Makes sence, trouble shootint 101,,  off I go

Thanks

Another thing i did notice is that the wire used in photo from the Ceriatone site appears to be a thinner gauge then the wire i used.. Especially the tube socket bridging, Don't really know if that is true but it seems that way in the photo. Does it matter regarding wire gauge?

Understood,
But it helps to get someone in the know to comment. I wasn't sure how sensitive the amp was to wire routing The Heyboer wires are tougher to manage but I will move them and see what happens.. Maybe I will consider alternate Power transformer

Thanks

Thought i would share a coupe of finished photos

Sounds fantistic

That being said i a noticing a low freq hum even when nothing is pluggeg into the input jack.

Anyone have any thoughts

As i stated i used Heyboer trannys. I had to bore the chassis access hole larger since all of the PT wiring is on one side. Also the wire gauge is pretty heavy and tough to manipulate, but got it all in there.

Yea, I will probably do similar and just run at 260. I think that is where the rocket spec is and with summer coming no sense heating up the room any more than i have to :-)

   
Well finished my Rock it build yesterday and cranket it up this morning. Already love it. except for one bad solder joint on F2 the build was smooth Thanks to those that gave advise and sanity checked those things I did not understand.  Especially Nik. 

I have a functional question regarding the HT select switch what effect does/should it have on the sound if any by selecting  the 290 or 260. Although I installed a Heyboer 5199 PT which is 300-260-0-260-300

Todd, thank you very much

Nearly done with the project and I am Just wiring up the transformers and I have a question on the layout. My transformer has 2 black wires for the 120v's one one goes to one side of the switch below C1. The other side of the switch below C2 is connected to a wire labeled  "0" that does not correlate to wires labeled on my transformer   Where would the other black 120v from the transformer go.


Layout Drawing = http://www.ceriatone.com/images/layoutPic/tWCloneLayout/RockItCeriatone.jpg
Transformer = http://www.rjguitars.net/Digital_Images/HTS-5199.jpg

any help would be greatly appreciated

Thanks
DM

I want to thank you both for you expert advise & instructions, Although not an amp builder I am quite up to the task.  I could not for the life of me find the other  X&Y on the diagram now that you have pointed them out I can't imagine how I did not see them.  You guys have expertly validate my assumptions. I feel much better moving along with the project without just assuming my my logic was correct. you may have  answered some question I didn't even ask yet  I will post photos when I am completed.

Thanks again for the help, you guys are the best

DM

I guess my basic questions for example are do all the F1 terminals get bridged together including from the AX7 sockets to the EL84 sockets.  do all the same lettered terminals get wired together C1-C1, C2-C2 etc.

Still lost with the X & Y wire from the prewired board

This seems like a good place to ask some questions.  I am assembling a Rock it! and am stumped with a couple of things on the layout. I am pretty deep into the project and need a bit of direction.

here is layout drawing with a couple of things circled.
Basically I don't understand where the other end of the connections go

Letter X
Letter Y
F1
F2
C1
C2

Did you make the trade yet? Let me know

Thanks for the info. I was only concerned because digging through the mountain of opinions and such regarding the lightning the statement that continues to show itself is that the nature of the lightning is that the tubes run hot and should not be left for too long without input ( i assume playing ) Not sure that that statement in and of itself makes a whole lot of sense  when I think about it. Just though I would consider the standby switch and see what others have done or what they thought about the idea.  This forum seemed to be the best place to pose the question

Thanks Again

Has anybody considered adding a standby switch to a Lightning or know how it would be done