I was just thinking about how to open up the door for people who feel intimidated when they look at the overtone layout.   There are a lot of people who would like to build an amp like the overtone but they don't even try because they think they will mess it up.   

What an incredible sounding build!  You do amazing work!

Do you have a layout or something that shows what you did to make the 100 watt version?

How did you wired up the 50/100 switch, the standby switch and, the 2 resistors to 'lift' the heater voltage from ground?

When you write that you strictly adhered to Dumble's grounding scheme and lead dress. What exactly does a builder do to emulate his technique?

Are the transformers you used the Hammond 100 watt 125A29A & 022889?

Those sounds are so sweet!

Heres a 2x12 design that sounds freaking great!
http://www.lightshow.cc/explorer/Stuff/Speaker_Cabinet/speaker_cabinet.html
build with Okoume BS1008 13 ply birch plywood or better.

Speakers
Tone Tubby Alnico 12s
http://www.tonetubby.com/
TTs are warm and buttery with clear amazing overtones. Carlos Santana is using these on stage so just about any recent live Santana recording will let you know exactly what they sound like.

A close, less expensive, choice would be
Eminence Patriot Cannabis Rex 12" Guitar Speaker with Hemp Cone
Some sound clips of the cannabis rex can be heard at 
http://www.eminence.com/soundclips.asp

One of the things every amp builder needs to keep track of while building an amp is which of the many connections shown on the amp's layout drawing have been completed and which connections remain to be made.   I have had an idea that might make keeping track of the build easier.

All of the Ceriatone layouts were created using a drawing program of some kind, maybe Corel Draw or Adobe Illustrator.  The amp layouts look like they were created using Corel Draw. 

If Nik or someone at Ceriatone.com would post each layout in the drawing programs native format (.cdr, .ai, or whatever), that file could be loaded in to the appropriate editing program by a builder. 

Once in the drawing program the builder could easily keep track of which connections have completed and  which are left to complete by moving each completed connection to a new layer.

In these editing programs drawing layers can be made visible or invisible.  When the layer with the completed connections is set to invisible the layout would become visually simpler and simpler as the solder connections are made. 

Step by step the builder would see what connections are left to complete. 

Missing a connection would be less likely. 

The project would seem less and less complex as each completed connection is moved to the invisible layer.

Adding this building feature to the ceriatone web site would not cost anything Ceriatone anything and it would make their amps easier to build. All they would have to do is post the native format drawing files that they already have.

All of the kits would be easier to build. 

Easier to build kit should translate into more sales for Ceriatone.   

What do you think?