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Re: Tube Distortion effect with real tubes??

12/10/1999 12:57 AM
Bill	Re: Tube Distortion effect with real tubes?? Transformer issues came up in a thread on open forum I think. Gil Ayan was building a rack space tube driven effects loop, 2 12ax7's. You can see some pictures somewhere around here: http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Pavilion/5176/ He pointed out that you can get a power transformer that provides 230Vct (series connected dual secondaries) that is only 7/8" high. It can be found on Mouser's catalogue page 259 under Flat Pack power transformers, $12. Before Gil pointed that out, I had toyed with the idea of using two 6.3V filament supplies to come up with a similar scheme, where one was connected reverse across the other.

12/10/1999 12:57 AM

Bill

Re: Tube Distortion effect with real tubes??

Transformer issues came up in a thread on open forum I think. Gil Ayan was building a rack space tube driven effects loop, 2 12ax7's. You can see some pictures somewhere around here:

http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Pavilion/5176/

He pointed out that you can get a power transformer that provides 230Vct (series connected dual secondaries) that is only 7/8" high. It can be found on Mouser's catalogue page 259 under Flat Pack power transformers, $12.

Before Gil pointed that out, I had toyed with the idea of using two 6.3V filament supplies to come up with a similar scheme, where one was connected reverse across the other.