my Speedball adventure

[denti alligator]

So I got the Speedball kit from Jim R. for a song. Put it together yesterday and today.

How many times does everyone say to take it slow and re-read steps, etc, etc..? And I've done four or five kits!

Still: I put the heat sinks on the wrong side of the boards    Anyway, I had them all soldered in place and it was tough getting them off again. I had to unscrew the transistor first, then get the heat sink off, then work at the transistor. My solder wick wasn't so successful at getting all the solder so I ended up really giving those transistors a beating to get them out and re-attached to the heat sink. Anyway, finally the heat sinks are on the right side (don't tell me it wouldn't have mattered!).

I was convinced I'd broken the transistors. Plus, I was in a foul mood because of it, and still continued with the build. Never a good thing, right?

And with all the stories of difficult Speedball builds, mine checked out OK with voltage readings. I'm now listening to it and loving it!!

[Natural Sound]

Glad it all worked out in the end. I think it was P.B. That said most Speedball errors were due to improperly installed heat sinks. It usually had to do with the insulator arrangement though. I didn't have any issues when I built mine. I credit the well written documentation for that.

[drewh1]

I suspect the more kits we do the more likely to assume we know what we are doing