Forums have been slow, how about a 'In the mail' thread?

[Aquila Rossa]

Have you got transformers, valve bases etc?

None of that yet. Just doing the turret board for now. If the nephew is keen after that, I'll look at ordering everything else.

[MikeC]

Have you got transformers, valve bases etc?

None of that yet. Just doing the turret board for now. If the nephew is keen after that, I'll look at ordering everything else.

Good luck!

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Epic nogd, 1 payment to go then I’ll disclose

[Aquila Rossa]

Have you got transformers, valve bases etc?

None of that yet. Just doing the turret board for now. If the nephew is keen after that, I'll look at ordering everything else.

Good luck!

I have almost decided not to build that amp. I think I could do it if I had the whole kit, but not when trying to mash together a bunch of parts from different suppliers. Other kits are 18 Watt TMB and this 18 Watt Plexi MK II is quite different curcuit wise and with its layout.

I am thinking of building a Plexi instead. I know that curcuit quite well and understand how it works for the most part. I can not say the same for a cathode biased 18 watter amp. Less chance of screwing it up if I know the curcuit well.

P.S. Any chance you have a 1987, 1959, 2003/4 turret board you would swap for the Trinity Amps 18 watt one?

BTW. I just made the cathode bypass for pin 8 of V1 for the JMP 1987. Then the lad soldered it in. I left the bright cap off for now. Freaking brutal and a bit scary to play. Dynamic as hell and there's no hiding sloppy playing like with the modern shred friendly amps that let you zoom around the neck really easily. Really nice feedback with all the harmonic overtones though. Perfect for just bashing out some Angus chords

[MikeC]

I don't have any pre-made turret boards but I can make them. That's what I do for the amps I build.
If you name a Trinity amp I can build the turret board for you.
So did you do a mod to V1a cathode circuit?

[Aquila Rossa]

I don't have any pre-made turret boards but I can make them. That's what I do for the amps I build.
If you name a Trinity amp I can build the turret board for you.
So did you do a mod to V1a cathode circuit?

I have decided not to use the unpopulated Trinity Amps '18 Watt Plexi Mk II' turret board I have, because I'd want to use the rest of their parts to build it, but they are not selling them these days (stuff like their custom chassis that has an extra hole for the master volume and is made for this turret board etc). Therefore I have a turret board that might want to find a new home.

I'd prefer to build a JMP 1987 like my amp, or maybe a 1959. Either or, but according to the Metroamp build guide and using Valve Storm parts (they now supply most of the stuff for Metroamp builds). There's stuff to decide like whether to bother with a laydown transformer like mine has, or exterior mounted filter caps etc.

I also wonder about a JMP 2203. It would be for the nephew. His dad had one back in the 1980s in a NZ band called Confessor. Probably my favourite amp there is and definitely the one I liked playing the most.

The sensible thing to do would be to build a little 5F1 Champ though

Mod to V1a? Not really. It was shared cathode and I just made it split cathode. I had the 0.68uF cap and 2.7k resistor, but the cap turned out to be faulty. That's what that fuss I made about trying to get a 0.68uF cap in NZ was about. I imported one in the end. Yesterday I just assembled the new cathode bypass and the nephew soldered it in. It worked a treat and got rid of the nasty hiss that bad cap was causing.

[robthemac]

No! Do the 18W! It's such a sweet little amp. It was the sound in my head for fifteen years and was just as good as I remembered when I eventually bought one.

[Aquila Rossa]

No! Do the 18W! It's such a sweet little amp. It was the sound in my head for fifteen years and was just as good as I remembered when I eventually bought one.

They are cool sounding for sure. The 20 watt JMP 2061 ones that Paul Gilbert often uses sound great as well. It's just that I am much more familiar with the JMP 1987 curcuit. I would be more comfortable attempting that.

The other thing is that the lad likes cranking the 50 watt Plexi into a 2x12 so much that he thinks he will like 100 watts with a 4x12 even more, which is why I am thinking of that option too. He plays all this tricky Lamb of God stuff, but the Plexi gets him saying he would like to be in a band that just bashes out AC/DC style chords and riffs. He is a convert to the Plexi kerrang it seems

Being able to do the build is one thing, but what it comes down to is if he is prepared to sink money into it. I am not going to be paying for it all myself

[AiRdAd]

Not sure if this is of interest - Got a fixed price offer for $750

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace ... f=iaFi8fAl

[NZTone.e]

Not sure if this is of interest - Got a fixed price offer for $750

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace ... f=iaFi8fAl

I’ve been tooing and froing over that, would like to hear it first though.

Although if it gets any cheaper…

[NippleWrestler]

Got an MIJ Greco EW on the way from Japan.

Interesting little thing. Les Paul scale and woods, shaped like a PRS (ish), bolt on neck with threaded inserts as standard, yet has a trem. Since I got my Charvel I've really enjoyed little flutters for the end of arpeggios so this seems like a good thing, and it was made at Fujigen.

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[Starfire]

KSGER T12 soldering station and a few other bits and pieces for building pedals. One of these kits to build a little buffered splitter arrived today – thought it'd be a good simple project to start with.

[TmcB]

Nice! I really like the fuzz dog stuff

[NippleWrestler]

I might be breaking protocol with more than one post. But my tumescence grows over what could be a one piece back. That means extra internet points.

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Do you think zebras? Double creams?

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Been awhile coming but thanks to Rob for enabling ez payment options.... and its in the mail