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AndyC wrote: Thu Apr 09, 2020 1:06 pm Well, I got the terrifying part over with - powering up this beast of an amp for the first time:



Totally outside my comfort-zone, but... so far so good. No bangs, pops or burning smells.

I love the safety preparation and having the fire extinguisher in the picture.

The Annoyed Man wrote: Thu Apr 09, 2020 8:55 am I have also been looking at SB Tactical, although I’ve also been looking at the SBRA3 model for a more minimalist kind of thing. BTW, I noticed that SB Tactical also offers a folding adapter for a lot less money than the LAW unit, but it isn’t for AR platform pistols.

I saw that. It looked like it attached to the rear of the firearm with a rail mount type of attachment plate and then just swings off to the side. Is it ambi? Can you have it move out of the way of your correct-handedness? It didn't look adjustable, but it does look like it'd be super light. But having to buy a SIG MPX or something to hang on the front of it would make it sort of an expensive brace for me.

AndyC wrote: Thu Apr 09, 2020 1:06 pm Well, I got the terrifying part over with - powering up this beast of an amp for the first time.

Totally outside my comfort-zone, but... so far so good. No bangs, pops or burning smells.

And no scorch marks in the amp or or the walls! Woo hoo! I finally had to take a minute to go look up the history of the JCM800: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_JCM800.

The JCM800 amplifiers became a staple of 1980s hard rock and heavy metal bands.... The JCM800 is considered a "hot" amplifier because it has more gain stages than comparable amplifiers, and in "lead" mode (in the "high" input), an extra triode provides extra gain to the pre-amplifier, which "made for one hot rock amp".

AndyC wrote: Tue Apr 07, 2020 8:46 pm

Boxerrider wrote: Tue Apr 07, 2020 6:10 pm Nice! I homebrewed a Fender Deluxe several years back, but yours looks more involved than that. What are you building?

This is a clone of a Marshall 50-watt tube head:

Rafe wrote: Tue Apr 07, 2020 6:18 pm Sweet!! You know that we're absolutely going to have to hear a recording of this thing once you get her ready. You have an old school Strat or something you're going to plug into it?

I'll do my best, but I worry about the neighbors ;) No Strat - a homebuilt Les Paul clone and a Gibson Les Paul.

I was just reviewing this post, and I noticed that your clone doesn’t go up to eleven. Is that by intention, or are they going to warranty that?

Project over pastime. After I finish church work every day I have been working on making water run where I want it to go instead of just running wild on the place. Cleaning out a couple of ditches and putting in 2 culverts in a couple of wet weather drains headed for a big creek down the way. Got my tractor stuck workin on one ofEm here couple of weeks ago so now I am lot more careful.
Always plenty to do in the country. I like it outside when I can get there.

The Annoyed Man wrote: Fri Apr 10, 2020 4:19 pm I was just reviewing this post, and I noticed that your clone doesn’t go up to eleven. Is that by intention, or are they going to warranty that?

Nigel Tufnel lives!

Having acquired whiskers, beeswax, and almond oil, I am fixing to manufacture and try out some homemade moustache wax.

I hope I still have a need for it when things return to normal. Right now I am unshaven at home under a special pandemic dispensation.