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Offline cbevilaqua

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Sharing my homemade 5f1 amp (my first tube amp)
« on: April 16, 2021, 07:42:10 pm »
Hi,

First, thanks for being accepted in the forum.
Some months ago, I built my first tube amp, a 5f1 and I just want to share it with you.
Below are 2 small videos of it, I don't play guitar well so I made just a simple scale in one video and a small intro of a song in the other.
In the first video, is the first mount I did in a "head" like configuration, but some time later I decided to put the chassis in a "combo" cabinet with a Jensen 10 inch speaker.
I just don't crank it up because of my neighbors but may be sometime I do that.




Attached are also 2 images of it.
Thanks!

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Re: Sharing my homemade 5f1 amp (my first tube amp)
« Reply #1 on: April 16, 2021, 07:46:41 pm »
Very nice.
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: Sharing my homemade 5f1 amp (my first tube amp)
« Reply #2 on: April 16, 2021, 09:10:22 pm »
Welcome!  :icon_biggrin:

Thanks for posting your build. Very nice work.  :icon_biggrin: 

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Re: Sharing my homemade 5f1 amp (my first tube amp)
« Reply #3 on: April 17, 2021, 03:23:49 am »
Welcome to the forum. Nice little amp, congrat.

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Re: Sharing my homemade 5f1 amp (my first tube amp)
« Reply #4 on: April 17, 2021, 11:01:31 am »
is that a loaf pan? i dig it!

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Re: Sharing my homemade 5f1 amp (my first tube amp)
« Reply #5 on: April 17, 2021, 05:42:55 pm »
Thanks all! Yes, the chassis is a cake / loaf pan.

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Re: Sharing my homemade 5f1 amp (my first tube amp)
« Reply #6 on: April 17, 2021, 10:18:56 pm »
Good job!  :occasion14:
"When choosing between two evils I always like to try the one I've never tried before."

 


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