18 Watt Tremolo preamp build

[rexindigo]

Hi 2 all, after several years of playing guitar and not soldering
i have a new project on the bench:
a tube driven tremolo preamp!
in my band we play several songs with guitar parts demanding a tremolo effect. so i dug out the 18 Watter i built in 20xx but i could not get it to work anymore.
I decided to just rebuild the tremolo channel of the 18 Watt as a preamp in front of another amp.
Has anybody ever succeded in a similar project?
Any comment is appreciated! thank You in andvance
Cheers Rex

[JMPGuitars]

In theory it should be fine depending on how you plan to do it. Are you asking for ideas, or do you have a plan?

[Pressed_Rat]

Rick Campbell posted his has trem-o-drive design on the web some time ago. It is designed as a boost pedal w/tremolo. You could adapt it to your 18 watt or build it as a pedal to drive the front end of an amp.
http://www.ricktone.com/tremodrive.shtml

[rexindigo]

Thank You for Your Replies
@ JMP Guitars: i did build it already, but it is thumping and noisy
@ Pressed rat: i will try to modify my build to the tremodrive
and my third idea in the moment is to build a new 18 watt amp from scratch with parts of the unit i build in 2006, found a good layout for this
i ll keep you infomed about my progress

[JMPGuitars]

Thank You for Your Replies
@ JMP Guitars: i did build it already, but it is thumping and noisy

Use the search function on the forum here:

search.php?keywords=thump+tremolo&fid%5B0%5D=4

It's fairly common in the troubleshooting phase.

[guitarmike2107]

This layout works well, only thing is the purple wires at V1 should be shielded.

http://www.mediafire.com/download/404bc ... _REV01.pdf