Finally posted some pics of my Dragonfly

DougH · Post by **DougH** » 07 Sep 2011, 12:50

I finished the cabinet a few months ago.

Front

Corner

With my Cirrus

Schematic, gut shots, etc here.

Although I'm reasonably satisfied I probably won't be using wood stain for this sort of thing again.

Duckman · Post by **Duckman** » 07 Sep 2011, 13:23

Nice build! How it sounds?

DrNomis · Post by **DrNomis** » 07 Sep 2011, 13:25

DougH wrote:I finished the cabinet a few months ago.

Front

Corner

With my Cirrus

Schematic, gut shots, etc here.

Although I'm reasonably satisfied I probably won't be using wood stain for this sort of thing again.

Wow!...

Looks really cool....

atreidesheir · Post by **atreidesheir** » 07 Sep 2011, 13:26

Very nice. It looks like old world craftsmanship. My wife would probably allow this amp in the living room.
I enjoy the simple beauty of wood.
I am tempted to just spray a very light coat of clear lacquer on any guitar or furniture. Wood's natural elegance is hard to improve.

DougH · Post by **DougH** » 07 Sep 2011, 13:36

Duckman wrote:Nice build! How it sounds?

Thanks!

Sounds beautiful...

DougH · Post by **DougH** » 07 Sep 2011, 13:39

atreidesheir wrote:Very nice. It looks like old world craftsmanship. My wife would probably allow this amp in the living room.
I enjoy the simple beauty of wood.
I am tempted to just spray a very light coat of clear lacquer on any guitar or furniture. Wood's natural elegance is hard to improve.

Thanks. It's the same kind of wood as the "blonde" amp below it (aspen). I used some stain on it to get it darker. Probably won't do that again, glue in the joints etc shows up in sharp contrast and so forth. Next time I want a darker cabinet I'll probably just use a different type of wood and finish it natural.

Thanks for the comments everyone.

Greg · Post by **Greg** » 07 Sep 2011, 13:43

That looks great Doug..
I have to repeat what atreidesheir said.. it has a cool, old world look to it.

DrNomis · Post by **DrNomis** » 07 Sep 2011, 13:46

Greg wrote:That looks great Doug..
I have to repeat what atreidesheir said.. it has a cool, old world look to it.

I agree, I really like the retro-ness of it, like it was made in the 1930's or something.....very cool....

Duckman · Post by **Duckman** » 08 Sep 2011, 03:27

DougH wrote:
Duckman wrote:Nice build! How it sounds?
Thanks!

Sounds beautiful...

Great! Any sound clip?

DougH · Post by **DougH** » 12 Sep 2011, 19:27

Here's a couple old sound clips from when it had a slightly different tone stack. Sounds fairly similar now:

http://www.aronnelson.com/gallery/main. ... x.mp3.html

This one is with my Phase 90 too:

http://www.aronnelson.com/gallery/main. ... 0.mp3.html

Duckman · Post by **Duckman** » 13 Sep 2011, 01:01

I like your sound. Good job

DougH · Post by **DougH** » 13 Sep 2011, 11:27

Thx

DrNomis · Post by **DrNomis** » 13 Sep 2011, 11:37

It's got that Marshall/Vox AC30 crunch sound, kind of a bit like what Brian May gets, nice....

mjones99 · Post by **mjones99** » 04 Oct 2011, 21:12

DougH wrote:I finished the cabinet a few months ago.

Front

Corner

With my Cirrus

Schematic, gut shots, etc here.

Although I'm reasonably satisfied I probably won't be using wood stain for this sort of thing again.

Wow Doug! sounds awesome! That could be a product to start a company on. I had been kicking around the idea of using an ECC99 in place of a 12AU7 in a trainwreck style lowatt amp, this cinches it! That tube sounds great!.