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Title: New Amp Build!!
Post by: sgmezei on September 03, 2012, 05:15:29 AM
Guess what it is!!!!!????

Big Iron
(http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/9541/img1588pf.jpg)

Enclosure
(http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/9169/img1528hu.jpg)

Preamp Section
(http://img837.imageshack.us/img837/3157/img1625r.jpg)
Title: Re: New Amp Build!!
Post by: nzCdog on September 03, 2012, 05:36:01 AM
Blackface?
Title: Re: New Amp Build!!
Post by: Ang3lus on September 03, 2012, 05:53:32 AM
which dumble is it?

#102? #183?
Title: Re: New Amp Build!!
Post by: sgmezei on September 03, 2012, 06:21:01 AM
Ang3lus gets it!

Its a Dumble clone. A Ceriatone overtone special HRM 50 watt. Finished it today. Tomorrow is double checking everything and then hopefully firing it up!!
Title: Re: New Amp Build!!
Post by: aflynt on September 04, 2012, 05:14:07 PM
Nice. I did a #102 scratch build last month. Amazing sounding amp. Lots of work.

-Aaron
Title: Re: New Amp Build!!
Post by: culturejam on September 05, 2012, 05:58:53 PM
Awesome!  :)
Title: Re: New Amp Build!!
Post by: slimtriggers on September 06, 2012, 01:13:09 AM
That's some serious iron!  Would love to hear some clips of this when you get it all dialed in 8)
Title: Re: New Amp Build!!
Post by: gtr2 on September 06, 2012, 11:18:48 AM
Yikes, you've been busy.

Josh
Title: Re: New Amp Build!!
Post by: alanp on September 06, 2012, 01:10:07 PM
That looks like a lot of fun! Have you messed with the internal HRM tonestack at all (the three grouped trimmers) ?

Do the Ceriatone transformers sound good?
Title: Re: New Amp Build!!
Post by: sgmezei on September 06, 2012, 11:27:54 PM
(http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/9861/img1652es.jpg)
(http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/7299/img1651j.jpg)
And some tasty glass thangs to put in it
(http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/6615/img1640n.jpg)


@alanp, I set the internal trimmers to noon and have left them so far. Sounds unreal, not tempted at the moment to tweak.
The transformers are HUGE and HEAVY! They sound fantastic.
Title: Re: New Amp Build!!
Post by: jkokura on September 06, 2012, 11:33:48 PM
That looks stellar Scott, I'm slightly envious.

Jacob
Title: Re: New Amp Build!!
Post by: gtr2 on September 07, 2012, 12:58:29 AM
ahh..

lookin better and better!

I'm not gonna lie.  I looked up the kits today.  :-X

Maybe someday...

Josh
Title: Re: New Amp Build!!
Post by: mgwhit on September 07, 2012, 01:50:41 AM
Nice build!  And nice cradle!  Did you make the cradle yourself?
Title: Re: New Amp Build!!
Post by: nzCdog on September 07, 2012, 02:02:01 AM
Awesome build Scott, looks like a fiddly design made very tidy... nice job!
Title: Re: New Amp Build!!
Post by: sgmezei on September 07, 2012, 02:20:28 AM
@Josh, yeah the parts and construction are the best quality I have ever found but the shipping is expensive!!!

@mgwhit, My friend who helped me build the cabinet for my last dumble, and soon this one, built the cradle. It is a clone actually!!! Weber speakers sells one and I got the build plans for them.
Title: Re: New Amp Build!!
Post by: mgwhit on September 07, 2012, 02:34:32 AM
Quote from: sgmezei on September 07, 2012, 02:20:28 AM
My friend who helped me build the cabinet for my last dumble, and soon this one, built the cradle. It is a clone actually!!! Weber speakers sells one and I got the build plans for them.

Cool.  I was just looking at pictures of a Weber cradle yesterday and thinking, "It should be nice, but it looks like they used wood salvaged from a dumpster."  Yours looks much nicer.

And the amp looks killer.  Have fun with it!
Title: Re: New Amp Build!!
Post by: sgmezei on September 07, 2012, 03:07:44 AM
Thanks! My amp cradle is made of cherry wood. My buddy has an actual weber and mine is way better. A bunch of adjustment points stripped and they didn't use the right type of screws (wood!) in places. But I love everything else from them! hahaha