After some time and many issues in my life not guitar related, I finally finished my first amp build. It started out as a Mojotone 5E3 deluxe build. I spent a few days back in November building it, then a few more days finding mistakes,etc and finally around Thanksgiving I was ready to try it out. At first it sounded very nice, quirky, just like I think the originals were. Then, as I was playing along, it blew up. I don't mean it started smoking or anything like that, it went of like a cherry bomb. Two of the filter capacitors exploded and part of one of them actually stuck in the wall. In a weird way it was kinda awesome.
When I took it apart it had many components that needed to be replaced, so I ordered some on Ebay and pirated some out of a few trashed stomp base I have, mostly resistors. Most of the values of the replacements are in the ball park. After repairs it did not sound right so I put it in the corner for a few weeks. I figured I had killed the thing. Today I decided to give it one more look over and I found another resistor that had been damaged. Fixed it and it sounds better than it ever did.
I still do not know what happened the first time to make it blow up, I have no idea. But now finally I have a working amp.
I put up two profiles tonight of the Normal Channel one is cranked more than the other. I think it sounds good if you are looking for that old school sound. Of all the profiles I have done this one responds the most to changes in the Amp Section for some reason. If you are looking for a Deluxe sound, download one and try it out. I used the Jensen C12Q speaker that came with the kit.
The profiles are under Hays Deluxe.
