Vox AC15 build log (Update: Finished! Finally with cabs)

[Ed_Chambley]

I have to say this is a very nice build.  One of these days I think I will use some of the fancy wood.   I have some purple heart waiting to build a head cab for my newest creation, but I think the stuff may rot before I am finally happy with the circuit.


I play the crap out of my AC15.


I see you want Celestion Blue as Steve and I did.  Grab your Strat and play some Ventures.  You will not believe how spot on it gets the Hank Marvin sound.


Great job!

[pompeiisneaks]

Very cool! I'm about to do a Vox AC30/4 with the EF86 preamp almost identical to this and Steve's build (Steve helped me by tweaking his layout to add 4 extra resistors for the 4 power tubes)  I still have to figure out how to add 2 more power tubes to the chassis ;P

~Phil

[TNblueshawk]

I have to say this is a very nice build.  One of these days I think I will use some of the fancy wood.   I have some purple heart waiting to build a head cab for my newest creation, but I think the stuff may rot before I am finally happy with the circuit.


I play the crap out of my AC15.


I see you want Celestion Blue as Steve and I did.  Grab your Strat and play some Ventures.  You will not believe how spot on it gets the Hank Marvin sound.


Great job!

Thanks Ed. Yeah, I had to spring for the Blue. Once you dump all the time and money into a project like this, trying to save $100 on something else was irrelevant. I've never owend a Blue so this was the time.

I built my Champ with purple heart wood. Well, I built the speaker cab and then got lazy and didn't build an amp head for it. I still have a nice stick of purple heart in my garage. Like you I stare at it wondering when I'll actually cut it up and properly house the Champ. That wood is as hard as any wood I've dealt with. Harder than the Zebra.

[BarryW]

 What a beautiful build – thanks so much for sharing it with us! I've learned so much from the people on this board, I can't even begin to thank everybody.


 I've had my AC15 build based on sluckey's layout completed for several months, but for some reason I have a shorts that I just can't track down. I've built tons of amps ranging from fenders to AC 30s to trainwrecks to Dumble builds, most from scratch off of schematics. I just can't track down the short that made my 100r artificial CT resistors go "poof".  It's making me crazy. So it's great to see another one of these completed!

[sluckey]

I've had my AC15 build based on sluckey's layout completed for several months, but for some reason I have a shorts that I just can't track down... I just can't track down the short that made my 100r artificial CT resistors go "poof".

Start a new thread on this. I think we can sort it out.

[BarryW]

yep, sorry, I didn't mean to mess up this thread - I'll start one either way even if I can't track it down .  This build is great tho!  Thanks for sharing -

I've had my AC15 build based on sluckey's layout completed for several months, but for some reason I have a shorts that I just can't track down... I just can't track down the short that made my 100r artificial CT resistors go "poof".

Start a new thread on this. I think we can sort it out.

[sluckey]

You didn't mess up the thread. There are not too many gremlins that will poof the CT resistors. B+ is the main one. But we may need pics and some info about your CT wiring, so I thought that would be a thread that you would want to stand on it's own. You'll probably attract more people if you use a separate thread. I already have a few easy to try suggestions but could easily develop into a relatively long thread.

[BarryW]

yep, I will set up another thread - thanks!

[archaos]

Excellent job, Man ! Congrats.