The forehead of security-archibald

[Thewintersoldier]

First build report of the year. First tube build. Thanks to Brian for answering my questions when I had a mishap. Build was pretty straightforward but I had a cap blow on this after a few minutes of power while testing. It took the inductor with it in a puff of smoke. Brain said I could jumper but voltages we're off on the tube in spots. After narrowing it down to V++ I replaced another cap that went with the first one and all was good.
   So how does it sound? Very convincing tube like drive, dynamic tube like response hahaha. I will make a short demo clip later today, my daughter's friend spent the night last night and are hanging in my man cave/music room. Sounds pretty good with a negligible difference between 9v and 12v. Power full EQ or basic EQ. The buffer makes a huge difference, and the bias is fun the mess with. I like the range on the gain knob.
   This is a uv print and went with John Favreau's Happy Hogan. Such a great character and fits the Archibald/Jeeves pedigree great. Standard 12ax7 I had laying around worked great.  Here's to another year of awesome MBP projects!


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[jjjimi84]

Looks great! I cannot wait to hear it.

[Thewintersoldier]

Here's a quick and dirty clip. Tele into a clean deluxe reverb. Backed off the bias a little bit to simulate a little bit of rectifier sag. Breif moment of picking dynamics and volume knob roll off.

[gordo]

Excellent, that nails the sound of this thing!!

[harryklippton]

Daaaaaaaaaaaaamn that sounds good. I fucked up not ordering one

[alanp]

'Archibald' makes me think knitted vest, and corduroy trousers. Possibly adenoids, maybe not.

Bloody nice build, though!

[cooder]

Archi means business. Full stop.

Nice one indeed!

[Bio77]

Fantastic build and great report!  Sounds awesome 

[Thewintersoldier]

Thanks everyone. It's an awesome pedal. I took someone's suggestion to add some venting holes to prevent overheating especially the electrolytic caps. I don't know how much heat it would produce inside the enclosure and how much it will help but I did it anyways.