Tremolo TMB SE build!!!
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Re: Tremolo TMB SE build!!!
It’s a friggin’ great amp. Took it to practice last week… nice!! It’s got that woody/boxy tone that is sorta like a little tweed champ, but with tighter overdrive. Not really fat, but honky… me like!!!
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Re: Tremolo TMB SE build!!!
Sounds like my sort of thing...
Did you try bias up to 100% as it's single ended/ class A?
Did you try bias up to 100% as it's single ended/ class A?
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Re: Tremolo TMB SE build!!!
No.. it’s an old 70’s telefunken EL34. Don’t wanna risk it… and it sounds fine as is
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Re: Tremolo TMB SE build!!!
That's a beautiful amplifier! Wish I had your skill with cabinetry. I'm not surprised you prefer the EL34 - it has much higher transconductance (gain) than the 6L6, so it should be somewhat louder. I have all the parts to build several SE 6BQ5/6V6 amps, and this schematic might be my go-to for those. They'll be somewhat simpler than that last push-pull amp I built.
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Re: Tremolo TMB SE build!!!
That would make it a Tremolo TMB champTriodeLuvr wrote: ↑Sun 04/02/23 1:15 amThat's a beautiful amplifier! Wish I had your skill with cabinetry. I'm not surprised you prefer the EL34 - it has much higher transconductance (gain) than the 6L6, so it should be somewhat louder. I have all the parts to build several SE 6BQ5/6V6 amps, and this schematic might be my go-to for those. They'll be somewhat simpler than that last push-pull amp I built.
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The irony of it all is that the underpowered honky tone makes it a super cool little amp, while back when we were kids we all had an amp like that and didn’t like it. We wanted that big sounding amp we couldn’t afford
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Re: Tremolo TMB SE build!!!
Very nice work and sounds awesome! I've found that if I'm going to do an SE amp, I always seem to gravitate to 6V6's or EL-34s. Something about those two tubes that just have a super pleasing distortion.
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