Fender Super Twin.

[FrankenWashie]

He he I hear you with that last statement Marcel. I know enough about Electrickery to get myself in trouble and have become wise enough over the years to know when to stop fiddling to avoid real trouble.

I hope the ticker troubles are behind you now.

[Marcel]

I saw my local GP last week to go over the results from my most recent CT scan, and in his words "What ever you are doing keep doing it!" and he then promptly wrote out an Okay to go back to work.... So I figure I'll keep building guitars in my spare time ...lol

[FrankenWashie]

Good to hear its all okay, and that you can go back to work. Just not working too hard eh

[DrNomis_44]

@ Marcel That's good to hear mate, last time I had my blood pressure measured the Doctor said that it was fine, and the last time I had my eyesight tested by an Optometrist they said that it wasn't deteriorating, technically I should be wearing my glasses as I was born Short-Sighted, but I can actually see well enough without them to be perfectly able to cross the road safely.

[Marcel]

6 months ago I collapsed in a exhausted heap after taking a simple regular shower. They subsequently diagnosed me with what amounts to a DVT in my chest right next to my heart.... so for the past 6 months they put me on a controlled and monitored diet of modified rat poison which surprisingly has actually worked to clear the DVT. Side effect has been to turn me into a real Aussie bleeder so playing with sharp knives has been a no-go for me. The upshot of no pointy knives means I've become a real whiz at cutting almost anything with side-cutters...lol

What this thing 'hard work' you speak of ??? ... Is it something you dream of ???

[FrankenWashie]

6 months ago I collapsed in a exhausted heap after taking a simple regular shower. They subsequently diagnosed me with what amounts to a DVT in my chest right next to my heart.... so for the past 6 months they put me on a controlled and monitored diet of modified rat poison which surprisingly has actually worked to clear the DVT. Side effect has been to turn me into a real Aussie bleeder so playing with sharp knives has been a no-go for me. The upshot of no pointy knives means I've become a real whiz at cutting almost anything with side-cutters...lol

What this thing 'hard work' you speak of ??? ... Is it something you dream of ???

Lately its been my recurring waking nightmare...Luckily I have guitar building to occupy my brain with more pleasant things.

[Marcel]

Speaking of hard work made easy...

Have you ever considered getting an amp kit from these guys Doc??

https://www.tubedepot.com/t/diy-central/kits-tube-amp

[DrNomis_44]

Speaking of hard work made easy...

Have you ever considered getting an amp kit from these guys Doc??

https://www.tubedepot.com/t/diy-central/kits-tube-amp

Yep, been seriously wanting to order a JTM45 kit from that company for a long time, just haven't been able to get together the money for one, maybe that might be a good project for next year, I'd either go for the JTM45 + or the JTM45 combo kit, the other kits look really nice too.

[Marcel]

My preference if I had the spare money to get one is for the British 18W style combo. Has a pair of EL84's on the output and comes with a Celestion G12M Greenback... My kind of combo ...

Not keen on their JTM45 kits as they have made changes to their kit circuit which are not in the published Marshall designs. I suppose the changes could be undone but as I already have my 2204 clone build the desire has waned substantially.

Maybe it's just me but I prefer the British EL34 or EL84 grunge sound over the American 6L6 or 6V6 cleans. Probably why I have built my 2204 clone and own a real Marshall JVM210c, and only ever fixed other peoples Fender amps.

[DrNomis_44]

One of the thing that needs doing to my Fender Super Twin amp is that the sockets for the six STR 6L6 Valves need replacing since they seem a bit loose, or the valve retainers seem loose anyway, I could go with a set of Ceramic Octal sockets with Spring-Retainers, the sockets for the preamp valves could either be kept or maybe replaced with new Ceramic 9-pins too, I might just go the whole hog and replace all the original sockets with new Ceramic ones as a matter of course, the power and standby switches definitely need replacing as they tend to stick a bit.

Seeing as I have a Marshall amp and the Fender Super Twin, I've got an amp with EL34 valves and an amp with 6L6 valves, the best of both worlds so to speak, I found that I'm mostly an EL34 guy, but, having said that, I'm not afraid to show my appreciation for the 6L6 sound, variety is the spice of life, my mate reckons that with the two amps I have the two basic food groups of tone.

Also I just remembered that I have a spare 6V6 valve in a white box somewhere, I'm thinking of pairing it up with a 12AX7 valve or a 7025 valve and making a DIY Fender Champ at some stage, I'd probably need to source a good 5Y3 Rectifier valve, or go with solid-state rectifiers, seeing as Evatco sell valves and other amp parts, I might be able to source a good 5Y3 from them, anyway, that's a future project.

I could even go with a 5U4GT rectifier too if I could source one.