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Bottlehead Kits => Legacy Kit Products => Smash => Topic started by: 1026mind on April 03, 2018, 08:43:11 AM

Title: New Smash project
Post by: 1026mind on April 03, 2018, 08:43:11 AM

I am starting a new project, please feel free to post your feed back!

Title: Re: New Smash project
Post by: faskenite on April 03, 2018, 10:00:09 AM

What are those tube sockets?  They don't look like they have solder lugs.  How do you solder pins like these?

Title: Re: New Smash project
Post by: 1026mind on April 03, 2018, 11:27:41 AM

They are Yamamoto Teflon sockets, you solder them just like the turrets!

Title: Re: New Smash project
Post by: Paul Birkeland on April 04, 2018, 04:18:17 AM

I've had nothing but problems with those teflon sockets, and have often had to remove them from builds that come in for repair.  They will be a bit easier to get out of the Smash at least.

Title: Re: New Smash project
Post by: faskenite on April 04, 2018, 08:28:01 AM

What is the problem with teflon?  The material, the construction, or those pins?

Title: Re: New Smash project
Post by: Paul Birkeland on April 04, 2018, 08:49:07 AM

In my experience, the pins end up getting flaky pretty quickly.

Title: Re: New Smash project
Post by: Leland Hankins on April 04, 2018, 02:12:16 PM

Paul are you talking about the Yamamoto Teflon sockets (bronze/silver/100% gold), or the cheaper Chinese sockets, with bronze/nickel/gold(33-50%) .  I have never had or heard of a problem with any Yamamoto sockets.  I have used quite a few of their Teflon sockets.

Title: Re: New Smash project
Post by: Paul Birkeland on April 04, 2018, 04:34:40 PM

My experiences were back before the Chinese sockets came around, or at least I hadn't figured out how to buy them yet.

I actually really like the Chinese 4 pin jumbo Teflon socket.

Title: Re: New Smash project
Post by: 1026mind on April 23, 2018, 10:28:47 AM

checking voltage and i have very low reading on A4 and A8 and B4 and B8, also led don't ligtt up!

Title: Re: New Smash project
Post by: Paul Birkeland on April 23, 2018, 11:39:22 AM

How about the rest of your voltages?

Title: Re: New Smash project
Post by: 1026mind on April 23, 2018, 01:11:59 PM

solved, the two outside socket where mounted 180 degree off!
sounds amazing!

Title: Re: New Smash project
Post by: BNAL on April 23, 2018, 05:44:08 PM

Any pictures of the finished preamp? I would really like to see the underside. Based on your initial pictures it is probably one of the cleanest builds I’ve seen.

Title: Re: New Smash project
Post by: 1026mind on April 24, 2018, 04:29:15 AM

Thank you!

Title: Re: New Smash project
Post by: StevePL on April 25, 2018, 06:42:45 AM

That is very tidy. Nice job.

Now I have an idea of what is possible when I build mine.

Title: Re: New Smash project
Post by: faskenite on April 25, 2018, 08:14:10 AM

I wouldn’t have been able to figure out how to solder those tube socket pins!

Title: Re: New Smash project
Post by: Paul Birkeland on April 25, 2018, 08:18:39 AM

Installing the Smash-up will prove to be interesting. 

Title: Re: New Smash project
Post by: 4krow on September 05, 2018, 05:20:39 PM

 I just have to add that there are those out there with a special/natural talent for making mundane wiring look like art. The curving of the wire is something that I will keep in mind on my next project. Thanks.