Firefly 1.5W Tube Amp Build

[sunvalleylaw]

Looking super good! I like its cold war science era look. It looks like it would be comfortable with a 50's style robot with glass dome on the head twiddling its controls.



I am sure it will sound great! If it doesn't the robot could yell:

"Help me Will Robinson!"

But I am sure it will sound really great!

[stingx]

That looks FANTASTIC, dude! Cmon now with the clips...video is all bettah too btw...

[tot_Ou_tard]

Shiner it looks incredible.

I'm with sting.

Video when you first fire her up so we can either hear your ohh & ahhs or ahh shits depending on which way she goes.

[warren0728]

Video when you first fire her up so we can either hear your ohh & ahhs or ahh shits depending on which way she goes.

that's a great idea!!

ww

[Katastrophe]

Even with the kids in town, I managed to paint the amph. Kat, I was going to just paint the front, but I've never been happy with the lines I get from tape. So I figured what the hell, and went ahead and painted the whole thing.

DVM, with the long weekend coming up, I'm hoping we'll have electrons flowing (or exploding stuff), before next Monday. Keep your fingers crossed.

I really wanted to paint it black, but I want to label the controls, and I remembered what DVM said about keeping the color light enough to see the letters. So I compromised. The red is still pretty dark, but it's better than black.

Shiner, that's awesome! I wouldn't bother with a cab for that head now, it looks cool as is.

[tot_Ou_tard]

that's a great idea!!

ww

That way it won't be a total loss if she screaches &

EXPLODES!

catching your work bench on fire.

Imagine all the sincere Fretter concern (read gut-busting laughter) as you run around like the proverbial headless chicken trying to put out the flames only to catch your t-shirt on fire.

The best part will be when CB runs into the garage from the kitchen to save your a$$, if not your amph, by dumping a pitcher of sweet iced-tea on you & your firefly.

In other words...break a leg .

[Rocket]

Looks great... very 50's sci-fi.
You might have some RFI probs. If so, try some copper or gold plated screen... could still see through it and would look pretty cool with the red:

[warren0728]

That way it won't be a total loss if she screaches &

EXPLODES!

catching your work bench on fire.

Imagine all the sincere Fretter concern (read gut-busting laughter) as you run around like the proverbial headless chicken trying to put out the flames only to catch your t-shirt on fire.

The best part will be when CB runs into the garage from the kitchen to save your a$$, if not your amph, by dumping a pitcher of sweet iced-tea on you & your firefly.

In other words...break a leg .

now that's funny....i don't care who you are!

ww

[Steve206]

Shiner,,

Very impressive...

Now,,,what is next? Do you build some kind of cover for it? Attach it to the cabinet somehow? Look like it might even fit into one of those elementary school lunch boxes? You know with the Jetsons or some other hanna-barbera celebrity painted all over it.

Steve

[luvmyshiner]

Thanks for all the kind comments y'all. I haven't made my mind up yet about the cab, but I like Rocket's suggestion about using copper screen. If I made a cab, I could cover the inside with the screen, but I think it might look even cooler if I made sort of a box out of the screen to fit on the top of the amph. At any rate, I think I may have found something that would work at a local craft store, I just need to make sure it's made of the right material.

As much as I'd like to post a video of the opening ceremony, good or bad, I lack the technology folks. Sorry. In fact, CB got quite upset with me last week because we couldn't record our little jam sessions with BG. I guess I need to ask for a microphone for my birthday or something.

[sunvalleylaw]

Coupla guitar mavens like you and CB, and BG has a major in the music arena, plus you are a lawyer and are bound to have computers, . . . you can do it man! Or you can just old school it and use the video camera with built in mic! Hook that thing up to the computer with a cable and you can put it on youtube in a few minutes. You can do it!

I am not sure I could do the wood working or amph building you have done, but YOU can do this!

[Childbride]

The best part will be when CB runs into the garage from the kitchen to save your a$$, if not your amph, by dumping a pitcher of sweet iced-tea on you & your firefly.

[snicker] if you use a coldbeer, you get kicked out of the Brotherhood.

[tot_Ou_tard]

[snicker] if you use a coldbeer, you get kicked out of the Brotherhood.

Yeah, why waste a cold one?

[warren0728]

Thanks for all the kind comments y'all. I haven't made my mind up yet about the cab, but I like Rocket's suggestion about using copper screen. If I made a cab, I could cover the inside with the screen, but I think it might look even cooler if I made sort of a box out of the screen to fit on the top of the amph. At any rate, I think I may have found something that would work at a local craft store, I just need to make sure it's made of the right material.

As much as I'd like to post a video of the opening ceremony, good or bad, I lack the technology folks. Sorry. In fact, CB got quite upset with me last week because we couldn't record our little jam sessions with BG. I guess I need to ask for a microphone for my birthday or something.

i think the entire enclosure out of the screen would be really cool....

as for video taping....do you have a digital point and shoot camera with a movie mode? that would work just fine for such an event!! :

ww

[sunvalleylaw]

A rounded arch type enclosure out of the wire might look really cool and bring out the sci fi, cold war, art deco look of the tops of the tubes sticking up.

[Tone2TheBone]

Finally get to see your project from home Shiner and it's coming out dang good neighbor. I love that painted chassis.

[Kazz]

Very nice Shiner......what are you going to use to label the control panel?

[tot_Ou_tard]

A rounded arch type enclosure out of the wire might look really cool and bring out the sci fi, cold war, art deco look of the tops of the tubes sticking up.

Or an off axis ovoid.

[warren0728]

Very nice Shiner......what are you going to use to label the control panel?

a sharpie... :

ww