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[EBK]

You're never too old for Lego.



Came with a Princeton Reverb amp, which I haven't assembled yet.

Here's my old strat for scale:

[jimilee]

Nice, my 14 year old daughter and I love Lego.


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[cooder]

That's too funny....! Please post a photo of the amp then as well! Brilliant!

[pickdropper]

That's super cool, but it's going to be a pain to dial in the intonation.

[EBK]

Progress pic.

The level of detail in this kit is astounding.  I just finished the chassis. 



I removed a piece of the reverb tank cover so you can see there really is a spring in there.  There are power and output transformers just out of sight behind the three large tubes.  Also not visible, that baffle actually has a circular cutout for the speaker.

[EBK]

So many details are now hidden, but I know they are in there.

[jimilee]

That's crazy awesome man!

[gordo]

Oh that's just STOOPID!!  I love it!  Lego is going glass (tubes) now?  If the damn thing worked I'd pee my pants...

[cooder]

That is too cool for skool!!! Did you check voltages before firing up? 

[alanp]

... can we have some close up shots of those "valves"? And the transformers?

I'm impressed as hell with Lego. My brother finally (a few decades later) bought me a new Lego Castle set to replace the one I had as a kid that he lost half the pieces for.

[EBK]

... can we have some close up shots of those "valves"? And the transformers?

Sure!

Here's a shot from underneath:


And, here is a closeup of the two types of larger tubes:



I removed some of the tubes to give a better view of the transformers:


There's actually three transformers.  I didn't capture the smallest very well in my pics, so here is the illustration in the instructions:

[EBK]

I also want to show this detail, entirely hidden as soon as the control panel is attached:

Those gray humps are the potentiometer bodies.

[alanp]

One of the lego designers has to be a serious guitar DIY geek, no other explanation

[cooder]

One of the tubes is red plating, maybe the screen resistor is gone....? Maybe bad tube? 

Just kiddin' super stuff and yes one of the designers must be a vintage amp and guitar nerd. 10 outta 10.

[EBK]

My son built his own Lego kit that begged for another photo.