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After success with the 18 Watt Marshall kit, I recently undertook to build from scratch a 5E3. I finished the build yesterday and immediately fell in love. It is everfything a FrankenFender 5E3 should be.
Notes on the build:
1) I used metal film 1/2 Watt resistors for the most part (you will notice a metal oxide as well)
2) I used regular old 1/2 Watt carbon film resistors for the plates (recommended by someone with more experience than I)
3) PT/OT are classictone 18021 and 18022 respectively
4) Caps are Sprague Atom/Orange Drop and Mallory - tubedepot.com
5) Board was ordered online from Watt (forget the name and URL atm)
6) Chassis was purchased from Trinity - trinityamps.com
7) Various parts ordered from NexGen - nextgenguitars.ca
8) Cab is on the way - commission to Derek Bell in Ontario
I wanted this build to be as close to the original circuit as possible but there is one mod (beyond the metal film resistors): 47K 2W resistors across the posts of the stand-by switch.
I do plan to do some 5E3 mods but I will likely do another build to monkey with. Comments/thoughts always welcome. If I get some time, I will post some audio clips of both the 18 Watt and the 5E3 sometime soon.
Grins and great tone to all.
Notes on the build:
1) I used metal film 1/2 Watt resistors for the most part (you will notice a metal oxide as well)
2) I used regular old 1/2 Watt carbon film resistors for the plates (recommended by someone with more experience than I)
3) PT/OT are classictone 18021 and 18022 respectively
4) Caps are Sprague Atom/Orange Drop and Mallory - tubedepot.com
5) Board was ordered online from Watt (forget the name and URL atm)
6) Chassis was purchased from Trinity - trinityamps.com
7) Various parts ordered from NexGen - nextgenguitars.ca
8) Cab is on the way - commission to Derek Bell in Ontario
I wanted this build to be as close to the original circuit as possible but there is one mod (beyond the metal film resistors): 47K 2W resistors across the posts of the stand-by switch.
I do plan to do some 5E3 mods but I will likely do another build to monkey with. Comments/thoughts always welcome. If I get some time, I will post some audio clips of both the 18 Watt and the 5E3 sometime soon.
Grins and great tone to all.
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