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I wouldn't get too excited about my metalwork mind - any bodgery will be covered up by plastic facing. The panel with all the masking tape on will be the front, but used to be the back. I'll have to drill extra holes for 3 pots, the input socket, and the pilot lamp. The old mains inlet cutout and two of the existing holes will be covered by facing.
If you have drilled it already, you could make it for a HT fuseholder.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I'm really looking forward to seeing how your build turns out - I bought a mains TX for the express that will do for the Liverpool/Rocket as well if I decide to change the amp. Suspect I might have some stability issues as I am using a steel chassis rather than Ali - but we will see.
The rocket clips I have come across sound great - really chimes cleans, and crunch.
Good luck with assembling.
Iv'e done quite a few amps both ways and never had any issues - but the Express circuit is reportedly such a high gain and temperamental beast that it might concevenably be an issue - I dont really know tbh....
I don't think the rocket will have as much of an issue anyway.
All the chassis holes are now drilled so I can start assembling hardware to the chassis. I had to add a pair of mounting holes for each valve, which took some careful trigonometry. If I get as far as adding reverb then there will be a couple more holes to drill, but I'm good for now. One alarming moment occurred when I was enlarging a hole to accommodate a strain relief grommet for the mains cable, and realised the grommets I had just received could fit through without touching the sides. On closer inspection I realised I had been sent the wrong size.
In my donor cabinet, the speaker and its baffle are both secured by T-nuts. I had no speaker bolts, the existing baffle bolts were rusted to hell, and the T-nuts (black/rusted) were an unknown imperial size. I replaced them with M4 T-nuts (silver coloured in the phots) and re-fitted the baffle. More M4 bolts are incoming for the speaker itself.
Next job will be to drill and stake the turret board
great idea - built in smoke machine ... very spinal T ... :-)
In related news I scored a Creamback Neo to use with this amp - should be a decent match, and the reduced weight will offset the addition of 952g of choke!