BmWr75
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Bottlehead customers learn patience. You are ordering from a small business, not Amazon.com.
Bottlehead customers learn patience. You are ordering from a small business, not Amazon.com.
None is required. The circuit is set, and the instructions are very complete, even walking you through voltage checks. A basic knowledge of soldering is all that is required.
BASIC knowledge of soldering, emphasized. As in: I've never soldered anything before, went to Home Depot, bought a soldering iron and solder, watched a 5 minute YouTube video on how to solder, then built the Crack amp in two evenings by myself.
No need for practice really... Just start off with the instruction manual that Doc & team has put together. Not too much can be damaged from overheating in the first few pages I believe, so there's your practice. Again, I reiterate, I've never soldered before; the Bottlehead Crack amp was my first time soldering ever, and I've since completed the Crack, installed a different potentiometer, speedball upgrade (well worth it), and new capacitors.
Thanks doc for the update!!
Can't wait to start on it, I think it would really be great if we could have a condensed FAQ thread about the crack amps.
Thanks for the information, I'm interested to know why you would replace the potentiometer and new capacitors? How long did the speedball upgrade take you?