Mojotone 5e3 Tweed Deluxe amp head build

[ragamuffin]

I've wanted to try my hand at building an amp kit for a long time, and I finally built the bullet! I ordered a Mojotone 5e3 Tweed Deluxe kit, and I'll be building a headshell for it. Today I populated/soldered the turret board, except for a missing 100k resistor... I'll have to wait for Mojotone to send me another. In the mean time I'll be working on the headshell, which I'm building out of pine.

 

[ragamuffin]

Today I mostly finished constructing the headshell. I'll finish that up tomorrow and start applying stain and finish to it.

 

[4406Pack]

Today I mostly finished constructing the headshell. I'll finish that up tomorrow and start applying stain and finish to it.

More pics!

 

[ragamuffin]

Almost finished with the box, just needs some rounding over of the edges! I'll be staining the pine with the tea concentrate that I used on my jazzcaster.

 

[bagman67]

tidy work!

 

[Spud]

Almost finished with the box, just needs some rounding over of the edges! I'll be staining the pine with the tea concentrate that I used on my jazzcaster.

Very nice precision!

 

[Spud]

You know what sounds great with a tweed style amp?......................Weber Alnico Blue Dog. IMO

 

[ragamuffin]

Thanks guys!

I plan on plugging it into a 2x12 cab that I built with Celestion Alnico Creams

 

[Spud]

Thanks guys!

I plan on plugging it into a 2x12 cab that I built with Celestion Alnico Creams

Well I SUPPOSE those will do!

 

[ragamuffin]

Rounded over the headshell and applied three coats of tea stain

 

[Spud]

Rounded over the headshell and applied three coats of tea stain

Hey lets clean that brush there! What are ya made out of money!?

 

[ragamuffin]

Amp spaghetti

 

[mayfly]

Nice one on the box!

 

[4406Pack]

I want to see like your 2x12 cab with creambacks!
Looking awesome i don't think i have the skill for such an intricate Project
Awesome job so far!

 

[ragamuffin]

Thanks guys!

IT LIVES!!! I finished wiring it up today, tested the voltages and everything checked out, so I plugged in and it's working! I'm super pleased, I was kind of worried that I wouldn't... but it did!

Now I just need to finish up on the headshell and I can rock it out!

 

[4406Pack]

Congrats! Hefty project forsure

 

[ragamuffin]

All boxed up!

I ran into a slight issue; the transformer was bigger than I planned for and it wouldn't fit. Luckily all it took was a little drill n chisel to make enough room.

And of course I couldn't have done it without my lovely assistant Mittens!

This amp is rock n roll machine! The "volume" knobs function more like "dirt" knobs and it goes from clean to mean and fuzzy!

 

[Spud]

Very nice build! Hello to mittens

 

[Spud]

Leroy the grumpy 18 year old Burmese says hello to mittens from his electric blanket. (I really like your new amp build, but Leroy says he dislikes it quite a lot).

 

[stratamania]

@ragamuffin congratulations on your amp build.
Just curious, did you use a wipe on poly or something over the natural tea stain?