an unusual looking bit of wiring from a Tone King Sky King amp.

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Thats a cool way of doing ptp and still keeping it manageable and maintainable, very nice!
So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.

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Dr.Z Maz 18. Not a lot to it considering it's a pretty versatile wee thing.

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Reg18 wrote:Off the shelf Vox HW
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Wow! Looks like its been handwired by an autistic OCD cyborg !

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StrummersOfThunder wrote:
Wow! Looks like its been handwired by an autistic OCD cyborg !
Probably some school age kid in China. Say what you like about exploitation, they do a bloody neat job (and the buses run on time...).

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Molly wrote:
StrummersOfThunder wrote:
Wow! Looks like its been handwired by an autistic OCD cyborg !
Probably some school age kid in China. Say what you like about exploitation, they do a bloody neat job (and the buses run on time...).
Yeah its a shame they're burnt out by the age of 11 :( still plenty more where they came from....
So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.

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