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This sound clip is an example of what my latest amp build sounds like. The amp is called the TMI Atom Smasher. I completed building it in late April with the help and guidance of some friends at an amp building forum that I participate in.
I started with an experimental preamp design that was posted at the AX84 website entitled "Lead II" and made several modifications. The amp is designed for very high gain, high levels of overdrive and distortion, and very fast attack time to ensure accurate articulation. The preamp features two 12AU7 tubes and a 12AX7 tube. The poweramp is a surprisingly loud 5 Watts and is powered by a KT-66 tube.
The music is an excerpt from something I'm working on at the moment. Hopefully I'll have it finished by the end of May. I am damn slow.
Here are some pictures to illustrate the finished product:
The casing for the amp was mostly done by my friend Mike Schuette. He did all of the woodwork and finished up airbrushing the blue dye after I made a botch job of it the first time around. He also showed me how to bend the aluminum grill, which is a staple in all of the amps I'm building. The faceplate and nameplate were prepared by Joe Vallina at amplates.com. I should mention that the wood is dyed BLUE, not purple as it looks in these photos.
  
Hardware:
Atom Smasher 5W amp / Gibson Les Paul / Marshall 2 X 12 cabinent, JoeMeek JM37 mic, Sennheiser e609 mic, Onyx 400F preamp
Software:
Tracktion 3.0.4.8
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AMP &mdash 04/21/08 - 06:05:35 PM
Tubes... so cool &mdash 04/21/08 - 06:17:07 PM
The good old days of analog... &mdash 04/24/08 - 11:38:08 AM
...when men were nerdishly cool...and amps were driven by warm tubes...LOVE IT! [ Reply to This ]
Smokin! &mdash 04/26/08 - 12:45:49 PM
Nice &mdash 04/27/08 - 12:55:43 PM
! &mdash 05/09/08 - 03:49:23 PM
too short &mdash 05/10/08 - 12:21:15 PM
I can't give away all my secrets, now can I?
Actually, this is yet another work in progress song... and you know how freakin' slow I am. I've already re-recorded all of the guitar parts since this soundclip here is soooo freakin' sloppy.
We always seem to have about 5 tunes in the hopper at any given time but only 1 that we're actually making any progress on.
Frustrating.
Mason [ Reply to This ]
Five in the Hopper One on the Go &mdash 05/10/08 - 06:00:41 PM
Looking and sounding good .. &mdash 05/09/08 - 03:54:32 PM
.. makes me wanna do something with those spare Svetlana EL34s I got in the attic somewhere ;o)
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EL34s &mdash 05/10/08 - 12:16:03 PM
EL34s are GREAT sounding power tubes. Kinda weird but I just picked some up today.
You can build a seriously kickass 20W push-pull poweramp with a pair of EL34s.
Mason [ Reply to This ]
20W EL34 amp &mdash 05/21/08 - 09:51:26 AM
Keep saying I'm going to try that, but it just seems like such a waste of the other 30W you could have ;-}
Seems like everyone likes your version of the amp, anyway, Mason. [ Reply to This ]
funny &mdash 05/21/08 - 10:19:21 AM
Umm... yeah, that was my brain getting mushy... 2 X EL34 = great for a 50W PP.
;)
Mason [ Reply to This ]
50W EL34 &mdash 05/21/08 - 02:20:18 PM
If you ran them into a higher impedance load and cranked the bias right up into Class A, you could get the power down close to that range. Probably sound damn good, too, but you'd need oversized iron to cope with that amount of static dissipation. Wouldn't be a 'green' amp, by any stretch of the imagination ;-} [ Reply to This ]
Gotta admit... &mdash 05/12/08 - 12:36:12 PM
...I feel kind of sorry for those poor, abused atoms! LOL!
Awesome riffing! Lotas BITE....
Be well! [ Reply to This ]
Very nice! &mdash 07/09/08 - 06:07:34 PM
Your amp looks and sounds very professional. Are you taking any orders for these yet? Can't wait to hear the full song! [ Reply to This ]
Amazing &mdash 07/27/08 - 08:50:58 PM
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