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Offline daveyajd

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Help! Need Sluckeys Lightning build info
« on: November 05, 2019, 05:54:13 pm »
I am in a build of a Matchless Lightning clone and I’ve been using Ceriatone and Sluckeys layouts as guides. I see Sluckeys website has changed and I can’t locate his layouts and info. Is there anyway someone could post them here?


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Re: Help! Need Sluckeys Lightning build info
« Reply #1 on: November 05, 2019, 09:54:16 pm »
DAMN SLUCKEY IS A SAVAGE! Whole damn website changed over and all that info gone.

Sluckey: Can I PM this person my copy of the PDF?

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Re: Help! Need Sluckeys Lightning build info
« Reply #2 on: November 05, 2019, 10:57:34 pm »
I know right?! The inter web is supposed to be FOREVER! 😂


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Re: Help! Need Sluckeys Lightning build info
« Reply #3 on: November 05, 2019, 11:10:11 pm »
Sluckey: Can I PM this person my copy of the PDF?
PMs won't allow attachments but you can attach the file to a message in this thread. Or share it any other way you wish. That stuff was always offered freely and meant to be shared.
A schematic, layout, and hi-rez pics are very useful for troubleshooting your amp. Don't wait to be asked. JUST DO IT!

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Re: Help! Need Sluckeys Lightning build info
« Reply #4 on: November 06, 2019, 05:54:58 pm »
Yes please! Thank you.


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Re: Help! Need Sluckeys Lightning build info
« Reply #5 on: November 06, 2019, 06:26:09 pm »
If you can't wait just use the wayback machine.
A schematic, layout, and hi-rez pics are very useful for troubleshooting your amp. Don't wait to be asked. JUST DO IT!

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Re: Help! Need Sluckeys Lightning build info
« Reply #6 on: November 06, 2019, 09:00:14 pm »
Let's see if this works:


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Re: Help! Need Sluckeys Lightning build info
« Reply #7 on: November 07, 2019, 10:39:32 am »
Thanks for sharing that 2deaf.. travel day for work. Vegas is a hell of a town.

Got a gut shot best I can. The PDF 2deaf posted is the same one I had.

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Re: Help! Need Sluckeys Lightning build info
« Reply #8 on: November 07, 2019, 12:27:24 pm »
Awesome! Thanks much everyone.


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Re: Help! Need Sluckeys Lightning build info
« Reply #9 on: November 09, 2019, 07:39:42 pm »
Thankfully, some time ago I downloaded most of Sluckey's schematics/layouts. But I really enjoy the website. One of the best for clarity of methods, etc. I had built or rebuilt 50+ amps by the time I saw Sluckey's site, but I ended up learning great stuff. The Visio sketches are impeccable. The Smokey project is a hoot. The wayback machine will get you some, but not all of it.
So Sluckey, is it coming back? I feel like the kid in the old Pepsi ad; say it ain't so Mean Joe.
Expensive to keep a site going - Go Fund Me? I'm in. 
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