big bob Posted March 15, 2013 Posted March 15, 2013 Check this thread out. It's not about the circiut but the craft of fabrication. Some of these are amazing... Check out the Harry Joyce stuff.. http://www.thegearpage.net/board/showthread.php?p=6543169
TalismanRich Posted March 15, 2013 Posted March 15, 2013 When you start pricing hi quality transformers, you also see where a lot of the cost comes from. You can easily have $400 or $500 in transformers before you even start buying tubes, sockets, and punching out a chassis.
big bob Posted March 15, 2013 Author Posted March 15, 2013 If you search the thread for matchless you will see some of the most intricate work ever, just amazing
DetroitBlues Posted March 15, 2013 Posted March 15, 2013 You can spend a long time going through that thread!
kbp810 Posted March 15, 2013 Posted March 15, 2013 My heart skips a beat whenever I look inside a Hiwatt When you start pricing hi quality transformers, you also see where a lot of the cost comes from. You can easily have $400 or $500 in transformers before you even start buying tubes, sockets, and punching out a chassis. Yep, it adds up fast, really fast. The big parts aside, you start looking at individual small components and it doesn't seem so bad at first... until you start to realize how many of those small parts you actually need; then choose quality parts over the more standard fare, and you can double/triple that cost in a blink of an eye (I've had more than my share of "blinks" in that regard!) It is a labor of love; it starts out casual, and before you know it you're agonizing over every little capacitor and resistor choice.
rockabilly69 Posted March 15, 2013 Posted March 15, 2013 Oh yeah Bolero, that amp is my cup of tea!!! Beautiful!
rockabilly69 Posted March 15, 2013 Posted March 15, 2013 This is the circuit that was used in my TopHat Club Royale, I have since replaced it with the similiar TopHat Club Deluxe.
bolero Posted March 15, 2013 Posted March 15, 2013 those Tophats are fantastic too, I owned a 2x12 club royale combo for a while...very graceful wiring! I tried a Tophat double-deluxe 2x12 out once at a local shop & should have bought it, 4x6V6's & gobs of tone...it was gone before I had a chance to second guess
rockabilly69 Posted March 15, 2013 Posted March 15, 2013 I love them, but they need to be cranked to get them in the zone, and my club deluxe is pretty loud when cranked!(
Guest HRB853370 Posted March 16, 2013 Posted March 16, 2013 Whats the ingredient in a transformer that could run it up to $500???
kbp810 Posted March 16, 2013 Posted March 16, 2013 Whats the ingredient in a transformer that could run it up to $500??? Marketing!
DetroitBlues Posted March 16, 2013 Posted March 16, 2013 I love them, but they need to be cranked to get them in the zone, and my club deluxe is pretty loud when cranked!( There are so many wonderful amps like that.
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