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Re: 12003 Merc's and NOS Iskra/Piher.

Post by vanhalen5150 » Thu Jul 19, 2012 7:18 am

Little more progress this past weekend. Cool coloured tube shields. You need the shorter version 9 sockets for these. Double bolts on the ground.
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Re: 12003 Merc's and NOS Iskra/Piher.

Post by vanhalen5150 » Thu Jul 19, 2012 7:20 am

I got a set of those Achilles plates from ebay for $20. They have a plug in cord so I had to improvise with a pickguard. Worked well.
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Re: 12003 Merc's and NOS Iskra/Piher.

Post by vanhalen5150 » Thu Jul 19, 2012 9:05 am

At the rate I'm going, I'm thinking Xmas. Providing the Zombie Apocalypse doesn't take us all out Dec 21st, of course.

I just got some .82uf mustards. Like sausages.
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Re: 12003 Merc's and NOS Iskra/Piher.

Post by vanhalen5150 » Fri Jul 20, 2012 10:19 am

Anyone ever try heater wires this way? Note the posistion of the 5W 1K5's and th v1 and v2 shift as well.
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Re: 12003 Merc's and NOS Iskra/Piher.

Post by rgorke » Fri Jul 20, 2012 4:47 pm

vanhalen5150 wrote:Anyone ever try heater wires this way? Note the posistion of the 5W 1K5's and th v1 and v2 shift as well.
What amp is that? How does it sound? Looks very modern.
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Re: 12003 Merc's and NOS Iskra/Piher.

Post by vanhalen5150 » Fri Jul 20, 2012 7:00 pm

rgorke wrote:
vanhalen5150 wrote:Anyone ever try heater wires this way? Note the posistion of the 5W 1K5's and th v1 and v2 shift as well.
What amp is that? How does it sound? Looks very modern.
It's a Blankenship. From his Facebook page. Not sure if it's a 100 or 50. Pretty cool eh? When you first see it you think it's made by Apple.
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Re: 12003 Merc's and NOS Iskra/Piher.

Post by emmjaydubya » Fri Jul 20, 2012 7:10 pm

Point to point Powerbook? :D

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Re: 12003 Merc's and NOS Iskra/Piher.

Post by rgorke » Sat Jul 21, 2012 4:29 pm

vanhalen5150 wrote:
rgorke wrote:
vanhalen5150 wrote:Anyone ever try heater wires this way? Note the posistion of the 5W 1K5's and th v1 and v2 shift as well.
What amp is that? How does it sound? Looks very modern.
It's a Blankenship. From his Facebook page. Not sure if it's a 100 or 50. Pretty cool eh? When you first see it you think it's made by Apple.
I suppose it doesn't need to look vintage to sound vintage. :shrug:
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Re: 12003 Merc's and NOS Iskra/Piher.

Post by vanhalen5150 » Wed Jul 25, 2012 8:48 am

Svetlana for the preamp and power tubes. Got a good deal so I grabbed 2 complete matched sets from the tubestore. I believe the 12ax7's on these are short plates. Heard they sound good though.
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Re: 12003 Merc's and NOS Iskra/Piher.

Post by Tone Slinger » Wed Jul 25, 2012 8:03 pm

Svets are great ! Very Brown when pushed. They are as FAR away from 6l6 as you can get. VERY European EL-34 sounding. Mollassis mids :thumbsup: . MUCH softer/warmer than 6l6 or EH 6ca7 .
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Re: 12003 Merc's and NOS Iskra/Piher.

Post by Tone Slinger » Thu Aug 16, 2012 11:51 pm

Hows it sounding ?
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Re: 12003 Merc's and NOS Iskra/Piher.

Post by vanhalen5150 » Fri Aug 17, 2012 12:43 pm

Tone Slinger wrote:Hows it sounding ?
Nowhere near done yet. Nice weather here. :lol:
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Re: 12003 Merc's and NOS Iskra/Piher.

Post by rgorke » Sat Aug 18, 2012 9:41 am

vanhalen5150 wrote:
Tone Slinger wrote:Hows it sounding ?
Nowhere near done yet. Nice weather here. :lol:
Sounds like the low 80's from the black tees...
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Re: 12003 Merc's and NOS Iskra/Piher.

Post by vanhalen5150 » Mon Aug 20, 2012 7:29 am

:thumbsup:
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Re: 12003 Merc's and NOS Iskra/Piher.

Post by Big Mike » Wed Oct 03, 2012 10:27 am

Done yet? Lookin forward to seeing it.
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