Mail Call Ruby Amp

[gül]

The LM386-based 9v amp circuit bug has bitten me HARD! I built the Noisy Cricket and the RunOffGroove.com Ruby. Definitely preferred the sound of the Ruby, so I built a few.

I built this Ruby into a Smith-Corona Mail Call enclosure. It's made of Bakelite and it's really cool-looking. I was able to re-purpose most of the existing hardware, including the Pioneer 'lil speaker inside (of course it has an out jack for plugging into a real speaker as well) and the inset potentiometer wheel. I used cloth-covered wire & some Russian paper-in-oil capacitors for the Ruby circuit, just for fun. Lastly, I added a simple Rub-A-Dub reverb just because I personally like built-in reverb on my amps. I didn't bother with a battery snap cuz I figured the Reverb would drain it pretty quickly. I don't use batteries anyway. This is perfect for city apartment rocking. 

[matmosphere]

That's awesome! Nice idea using old enclosures. 

[gül]

Thanks 

I'm always scouring thrift stores for cool-looking enclosures... and mojo parts. One day I hope to find me a SAD1024 for my lonely Electric Mistress build. You wouldn't believe some of the stuff I find. I have found MN chips, stashes of obsolete germanium transistors and diodes, etc... For me, it's so much more fun to build things out of salvaged parts.

[selfdestroyer]

This is so awesome!

[gül]

Thanks, Cody!

[Lubdar]

That is pure greatness!! Excellent and very stylish looking re-purposing going on in here

[jimilee]

That pretty sweet all the way around


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[Leevibe]

Dang that's cool. I need to get out to be goodwill soon. You've just inspired me.

[gül]

Dang that's cool. I need to get out to be goodwill soon. You've just inspired me.

Do it! There are untold treasures everywhere. One time I came up on someone's entire workbench contents at my local thrift store. I gots scads of germanium transistors, diodes, and enough silver mica caps to last me two lifetimes. All for $10! And the cashier felt bad even charging me that much "but it's in this nice case"... Yep, the parts came in a beautiful vintage storage case, too.