[corndog71]

I know the feeling. I ended up building 6 different versions of it!

 

[JohnnyCanuck]

My second tube preamp was a Bottlehead Foreplay 2 with dual mono volume controls. Not the best preamp but for the money and simplicity it was a fun kit.

Power switch at the back. Nice.


JC

 

[Paladin79]

@sam6550a is an EE I should make him a pretty cabinet, top plate and give him a bucket of parts just to see what he can come up with. Friends and I do this with wagers from $1k to $5k with specific goals in mind but this would be for fun, no money involved. A tube amp of course, with dual pots.

 

[macdonjh]

3) They couldn't have paid me enough to be RJ's 'fluffer'.


(Hopefully, not TMI.)

No, to the contrary: I'm curiously relieved to find out you don't have any regrets about the road not taken. Though the path your story took is enough to make me shiver.

 

[macdonjh]

Hell's kittens that is almost as bad as @bcowen moving from cardboard box to cardboard box. I believe he was raised by wolves, some think he is Romulus, others Remus, but I have no opinion either way.

Nah, Rome was built in seven days, using GE valves.

 

[macdonjh]

It had occurred to me but I seem to remember LK passing away earlier this year. That, and you don't have as many ex-wives. Or maybe you do. Dunno.

Perhaps AZ is the perfect place to hide from the Grim Reaper, ex-wives, and the IRS (once they discover you've hidden from, rather than succumbed to, the Grim Reaper).

Shhh...

 

[macdonjh]

Those I build for myself have separate left and right volume pots if that counts. They even have VU meters if I so desire. On one occasion I even messed around with magic eye tubes but that was just to win a bet. I self fund my audio habit. Some are ugly but I generally win the bets. I had to incorporate a blade switch on this one.

It should have been the mains switch... on the back. "Do you feel lucky? Well, do ya... punk?"

 

[adydula]

So we have maybe 2 amps with balance pots?
Would it be safe to say the vast majority of headphone amps do not have balance pots ???
Hmmm.
:>)

 

[OldRoadToad]

Power switch at the back. Nice.


JC

The Schiit ReachAround™®©, often copied, always admired...and desired.

ORT

 

[Paladin79]

It should have been the mains switch... on the back. "Do you feel lucky? Well, do ya... punk?"

It was not the mains switch lol, I used it to switch the magic eye tubes on and off but it was used.

 

[macdonjh]

The Schiit ReachAround™®©, often copied, always admired...and desired.

ORT

Oh, schiit! The lost fluffer has been found!

Oh, come on, every one of you was thinking it, I just wrote it down.

 

[tincanear]

Those I build for myself have separate left and right volume pots if that counts. They even have VU meters if I so desire. On one occasion I even messed around with magic eye tubes but that was just to win a bet. I self fund my audio habit. Some are ugly but I generally win the bets. I had to incorporate a blade switch on this one.

purdy. OTL push-pull?
(that "tarnish" on front panel could use a little clean-up . seriously though, that blue patina is very cool)

 

[RickB]

My only issue with Bottlehead is i glance at a kit and have a clear vision of what I would change so I am then in for a lot of work.

You could have a very lucrative side-gig building Cracks for people and customizing them.

 

[Paladin79]

You could have a very lucrative side-gig building Cracks for people and customizing them.

Lol, there are folks doing the standard build and selling them for $750, I would be paying a lot and using few parts from the kit. I am turning down $2,000 each for more lucrative builds so I can pursue other hobbies.

 

[Paladin79]

purdy. OTL push-pull?
(that "tarnish" on front panel could use a little clean-up, though . seriously though, that blue patina is very cool)

You are the second person I can think of on here who might turn some miscellaneous parts into an amp. You are correct that it is push-pull and class A. I did not keep that one I am running out of space.