Amp Build: Brown Note 18Watt Lite IIB

[tunghaichuan***]

Very impressive sounding amp, Tung! The dimed crunch is very nice, and it obviously takes pedals well! I really like the sounds using that Triboost! They all sounded good, though.

Which guitar was it, BTW?

And no apologizing for one's playing allowed around here!

The amp still needs to have the bugs worked out of it, it is kind of noisy at high volumes, but nothing that I can't live with. The tone control seems to work better with the JJ tubes than the Sovteks, which I find kind of weird.

The Linear and Clean boost settings on the Triboost don't sound nearly as good as the Germanium settings. I'm thinking I'm going to have to buld a Dallas Range Master clone here in the near future.

The guitar I used is the Hohner Revelation RTS. It has become my main guitar.

tung

[tunghaichuan***]

Very Very cool,I like the tones that amp puts out the tri boost sounds great,but that green screamer is no sloutch either and playing sounded good also.Sumi

Thanks for the kind words. I love that Green Screamer pedal, it's like an ideal tube screamer: warm and fat, but without the nasty, nasally mid hump of the originals. It sounds much smoother than the Boss SD-1 Super OD that I have.

tung

[warren0728]

man that amp sounds great! :

i loved the clean and cranked samples and i liked how handled the pedals....

hhmmmm....that triboost sounded great.... :

[tunghaichuan***]

Thanks for the reply.

man that amp sounds great! :
i loved the clean and cranked samples and i liked how handled the pedals....

It is a great sounding circuit and sounds good even with marginal tubes. I left the crappy Sovtek 12AX7WA tubes in it. I bet it would sound better with good tubes in it.

hhmmmm....that triboost sounded great.... :

Get DVM to build and paint you one, it is a very useful pedal. :

I should record some clips with my modded Valve Junior. The Triboost sounds pretty good through the VJ.

tung

[warren0728]

hhmmmm....that triboost sounded great.... :

Get DVM to build and paint you one, it is a very useful pedal.

it's tempting....i'm sure once my dvm phazer pedal shows up it will be even more tempting....i need to get through christmas first though.... :

[Algonquin]

There has to be a great sense of accomplishment when a project like this is completed!

Very nice work :
David

[tunghaichuan***]

There has to be a great sense of accomplishment when a project like this is completed!

Very nice work :
David

Thanks for the kind words.

Actually, it is always a huge relief to me when the amp fires right up and operates the way it is supposed to.

The amp is *almost* done. It remains incomplete in that it needs a head cab. The amp isn't all that safe to operate without one. Building cabs in on my short list of skills to acquire.

tung