It would stand to assume that if you shield the inside of the wood cabinet arould the amp itself and ground it to the chassis it would work as a faraday cage and keep out unwanted signals
@@jeffreymoffitt4070 Yes you're absolutely correct and I realized that soon after making this video. I actually just finished building the cabinet a few weeks ago and my next video will be showing the build. It's common for amp manufacturers to put a metal plate on the bottom to cover the circuit, but I used copper tape like you mentioned.
@@jeffreymoffitt4070 I made a post with pics right now if you're interested in seeing how it came out ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxmpS2jczySvSJdQP68fMAcTBtXx1MGGW4
Yea looks like you're correct. I wasn't familiar with that one but I just looked it up and it seems extremely similar. They both use LND150 transistors.
The noise issue - i have not very ideal power setup at home.. so especially some solid state amps get really buzzy.. but my kld jcm25 is very very quiet.. it seems in my case it is more of a problem with guitars without shileding paint/foil rather than the amps themselves.
Yea unshielded guitars are pretty sensitive to noise. Standing in a different direction can usually help with that. As far as the amp goes, have you made an enclosure for yours or just leaving it with an open chassis? My amp isn't noisy but it can be prone to oscillations depending where I place it in my house.
@@PhazerTech I have made a standard-ish kind of enclosure ua-cam.com/video/Bh1ptxSbT9E/v-deo.htmlsi=RpdRY9YFpkHzbg1e ... I wonder if I shouldnt ground the aluminium front plate and also the mesh of the back side to faraday-cage it even more.. :) but imo the wooden chasis is fine.
@@jamesjohanson5675 Nice, so you built the box yourself? It looks cool, good job! And I think you should have the plate grounded for better shielding. By the way, my next video I'll be showing how to build your own battery powered amp in a pedal if you're interested.
Yea but they also put a metal plate inside for shielding which makes things more difficult to reproduce. But I did a little research and many DIY builders use aluminum foil, or even better copper tape, so that's what I plan to do when I finally get around to building it.
thank you :) I might have to get the loop kit now too :)
It would stand to assume that if you shield the inside of the wood cabinet arould the amp itself and ground it to the chassis it would work as a faraday cage and keep out unwanted signals
Copper tape works good for this
@@jeffreymoffitt4070 Yes you're absolutely correct and I realized that soon after making this video. I actually just finished building the cabinet a few weeks ago and my next video will be showing the build. It's common for amp manufacturers to put a metal plate on the bottom to cover the circuit, but I used copper tape like you mentioned.
@@jeffreymoffitt4070 I made a post with pics right now if you're interested in seeing how it came out ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxmpS2jczySvSJdQP68fMAcTBtXx1MGGW4
Is this a clone of the Metro zero loss loop? I have the Metro in one of my amps and it kicks ass.
Yea looks like you're correct. I wasn't familiar with that one but I just looked it up and it seems extremely similar. They both use LND150 transistors.
Interesting, I wouldn't mind doing this for my Bass tube amp.
I would have to do some research based on my amp.
It should definitely be possible! Yes you'll need to do some research to find the appropriate place to connect the loop's input and output wires.
The noise issue - i have not very ideal power setup at home.. so especially some solid state amps get really buzzy.. but my kld jcm25 is very very quiet.. it seems in my case it is more of a problem with guitars without shileding paint/foil rather than the amps themselves.
Yea unshielded guitars are pretty sensitive to noise. Standing in a different direction can usually help with that. As far as the amp goes, have you made an enclosure for yours or just leaving it with an open chassis? My amp isn't noisy but it can be prone to oscillations depending where I place it in my house.
@@PhazerTech I have made a standard-ish kind of enclosure ua-cam.com/video/Bh1ptxSbT9E/v-deo.htmlsi=RpdRY9YFpkHzbg1e ... I wonder if I shouldnt ground the aluminium front plate and also the mesh of the back side to faraday-cage it even more.. :) but imo the wooden chasis is fine.
@@jamesjohanson5675 Nice, so you built the box yourself? It looks cool, good job! And I think you should have the plate grounded for better shielding.
By the way, my next video I'll be showing how to build your own battery powered amp in a pedal if you're interested.
Marshall has been using wood heads since day one.
Yea but they also put a metal plate inside for shielding which makes things more difficult to reproduce. But I did a little research and many DIY builders use aluminum foil, or even better copper tape, so that's what I plan to do when I finally get around to building it.
What's the voltage at your B+ connection?
I don't recall my exact voltage but I believe it should be around 300V.