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TK imperial clone finished!!!

Discussion in 'Amp Central Station' started by bieworm, Oct 25, 2020.

  1. Oct 25, 2020 #1
    bieworm

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    Ding ding ding!!! I just finished my imperial clone and it sounds sooo beautiful!! Instant love. I changed the reverb to blackface type cuz I like to go full throttle with reverb and from the soundclips on YT I find the standard imperial reverb too polite.
    I did it in a 2x12 config with a G12H30 and a classic lead 80.
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  2. Oct 25, 2020 #2
    getbent

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    very cool! would love to play it!
     
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  3. Oct 25, 2020 #3
    deus56

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    Me likey!!!!! Me likey!!!!!!
     
  4. Oct 26, 2020 #4
    bieworm

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    Me too... oh yes!!!
    Very happy with the result
     
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  5. Oct 27, 2020 #5
    mgreene

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    How did you clone? Did you get a schematic somewhere - if you dont mind my asking. I am of the opinion that this is one of best sounding amps ever - the tweed channel seems more like what you would want a tweed amp to sound like.
     
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  6. Oct 27, 2020 #6
    Wally

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    Mrgreene, the schematic is available or at least it was at one time. I have a hard copy. Very impressive amp, imho. The OT will be one aspect that will not be cloned, I would think; and therefor the attenuator will not be the same as a TK amp’s attenuator. There are special windings in the secondary devoted to that operation in some way. Mark Bartel is an advanced EE, no doubt.
     
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    corliss1

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    Love Tone King amps. Looks great!
     
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  9. Oct 27, 2020 #9
    mgreene

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    Humm - didnt know about the secondary windings. As much as I dont need any more amps, I have always said if one showed up locally I would buy it.
     
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  10. Oct 29, 2020 #10
    bieworm

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    There is a schematic of the mk2 online. I found a few errors on it. But it works fine after adjusting those.
     

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  11. Oct 29, 2020 #11
    Wally

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    Bieworm, I have never had the opportunity to compare the schematic that was drawn to an actual circuit. What errors did you find? Did you mark up the schematic???
     
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  12. Oct 29, 2020 #12
    bieworm

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    2 things:

    1. The bass pot is reverse wired on the schematic for sure
    2. To avoid a lot of wires crossing the triodes of V1 should be swapped. Same for V2. That's due to my layout I guess. But if people are going to clone it I don't think they will follow the layout of tone king.. I can't imagine that people will copy that system
     
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  13. Oct 29, 2020 #13
    bieworm

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    About that bass pot.. it is so weird when a log pot is reverse wired. It's crazy how the taper deceives you. I first thought the pot was broken, until I compared imperial gut shots online with the schematic.
     
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