nominee for ugliest amplifier in the world

so far the  MB1 amplifier (12ax7 & 6aq5) and the small speaker power output stage (6aq5) are built onto an ugly custom stripped out chassis. its chopped up  to  fit neatly into the lovely old skyqueen cabinet.  it sounds great even with it’s very temp/experimental control  wiring. just need to  drill and letter stamp up…

ferralgrapha results are in

alex got back just today. he is loving his system i reckon. p.s. The Ferralgrapha is bloody excellent mate! I’ve done two recordings so far and even been trying it out in live situations. It treats everything so beautifully! Been getting some really luscious sounds with it. When i have some mixed examples i’ll write…

one live ferralgrapha

the ferralgrapha has passed all the tests and has left the building.   wow. he  is awesome so so sweet sounding. the mic sound is fat .  clean and solid.  50/150/600 mic balanced input types make for very useable tone variations with any mic.   the special extra  amp stage gets very miles of gain for the…

ferralgrapha is building

ive drilled up the panel and letterstamped it. it’s been  bent   to fit the cabinet properly and is getting anodized as i type.  while it is soaking  .  i’ll finish and test  the tube chassis. 8 tubes . 6 signal transformers. my evolved prototype chassis sounds great – really open feeling microphone sound.   the tube…

new ekadekatron model

the ultimate & uber non portable 16 channel valve amplifier. after a fair while drilling every holey hole – it took only a day to final construct these 2 basic chassis skeletons. milled & cut & folded 2mm aluminium custom rack mount trays-  32 valve sockets – 16 tag strips – eight threesomes of hi…