Mr. Foxen

Sounds like you need your amp gone over properly, cleaning some points and tube swapping sounds like a low budget job. If the amp had a problem before, it might just have not been putting out the power it could have, and sorting that could give you the juicce to blow cabs, and when a cab goes, its impedance also goes wrong, either way, so could have taken something with it. If you amp does burning smell, it needs to be properly looked at.

Matamp can make you a small amp.

And of all the nice things I have up for sale, that one gets a bid. From Norway.

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ULTRA-RARE-THRU-NECK-BASS-GUITAR-PROJECT-LEMMY-ETC-/190542507992?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2c5d37efd8"]Kit form.[/url]

[url="http://shop.ebay.co.uk/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p3984.m570.l1313&_nkw=maple+veneer&_sacat=See-All-Categories"]Loads of small offcuts on ebay.[/url]

John made the transformers for the 400w Matamp.

[quote name='dood' post='1259170' date='Jun 6 2011, 11:59 PM']Mmmm!! Very nice! - Though I'm having slight problems believing the two lil dudes hanging off the end of the PCB are capable of churning out 500W - 250W RMS I can believe. That said, I'd like to see some more info' on the kit though,[/quote] It is generally just the heatsink that is a big thing, which you need to add to that.

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Rare-500W-class-d-valve-MOSFET-hybrid-amplifier-module-/250819737405?pt=UK_AudioTVElectronics_HomeAudioHiFi_Amplifiers&hash=item3a6605773d"]Add this kit to your favourite cab: [/url] Plug in your favoured pre.

In homage to all the people demanding SS power sections in the valve amp design thread: A KT88 power section.

[quote name='karlfer' post='1258024' date='Jun 6 2011, 07:14 AM']Only reached £232, yet went "full term". Curious thing, Feebay. Karl.[/quote] Ah, what the hell? idn't even watch cause expected it to go down, woulda bid 250.

Good work, nearly added to my watch list, woulda hit you up for a paint job.

Helping a friend sell off a pile of guitar parts left by the sad passing of her father (John Hanmore, apparently a respected guitarist), including a pile of left in a shed for 40+ years guitar bits. I sent some photos to some possibly interested parties, and two expressed interest in [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300564620188&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT"]this pile of parts[/url] Figured that might be a bit far gone, but apparently not.

Finally got these machined. Going for some black action on the first few. Need to figure if they'll fit a real Rick now.

The little bastard would probably be mint, but mostly into a guitar cab, the cab does a lot of the sound.

It is marketing spiel. Watts are watts, and 'cab watts' mean pretty much nothing. A 400w valve head isn't going to be more likely to bust stuff up than a 400w SS head, maybe less due to the compression. That said, they can totally still blow a cab rated at more than 400w, because that rating isn't the part that breaks. You just need to match the impedance, and pick a cab you like the sound of.

Is it the older one with black proper Celestion speakers?

If you have a POD and you dig the sound, get that Peavy IPR that umph is selling, and a Barefaced cab to suit your needs. Light weight endgame rig. Sorted.

Another Burman Power Pak with a crude recap. I haven't found my Bulgin lead, so not tried it yet:

[quote name='Cosmo Valdemar' post='1255727' date='Jun 3 2011, 05:33 PM']Don't know if this is true or not, but I was once told by a sound man that Ashdown 8x10s sound a lot livelier than the Ampeg equivalent (which I have never got on with) because they are really 4 stacked 2x10s... Or was that the Ampeg? Anyway, P bass > ABM head > 810 = heaven.[/quote] Both are 4 chambers of two speakers each (hence the weight). Some Ampegs are really dull sounding due to the speakers used in them, depends on the year.