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@k4rstar I'm still playing the same Jazzmaster I bought in high school in the 90's. I've done some modding over the years so no much is still stock. Recently got a nice deal on a Matamp head that has a buzz I'm trying to sort out. It's a really interesting amp, switchable between 1 tube SE, 2 tubes PSE, 2 tubes PP, 4 tubes PPP and your choice of fixed or cathode bias based on input jack.
https://imgur.com/a/c0zXwxZ

P.S. I really like the looks of that hollow body you have, and I've always been a Telecaster fan.

TY! It's a 1964 Harmony H59. All three electrics I own are the same ones Courtney Barnett played in her career. She inspired me to pick up the instrument

Glad you got it sorted (it sounds like?) and that you're ok.

$350 later I have 2 new tires and the 2 older, but still recent ones from the front moved to the back(front wheel drive) plus alignment, man the car drives so much better. Always feels like a waste to me spending money on a vehicle that still functions, but it's also nice to get where I'm going without shit breaking.

scary, glad you are ok. Happened to me when I was young, it gets wild!

Also Boris playing the 2002 version of Heavy Rocks at the same show. Plus Boris is the opening track on Bullhead, did Boris name themselves Boris after Boris?

Jealous!!! I saw Boris live once and it was a fantastic show. Also, they did name themselves after the Melvins track.

I saw Boris a few times in the mid 00's - My favorite was at pitchfork when they kept blowing the fuse for the stage then finally said "Very sorry, not enough electricity" and walked off. I think that one was with Michio Kurihara, was bummed I didn't get to hear a complete set, but the number of amplifiers on stage was ridiculous. Everyone had a huge master tube head with several slaves driving walls of cabinets.

No. I saw a Sunvally DAC that used 12AU7's. Yours might be different. If it uses 6DJ8/6922's now, you can use 12AU7's with an adapter.

That's the newer model that uses 12AU7, this one is older, mayhaps I will consider adapter if the Vavlos don't pan out, but now I'm kind of liking bugle boy/sovtek combo.

I'm an idiot. I had to switch amps to take pictures for a prospective buyer and the tone controls on the one I put into the system were all over the place, the orange Amperex sound fine now. Didn't notice until I put on a record last night with the big speakers and the sound was way off.

Great workout though. If I was 20 years younger I would consider tree removal work just to get ripped.

“Sweaty reading”… D.H. Lawrence? Danielle Steele? June 1978 Hustler?

Grateful it’s only electricity that’s lost!

Woah, I'm glad you're ok.

I messed up the dates, the orange printing pair is 1968, the bugle boy is 1963

yeah I was ab to say, if you see orange (or worse, green) on an amperex, or any tube really, it means a later than mid-60s mfrd date. you want white lettering fs. looks like a non-a frame getter, which is also a good sign, for the 6922s.

as a gen rule of thumb, the earlier the tube, the better, lotsa ppl will try to claim Siemens over telefunken or CCA or btfo or pinched waist/7308 amperex or just die, but really, you just want an early 60s 6DJ8.

they were created by Phillips in '58, but you won't find any of those around. matching isn't *that* important in a DAC/preamp as it would be in an amp or power section, but nice to have fs.

Looks professional and yet it's a tube DAC.

Do you know what year it was made and the DAC chip?

@Cspirou I think it's a burr-brown chip, but not sure which one, and I don't know the year, just that the company puts out nice tube amps and kits so I took the chance

I was just looking at these old SV dacs. definitely share some impressions!

They said it would take a month and then had it done in 3 days.

Went to do the swap today and realized it was missing the B+ taps for bias voltage, turns out they gave me the wrong one. Now I wait a week for a new one.

tested posting an image in comments, didn't work.

Please excuse. I'll stick to unboxing!

everything hurts now, good motivation to start doing all the parts of training I hate again, namely wind sprints.

I can't tell you how proud I am of you. I don't know if I'll ever be able to get back in the ring. My old man was college champion for his weight class: 160 pounds of pure muscle, and equal parts boxer and puncher. I've never been in that league: I didn't grow up being attacked by big Irish kids. His excellent physique is why his going bald early didn't bother him in the least.

I figured after a 20 year love affair with the album I deserved a nice copy. Treat. Yo. Self.

Be sure to check out the latest posthumous comp, “Picture of Bunny Rabbit.” It’s excellent, and a great compliment to World of Echo since the material was recorded around the same period.

I preordered it and got the vinyl almost a week before the official release. I do enjoy it. Also have the digital album Sketches for World of Echo. I'm glad Audika/Light in the Attic have gone through the archives and put all this stuff out.

I don't smoke in public @Thad E Ginathom, we have cigar stores.

No need to even smoke marijuana, you can use a dry herb vaporizer and get better flavor, more and better high, and can make powerful weed drinks out of the leftovers. Tobacco pretty much has to be smoked or chewed though.

Seriously! (for once)... @YMO, I'm happy to know that you do not inflict cigar smoke on others. What you do in private is... in private :)

Hey, Rando From Florida, give bobboxbody his dislike back!

;)

@gsanger stop betraying my stereotypes

He's not as hairy as we thought.

All the parts cover the cutout hole by a good margin, so it should look fine even if I get a little sloppy.

... most of the holes for that should just be circles no? , even just 1 hole per binding post/switch/ .25" jack. Probably not so hard with just a drill on a metal enclosure... that's what I did, but no hp jacks~ maybe I clean up the holes a little bit with a small file.

@Wobbletits the switches are rectangular, but otherwise yes, easy to drill. The plastic case is already ordered and I don't think digikey offers free returns. I've squandered a bunch of cash on this stupid project already so I'm just gonna go with it.

@dBel84 I was also thinking about finding a design online and hiring you to build it. There are very few options for higher power AC synchronous motors and the ones that exist are $$$. My other thought is to buy the "Total Eclipse Package" from Sota, but I'm waiting to see if one comes up on the used market.

Did Sorta pick up the Phoenix Engineering Falcon PSU and Roadrunner? Used to be about $700 all in for that.

@Vansen yep, but I think they ditched the Falcon and changed the Eagle to Condor. Now it's way more expensive and you have to buy their motor with it, since I'm guessing it has less power handling capability than the Falcon.

Those are likely MI-1443 or MI-1428 drivers. I use the alnico version in my system.

It kind of reshapes your ideas of dynamics, doesn’t it?

The whole system was insane, and incredibly dynamic, though at normal listening levels in my small room the 604's are doing a great job of dynamics. Just need to figure out bass re-enforcement. After hearing that setup I'm considering a Trio 15 style speaker with the 604's in the center. I'm hoping that could get me flat down to the mid-low 30's without padding the compression driver.

25yd spools, so I'll have plenty of extra silk suture if anyone else wants some to test out. I blame @Biodegraded