Deluxe Reverb style amp project

Rich Hlaves · Post by **Rich Hlaves** » 14 Jul 2011 2:43 pm

Bill,
I used the Mojo chassis. The main, cap and bias board as well as the faceplate are also Mojo.

Thanks for the complement. I try to keep it as tidy as possible.

Tim Marcus · Post by **Tim Marcus** » 14 Jul 2011 3:55 pm

Looks good Rich!

Careful with the soldering iron around those mallory caps - even a little ding will destroy them (learned this the hard way once!)

I prefer the orange drops to the mallory caps, especially in the PI but I use neither. I use Jupiter Condensers for everything.

Bill A. Moore · Post by **Bill A. Moore** » 15 Jul 2011 6:30 am

I have what is purported to be an earlier Deluxe Mojo chassis (used) that I have cleaned up for my next build, (AA964 Vibrolux), but it has the upper rear turned out, with a couple of holes in it. I was told to use a Mojo rear plate. Nice to know that they make them more like the originals now.

Chris Gilchrist · Post by **Chris Gilchrist** » 15 Jul 2011 8:10 am

Ken, this looks awesome. Can you comment on the difference (sound-wise) between the 225 and 716 series caps?

Ken Fox · Post by **Ken Fox** » 15 Jul 2011 9:39 am

They are a bit warmer to my ear. Brad Sarno turned us on to these. Supposedly made in the same factory as the old blue caps in the Silverface era amps.

Rich Hlaves · Post by **Rich Hlaves** » 15 Jul 2011 11:45 am

Tim et al,

Speaking of caps. I'm doing a DR right now for a customer. I built the main board last night (I used Orange Drops) and decieded to build the filter board before bed time.

I test all components before assembly and low and behold I found a bad 16/475 Sprague Atom! Dead shorted, zero capacitance. This is a brand new cap right out of the bag, no physical damage.

Man am I glad I test everything before it gets soldered in place. That could have been ugly.