Guitar Tube Amp

Step 14 Wiring

Wiring

I used point-to-point wiring for the project.

Oh, yeah. So many components were removed and substituted during the testing phase, this became a real mess. The tone control itself changed several times. Even the power supply was substantially altered.

And it's certainly not robust enough to handle much gigging...

I probably wouldn't do p-to-p again. Turret board looks like the next step.

I'm not including a layout for this project, just the schematic. Why? Because I wouldn't build it like this a second time....

Although for all my complaining, the amp is very quiet (noise-wise)...

Heater Wires

If the filaments are AC (directly from the PT), then the wires should be twisted together to reduce noise. Don't bother for DC powered heaters.

Comments

[manumanu764]

no pcb at all right?

[gmoon]

Yep, just point-to-point wiring.

Except for the power supply, which I built on a breadboard.  I used the breadboard so I could elevate the PS above the end bell of the power transformer, which sticks through the chassis. But terminal strips would work just as well as the breadboard.