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Made a resolution (which I never do...resolutions are a stupid idea and meant to be broken)...to keep only one iron in the fire at a time.
THAT blew up, quick.
First two weeks of this year I built two amps.
One a Cygnus-7 (the old low watt high gain thing I've been doing for a while) and yet another Spitfire.
The Cygnus-7 turned out great, best ever.
The Spitfire doesn't work right and I couldn't figure it out.
Pulling secondaries down 100V but not blowing fuses.
Sidelined for now.
Finished the channel-switching Cygnus 30 watt, owner is dumb in love with it...great news.
Did a simple Harmony H400A refurbish.
Good
Started to build two head cabs for the Cygnus-7's, and those are screwed up, man I struggle with cabs sometimes.
Still kicking around not done.
Started another Cygnus-30, without the channel switching, in process.
And got a really cool 50's radio just big enough to build a vintage Champ into.
Worked great for half a day then IT started showing the same symptoms as that Spitfire, not blowing fuses but really weak with B+ low by 150 volts.
Arg!
Sideline it, go back to the Cygnus 30.
Sometimes it's as if nothing goes right, other times everything goes almost too great.
I think my problem is trying to recycle old chit, the answer will come when I rig up those two amps to fresh independent power supplies.
OTOH I have been incredibly blessed, stuff just falling into my lap.
Got a Carvin HT760M free (fan wasn't working), a Marshall rack Valvestate 8008 for free (looks like that will be an easy fix), a set of PRS singlecut pups for...free.
Scored yet another GREAT 50's Baldwin organ for almost nothing (full of parts, really, and some great tubes), and a Peavey Duece II among other boneyard stuff.
I have no idea why I'm posting this.
Busy is good...
THAT blew up, quick.
First two weeks of this year I built two amps.
One a Cygnus-7 (the old low watt high gain thing I've been doing for a while) and yet another Spitfire.
The Cygnus-7 turned out great, best ever.
The Spitfire doesn't work right and I couldn't figure it out.
Pulling secondaries down 100V but not blowing fuses.
Sidelined for now.
Finished the channel-switching Cygnus 30 watt, owner is dumb in love with it...great news.
Did a simple Harmony H400A refurbish.
Good
Started to build two head cabs for the Cygnus-7's, and those are screwed up, man I struggle with cabs sometimes.
Still kicking around not done.
Started another Cygnus-30, without the channel switching, in process.
And got a really cool 50's radio just big enough to build a vintage Champ into.
Worked great for half a day then IT started showing the same symptoms as that Spitfire, not blowing fuses but really weak with B+ low by 150 volts.
Arg!
Sideline it, go back to the Cygnus 30.
Sometimes it's as if nothing goes right, other times everything goes almost too great.
I think my problem is trying to recycle old chit, the answer will come when I rig up those two amps to fresh independent power supplies.
OTOH I have been incredibly blessed, stuff just falling into my lap.
Got a Carvin HT760M free (fan wasn't working), a Marshall rack Valvestate 8008 for free (looks like that will be an easy fix), a set of PRS singlecut pups for...free.
Scored yet another GREAT 50's Baldwin organ for almost nothing (full of parts, really, and some great tubes), and a Peavey Duece II among other boneyard stuff.
I have no idea why I'm posting this.
Busy is good...
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