notes to self

a document of a plodding mind

  • Mistumin Valve Caster build…

    a tube overdrive build for Anthony of the The New Diet and The Regular Fucked Up People. it’s my take on the Mitsumin valve caster with the values i tend to use and a Telefunken 12AX7. excuse the ugliness for this one is just the prototype. four sections of clean vs. effected total. [audio:http://abrammorphew.com/notes/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tube_overdrive_sample_long_02.mp3|titles=Tube Overdrive…

    abram

    February 16, 2013
    notes
    effects, overdrive, pedals, stompbox, tube
  • no. 5 re-appropriation…

    this is a re-appropriation of a Fender Frontman 15-B. it’s one 8″ speaker in a closed cabinet primarily designed as a really cheap bass amp to be included in starter packs. having gutted the amp a few years ago and replaced it with the contents from the No. 5 tube amp project, i got some…

    abram

    February 16, 2013
    notes
    amp, amplifier, no. 5, tube
  • work in progress

    early stages of a reverb effect pedal for guitar.

    abram

    December 3, 2012
    notes
    effect, electronics, pedal, reverb
  • goodbye

    he’ll be missed by many. i consider myself fortunate to have known him.

    abram

    December 3, 2012
    notes
  • Fender Bassman AB165 filter replacement

    some bad caps on a beautiful black-face AB165. i almost felt bad pulling the original parts out of it. forty-five years is a good run though.

    abram

    November 22, 2012
    notes
  • 5W single-ended EL84 amp (before)

    insides of a Fender 15B solid-state bass amp that i gutted and converted into a simple tube circuit. i constructed this several years ago, and it’s not been very functional as of late. it definitely needs a better chassis ground, and i’d like to add in a switch for triode/pentode operation as well as a…

    abram

    November 22, 2012
    notes
    amp, el84, tube
  • Carvin Pro Bass 200 iPod-Mod

    And here we have a solid 160W solid-state bass amp with an RCA input on the front. this amp was brought to me with the complaint of really low volume on the RCA input. upon further inspection, this definitely seemed to be true. a reasonable listening volume could be obtained with the volume knob all…

    abram

    November 15, 2012
    notes
    amp, bass, carvin, cd, ipod, mod, mount, rca, surface, tape
  • magniscope

    a quick way to light the helping hands.

    abram

    November 15, 2012
    notes
    lamp, led, lighted, magnifier
  • Ampeg SVT-CL Repair

    here’s a 300 watt Ampeg SVT-CL that i had on the bench today. a much different kind of amp from the 70s models that i’ve been more accustomed to working on in the past. this one had no sound or output and the fault light would stay on constantly. i assumed right away that it…

    abram

    October 24, 2012
    notes
    6550, amp, ampeg, repair, svt, svt-cl, tube
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