[Alan Small]

I took this malfunctioning(input and headphone jacks worn out) belcat on trade and am going to gut it and install a simple tube design with speaker driven reverb

 

[Alan Small]

 

[Mark Brown]

Go get em buddy.

I love watching you go.

 

[Alan Small]

Not certain what this is but it looks cool...

 

[Mark Brown]

Looks like a power relay. I dont know what its doing on that board, but I think I know what it is for

 

[Alan Small]

 

[Alan Small]

Nextgen transformer order and open the back panel while i wait for the courier

 

[nonreverb]

You sir, are more ambitious than 90% of the population.😁
Have at it....

 

[Alan Small]

While researching speaker driven reverb I realize I am also interested in the swart/ampeg capacitor coupled(triode drive- no transformer) and triode recovery style and will not decide til the last possible moment which style will be incorporated...in any event the little gray cells will be kept active

 

[player99]

I have one of those belcat amps.

 

[Alan Small]

I have one of those belcat amps.

The cabinet is durable and the curved face unique; a nice size

 

[faracaster]

Dr. Alan.....I love this !!!! subscribed and will look forward to updates.

 

[diyfabtone]

Great project Alan! Enjoy the build.

 

[Alan Small]

I have been encouraged to change plans and build a 5f11(sorta....el84s and ss rectifier) in this unit for a fellow gc member.

Perhaps tomorrow I will have some time to proceed; the local music stores are keeping me busy repairing their customers gear(mostly replacing plastic input jacks and shaping acoustic saddles and nuts).

 

[WCGill]

You've got to love a guy that solders on the kitchen table, or rebuilds Harleys in the living room.

 

[Alan Small]

28 years of being wrong, while married, and now in my twilight and no longer married, I can use the dining table for my hobby and be right once in a while

 

[laristotle]

I can use the dining table for my hobby

 

[Adcandour]

You should convert that amp into a storage cupboard. I kid.

 

[laristotle]

 

[Alan Small]

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Awesome!