I began designing my layout back in 2010

This is about as far as I got before getting caught up in other things

Two years later, I return to the project and finally finish designing the layout

Finally it's time to build. Preparing to drill turret boards

Drill guides taped to boards

Drilling turret holes

Installing turrets

Making progress

All turrets installed

Preamp board completed

Reverb section of main board done, working on power amp section

I love the symmetrical beauty of push-pull circuitry

Main board completed

Center-punching the chassis, preparing to drill it

Pilot holes drilled

Drilling holes for the tube sockets

All holes drilled

Using a spare drill plan to keep track of which holes have been drilled, and other notes

Gavin keeps me company and works on his own project

Preparing to cut the hole for the IEC power connector

All holes completed

Ready to begin installing components

Working on installing components

Wiring from the transformers etc is routed inside the chassis with rubber grommets

Heater wiring installed

Big 25W resistor installed on the output jacks to help protect the amp in case it's ever powered on without a speaker connected

Boards installed in the chassis

Transformers, choke, and rectifier and power tubes wired up

After a few days of tedious work, all wiring is done. Not pictured: 5 days of debugging to solve a hum issue that ended up being an ungrounded output jack

The completed amp

Building a quick-and-dirty plywood cabinet so I can gig with the amp while I work on the "real" cab

Cabinet completed and reverb tank mounted

The live setup: Cow Pi through Ampeg 2x12 for crunchy tones, Fender Hot Rod Deluxe for clean tones

Rear view of cab. Still gotta zip tie the RCA cable for the reverb tank

Current pedalboard arrangement. Homemade Sir Mix-a-lot pedal mixes my guitar and keyboard signals at the input, various homemade and commercial pedals in between, and the Boss Line Switcher switches between the two amps at the output

Now with a formal name