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rowan666•2mo ago

Stacking two preamp tubes in series changed my tone completely

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taylorcarr•2mo ago

Tuesday's bench session gave me a clean 60Hz hum, then Thursday ruined it

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the_anna•2mo ago

Ceramic disc cap in the tone stack gave my 5E3 a weird sparkle

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schmidt.grant•2mo ago

Found an old schematic from 1972 that flipped my whole approach

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seth_green85•2mo ago

Tried 4 different coupling caps in my 5F1 clone, the cheap ones won

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eric_ramirez67•2mo ago

I finally stopped chasing 400V filter caps, here's what gave it away

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richardfox•2mo ago

Had to pick between two transformers for my first build. Chose wrong.

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parker_campbell•2mo ago

Just spent 2 years building amps with undersized filter caps without realizing it

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wyatt_green•2mo ago

Met an old amp builder at a flea market in Austin last year

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willow732•2mo ago

Was dead set against tube swapping for tone but tried it anyway

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matthew_owens9•2mo ago

Wired up a plexi build with solid core wire instead of stranded and the noise floor dropped way more than I expected.

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gonzalez.anna•2mo ago

The way folks bypass the standby switch on old Fenders these days drives me crazy

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faith_lopez48•2mo ago

Spent 2 years building amps with the input jack wired backward

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amy858•2mo ago

That one forum guy told me to ditch the 12AX7 for a 12AY7. He was spot on.

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the_david•2mo ago

I think point-to-point wiring is overrated for most builds

DIY Amp Builders

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