Big-A$$ Bass Head Build

[JapanAxe]

I’ve just snagged a 120W valve guitar amp head from eBay and all being well I’ll pick it up tomorrow morning. My plan is to use the iron and valves (and possibly some of the hardware) for my build, harvest any other usable parts, and move on the headshell. I have a slightly more compact headshell that I obtained in a trade.

 

The new amp should deliver 100W+ from four 6L6GC valves but I haven’t yet decided what to base it on.

Edited Monday at 17:45 by JapanAxe

[SpondonBassed]

1 hour ago, JapanAxe said:

I’ve just snagged a 120W valve guitar amp head from eBay and all being well I’ll pick it up tomorrow morning. My plan is to use the iron and valves (and possibly some of the hardware) for my build, harvest any other usable parts, and move on the headshell. I have a slightly more compact headshell that I obtained in a trade.

 

The new amp should deliver 100W+ from four 6L6GC valves but I haven’t yet decided what to base it on.

 

Will my bum look big in it though?

 

 

 

 

 

 

[JapanAxe]

54 minutes ago, SpondonBassed said:

 

Will my bum look big in it though?

 

 

 

 

 

 

I hope never to find out...

[JapanAxe]

Below - the donor amp, minus front panel. The seller was proudly demonstrating its clean, crunch and filth sounds when I admitted it was going to be reincarnated as a bass amp. I think that made him a tiny bit sad...

 

All the 6L6GCs test good and are perfectly matched so need to drop a ton on buying a matched quad. Two of the 12AX7s are good, two test as 'worn'.

 

Result.

 

Edited 10 hours ago by JapanAxe