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OLC SLO Century kit

Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2016 10:38 pm
by NickS
I took a look at this for markleton. For anyone not looking at the other (OLC Shredmeister) thread, it turned out that a bunch of the caps supplied were ten times the value they should be.
In the absence of a metal box, cardboard will do..
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Trim pots adjusted to give around 4.5v on the drain (D) of the FET
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All those caps showing u22 instead of 223...
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Critical ones in the tone stack replaced by 223 to get bass control working
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I'm not sure about this design.
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The trim pots that adjust the drain current and voltage also affect the gain, so not that much like the Soldano valve amp it's meant to be based on.

Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2016 6:32 pm
by markleton
It's alive! It's aliiiiiiiive!

Cracking job Nick. Good to see I didn't completely botch it first time around... Looking forward to getting it into it's box and giving it a spin. I have no idea what it sounds like though.

Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2016 10:47 am
by NickS
Consigned to the loving care of Parcel Farce, fingers crossed...