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What soldering iron do you use/recommend Ryan?
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The Tone Geek Amplifiers
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Fender AB763 Deluxe Reverb Reissue Handwired Conversion
List of tasteful modifications that I'm implementing that allows me to maintain an honest '65 vibrato channel circuit, but with additional tricks. I learned a lot of these tricks from comments on my YouTube channel as well as from Rob Robinette's website.
NOR channel tone stack will be a Fender Custom Shop Dual Professional stack
Polyester Orange Drop capacitors - (Original '65 used polyester, the DRRI uses polypropylene blahh)
Metal film resistors anywhere that's going to ground as well as RN70 plate load resistors
Mogami coax internal wiring for sensitive signal areas
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gavanod
Nov 23, 2020
Looking to pull board and hand wire red knob era Dual Showman. Hoping to preserve the sonic clarity of chan 1 and make chan 2 more meaty and tasty. I play in a Garcia style, so I like the high headroom, but he also crunched pretty hard, not just in his Mesa year(s), Marshall? The Showman is without reverb, and thats ok. This mod looks great and esp w the Mayer tone on chan 2. I'm leaning toward pulling the board, I'm afraid to loose to clarity of ch. 1 on the red knob. Not sure what difference this AB763 circuit has with the 65-8 Dual Showman, nor do I know for sure if back then its ch.1 was known for its clarity? I'm running a JBL E120 and an Eminence Commonwealth, usually just the E120. Are there essentially two separate pre-amps on your circuit? Basically I'm trying to improve the sound on ch. 2 in a Jerry informed way. Not so much a John Mayer /SRV Dumble way. Jerry, sounding like 1980 Keen College, After Midnight->
Thank you for any input, and thank you for sharing your great work.
Steel String Singer #002
Let's discuss the Steel String Singer #002 build here. Have you built one? Do you have any insight to share about the real Steel String Singer #002?
Here is some main information about the project.
GitHub repository for layout, directions, etc. https://github.com/colganr/steel-string-singer-sn-002
Google Photos album of all the pictures and videos I took while researching and building the amplifiers. https://photos.app.goo.gl/W8zAvFVRCSsRoQgs7
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Ryan
May 26, 2020
Hey Steve, I figured I would answer here too. I have 30x Chassis coming my way to ship out to the DIY community. I am also going to sell the PCB's for the SSS #002 so it will be a home-run of a DIY build. Announcements to come very soon about it!
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Hello! I use an older digital Weller unit but if I were to buy a new one, I'd choose a https://amzn.to/3c9zduG Weller WE1010NA Digital Soldering Station. It's not the cheapest out there but for 70w, digital stability, and a brand name, it's a really great price. For comparison, the unit I use is over $1000 and I never use the extra features other than the soldering iron. The prices have really dropped with Weller over the years which is fantastic.
Additionally, I highly recommend using one of these for $10. https://amzn.to/2Vq84Nq Hakko 599B-02 Wire-type soldering iron tip cleaner. The brass will not cool down the tip like water and a sponge would.
Hope that helps! Let me know if you pick either or both of these up!