First Build - A Stereomour II

[mjhara]

Successfully completed my first tube amp - the Stereomour II, with stepped attenuator and DC voltage supply. A challenging build but a ton of fun, and it sounds amazing! Here are a few pics:
http://imgur.com/gallery/yWmOa

 

[Rocketman248]

Looks great!  Tell us more about the base.

 

[Paul Birkeland]

Yeah, what took longer: building the amp, or building the base?

 

[Doc B]

Lovely!

 

[m@tty]

That is really nice...
Love the case..

 

[mjhara]

There's a lumberyard near my house that sells what they call "special" walnut at a discount - meaning there's usually some checks and knots and such. I always love raiding this pile because, despite their defects, you get some really amazing parts of the tree that have some incredible figure and voids. I found this board with a huge schism in the middle, and cut a couple of brass dovetail keys with a jigsaw and some files, routed them in, then handcut the dovetails and put them on some speaker spikes. I like the combination of the black brass and walnut, it seems to give them a retro but modern feel.

 

[QueenBottlehead]

Stunning!

 

[mannye]

That crack looks eerily similar to the crack in Doctor Who! 

 

[2wo]

You could have saved all of that fiddlely brass work and just slapped some Bondo in there 

A work of art...John

 

[Dnorris]

Very creative base, nice work. The dark wood is a nice contrast with the cream chicken heads.