It is time... 5F1 Build Thread

Update - Corners are rounded. We're kind of in a holding pattern until I get my chassis.

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Just to be clear - My dad is doing the woodworking - I modified the 5e3 Tweed Deluxe cabinet to my liking. I'm also doing the electrical/amp build. He's the Lebron James of woodworking as far as I'm concerned (especially since he's a part of the project).
 
I did decide the pine may stay as an extension cabinet. I'll probably just stain it instead of covering it with Tweed or Tolex. I think it's too nice to cover.

Bought my grill cloth today for the end product.

Option 1 -

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Option 2 -

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For the pine I may just use black.
 
From experience, the only issue with staining pine rather than using tolex is that it dents REALLY easily.

If it's a home use, or only occasionally being gigged type of amp, I say go for it.

If it's going to be gigged regularly, the cab will get beaten all to hell within a year.
 
Prages said:
From experience, the only issue with staining pine rather than using tolex is that it dents REALLY easily.

If it's a home use, or only occasionally being gigged type of amp, I say go for it.

If it's going to be gigged regularly, the cab will get beaten all to hell within a year.
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Yeah - We're already combating that. You may have sold me on wrapping it. It's something I already knew but we'll see.


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I went on radio silence. Waiting on all the parts to come in.... They'll trickle in today, tomorrow, and Friday. I'll start on the amp kit Friday night. The plan is to have it all complete and ready to go by Monday/Tuesday of next week.

I was informed that I will be doing the dovetailing on the final design (yay.) and hopefully I don't josh it up.

Stay tuned folks. I may have just wasted a couple of hundred clams for nothing.

Edit - The pine cabinet will become an extension cab... The plan is to build a Princeton Reverb head for it.... Because I need four amps?
 
RyanNo3 said:
I went on radio silence. Waiting on all the parts to come in.... They'll trickle in today, tomorrow, and Friday. I'll start on the amp kit Friday night. The plan is to have it all complete and ready to go by Monday/Tuesday of next week.

I was informed that I will be doing the dovetailing on the final design (yay.) and hopefully I don't josh it up.

Stay tuned folks. I may have just wasted a couple of hundred clams for nothing.

Edit - The pine cabinet will become an extension cab... The plan is to build a Princeton Reverb head for it.... Because I need four amps?
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Just take your time on the amp build. I made a poster board and labeled all components and taped them to the board.

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Consult your layout and/or schematic for every single component.

Check and double check before soldering.

If a solder joint doesn't look right, redo it. Redo it several times if you have to.

Once you have it finished, do a thorough check of every component compared to the layout/schematic.

Build a light bulb limiter.

Only after it has passed all of these checks do you plug it in and see what it sounds like.

I think it took me about a month to complete my build, but I only worked on it for an hour or two at a time, and one of my transformers was on backorder.


Just don't rush the build.
 
Hey @Modern Saint and/or @Prages (dumb question ah'comin) - When installing the fiberboard.... Did you mount with offsets or just put the plain backing board on there? And if you used the plain backing board, how did you adhere the two... It's late... I haven't really dug in... I just noticed the two boards.

I see where it's about 50/50 with the offset mounts and just moooshing it in on the backing board.

Can either of you take a picture?
 
I honestly don't remember for sure. It seems like I went with the mush method, but I'm not 100%, and pictures don't really help.
 
RyanNo3 said:
Hey @Modern Saint and/or @Prages (dumb question ah'comin) - When installing the fiberboard.... Did you mount with offsets or just put the plain backing board on there? And if you used the plain backing board, how did you adhere the two... It's late... I haven't really dug in... I just noticed the two boards.

I see where it's about 50/50 with the offset mounts and just moooshing it in on the backing board.

Can either of you take a picture?
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I used the plain backing board along with some nylon spacers I got from my local electronics store.
 
I got some spacers/stand-offs today. I saw a Princeton clone -that I was immediately enamored with - and they suspended the fiberboard with the ground bus and pots.. Really neat idea.


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