Well from what I gathered on Niks last post he weill do a kit except the bd must be prewired! Thats how they always were unless you specified not to.

Get that Princetone before he changes his mind

Todd

Interior decoration?
Are you sure you weren't in the carpet cleaning thread up in the general section

BTW Plasticvonaband has a vacuum! that one cracked me up

Todd

Lets not mix up the people that purchase the amp because they are looking for a certain tone at a really reasonable price and the other people who build the amp because they are looking for certain tone at a really reasonable price that they took part in building. Nothing wrong with either one
Tone is addictive but building your tone is equally if not more addictive. No one should buy a kit to build just because it takes $100 off the price tag, they will find it cost's them more in the long run. But if someone is interested in getting into the amp building as a hobby as well as ending up with a great boutique amp at the end, I believe a kit is the way to start. If kits were not available when I first became interested I may have never built an amp that I can feel quite proud of since sourcing the parts alone would have been a rather scary and extreme first build experience. Now that I have built 4 amps putting together a BOM and sourcing my own parts is not as scary but it is a PITA especially when you realize you forgot 1 little cap or somethingand have to pay shipping on something little like that again.

BTW I work full time am married and have 2 young boys, if you enjoy doing something as much as I enjoy building amps you will find time.

This is all just my opinion and I speak for no-one but myself

Have a great weekend

Respectfully

Todd

Can you post pics of the guts here?
Are you sure the 6v6 tubes are good? What are your voltage readings throughout?
I dont know about the tubes pulsing but sometimes the blue glow is just the gas inside the tubes which may not be a problem. In my OTS my NOS 6l6's glow blue a little but my JJ's do not. Pulsing?
Also have you checked all grounding with meter to make sure there is no resistance to ground?

Todd

I wonder if the OP ever figured this out, it was over a year and 1/2 ago since he posted. Amazing that spammers actually dig up old posts 

Todd

Try these guys.
http://www.promitheusaudio.com/transformers.html

Todd

Not yet, sorry hopefully in next couple months I can get my recording setup together and AB it with my FM50

Todd

Hey thats good news Nik.
Guess the main thing for some about getting the bare bones is having to get the remaining parts from multiple other vendors.

Hey you didn't forget to vote did you

Cant wait to see the new website

Todd

Hey Hywelg is there a particular amp you are interested in building? I got rather familiar with Mouser and what components to substitute when I built my TW express clone from scratch. Let me know if I can help!

Todd

Really nice work for a first D build!

If you look at the relay there is a large gap between the pins then 3  that are closer together.In other words it should look like this : :::
Then look at the socket, it will have the same gap. May need to loosen and move out of way the mini toggle above the inner relay to get it in safely.

Yes, you must run that wire between the ground and center bottom term on the footswitch.

Pilot light is correct BTW

Dont forget your coax run from the OD trimpot to bd.

In one of the pics V3 black heater wire looks really close to the nut, could just be pic but make sure there is clearance

Let me know if I can help further, PM if you want a quicker answer as it will hit my email

Todd

Thanks guys

Just so all are aware the poll was not to find out which is better, kit or pre-built.
Was just curious as to whether this forum has dried up a little due to the fact less people are building kits, and the ones that are building are now at TAG asking questions rather than here.
Seems there are just as many people here as before the kits ended, just less posts because nobody is working their way through builds anymore and needing help or suggestions from the rest who have already built these amps.
No doubt Niks crew builds some nice amps, just look at the gut pics on the website.
I also understand that it is Nik's business decision and I respect that. But it doesn't hurt to show him the interest is still there either.

Thanks again

Todd

That looks good man
Which caps are you talking about?
Fun building a Marshall after having built OTS eh? A little more elbow room

Todd

Thanks for participating guys

Keep em coming

Todd

Hey guys

Noticed this forum is getting really slow lately and am wondering if its because the kits are no longer available or maybe its just everyones enjoying their summer
Anyways I know a few here are builders and some buy pre-built and others are on their way to building starting with mods and what not,just want to see what the ratio is.

Please vote

Thanks

Todd

Mark

I may have to check that out, Normster is in my neck of the woods here in Sacramento. I haven't seen him on TAG for a while but I've been meaning to hit him up.

  55 amps  Nice to have some tone choices eh 

This stuff is seriously addictive. Must be nicotine in solder or something.

Todd