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Here's my King Pimp (tm) 12SL7/12V6 octal Princeton built in a Squier 15 cab I trashpicked. I recovered it with red faux ostrich print leather from Tandy Leather in Austin. Features a backlit logo which was a color transparency until it fell out and I replaced it with a laser printout on copy paper.
Now, is that ghetto or what?
I used 12V tubes because I had an old Stancor transformer with a 12V filament line and I also had the tubes. All parts are scavenged.
For years I used an old 8" Jensen PM speaker that came out of a 1948 Hammond Solovox, patched up with Zig-Zags and rubber cement, but it died last month. Just put a nice vintage P8R in there and it sounds fabuloso.
I play it every day as my main practice amp. Built about 10 years ago and restored to service after a vacation.
I'm currently working on a Harvard and another 6SL7 Princeton but plan to make them a little more upscale, in regulation pine cabs and whatnot. Hopefully I can make them look as good as they sound this time!
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