Just finished another Rocky amp; this time it was for our Anthony.
He'd been mithering for a valve amp for the last few months. I told him that if he wanted one then there were a few conditions:
He was going to have to put in quite a lot of of the work himself, ie ordering the major bits and paying for them.
He was going to have to design and build the case, mount all the transformers, valve sockets, speaker outlets, mains cable and input sockets, then I might think about wiring it all up for him.
I thought all these conditions would slow him down a bit but no. He ordered all the bits from Philip at Bluebell and last week presented me with a fully fitted out chassis. It is wired up and running in on the bench as I write this and sounding pretty darned good.
The transformers are a Hammond 260G for power, a pair of 125GSE outputs and a 193J choke, plus a trio of Hammond potting boxes. The choke is inside the case, out of sight.
Valve complement is a pair of RCA VT229 (6SL7) and the ubiquitous Electro-Harmonix EL34s. He has a Sovtek GZ34 rectifier valve on order cos he ain't having that NOS Mullard I lent him to get the amp going.
I reckon he has made a great job on the looks. Wouldn't be my first choice for our living room but it fits his home environment perfectly.
The finished chassis looks like a cross between Darth Vader and an Aztec temple but IMO the visuals hang together very well.
Steve
