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Re: Balls Effects / Balls Amplification
Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2023 11:31 am
by Kniferide
Ever do a Vibroluxe Reverb in a small head? I'd love a that thing. I'd be happy with just 1 ch and reverb, no really need for Vibe. so really just a Reverbluxe Reverb. maybe a half power switch. I wish I could build amps.
Re: Balls Effects / Balls Amplification
Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2023 12:59 pm
by Dr Tony Balls
Kniferide wrote: Wed Nov 01, 2023 11:31 am
Ever do a Vibroluxe Reverb in a small head? I'd love a that thing. I'd be happy with just 1 ch and reverb, no really need for Vibe. so really just a Reverbluxe Reverb. maybe a half power switch. I wish I could build amps.
ish. I've made blackface style heads with reverb (pg 16 of this thread) but a slightly different reverb circuit. The Vibroluxe idea could be done. And all of my amps are small-ish. My standard head cab is roughly the size of a blackface bassman head. That last bassman I built was smaller at only 15" long instead of 21", but I dont think I could comfortably fit a Vibrolux into a cab of that size.
Re: Balls Effects / Balls Amplification
Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2023 1:38 pm
by VaticanShotglass
Dr Tony Balls wrote: Wed Nov 01, 2023 10:42 am
VaticanShotglass wrote: Wed Nov 01, 2023 9:22 am
How do you see the push-pull versus single ended configuration affecting what you are looking for?
Well PP amps just sound different from SE amps. Phase inverters are present, tube bias and operation is different, OTs are different. The idea was can we make a power amp platform that sounds like the classics (Bassman, Marshall, Vox, etc) but does so at bedroom level so from that end I wanted to deal with PP concepts.
Now where I got a little too focused, I think, was trying to do this with pentodes. Pentode vs triode operation sounds different, but its pretty minor, imo. It seems that a lot of DIY people have luck with PP 12AU7 triode output stages on this type of thing.
All very interesting stuff. Thanks for sharing.
Re: Balls Effects / Balls Amplification
Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2023 1:58 pm
by Dr Tony Balls
Audion. Repeat Percussion style ultra choppy tremolo with added boost and some provisions to keep the ticking down.
Re: Balls Effects / Balls Amplification
Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2023 9:02 am
by danielruder
There's a used Supercharger at a GC in Ohio:
https://www.guitarcenter.com/Used/In-St ... t-Pedal.gc
...link won't last forever, so here's a screenshot:
Re: Balls Effects / Balls Amplification
Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2023 9:27 am
by Dr Tony Balls
Re: Balls Effects / Balls Amplification
Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2023 10:15 am
by losthighway
There is a hipster second hand clothing shop in town. My friends and I once realized that you aren't really established as a local band until they're selling one of your tshirts that someone hocked.
Is the GC used section a similar coronation for a boutique gear maker?
Re: Balls Effects / Balls Amplification
Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2024 10:42 am
by Dr Tony Balls
benadrian wrote: Mon May 03, 2021 12:39 pm
I appreciate your commitment to perfboard and hand wiring.
I'll see this and raise you.
BALLS DECATHLON. Pretty straight-up clone of the old (~1980) Electro Harmonix Attack Decay tape reverse simulator. Power supply has been modified to run off 18VDC instead of wall voltages, but that's about it. All analog in all of its weirdness.
Re: Balls Effects / Balls Amplification
Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2024 10:52 am
by llllllllllllllllllll
DAMN
Re: Balls Effects / Balls Amplification
Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2024 11:07 am
by benadrian
Dr Tony Balls wrote: Fri Jan 05, 2024 10:42 am
benadrian wrote: Mon May 03, 2021 12:39 pm
I appreciate your commitment to perfboard and hand wiring.
I'll see this and raise you.
BALLS DECATHLON. Pretty straight-up clone of the old (~1980) Electro Harmonix Attack Decay tape reverse simulator. Power supply has been modified to run off 18VDC instead of wall voltages, but that's about it. All analog in all of its weirdness.
If that pedal doesn't cost $1,300, then you're underpaying yourself.
