Kit Assembly Gallery

[jgarr4714]

Love that black finished Crack.  Woodworking has been my main hobby for years and I have had good luck at ebonizing oak and ash with a simple process. Obtain some black dye from a woodworker’s store, a water or alcohol base dye works equally well, but may have to re-sand if the water base raises the grain.  Apply 2-4 coats of dye, let it set for at least a day then apply a standard black stain (like Minwax ebony).  As a finish coat rub in some Tried & True varnish oil, the more coats you add the glossier it gets.  Adding the standard black stain helps pop the grain and give it an ebony like appearance.

Jim G.

 

[Paul Birkeland]

Here is a Kaiju I built for personal use.

 

[Deke609]

Now that's a fine looking amp. I like the combo of black metal with deep brown wood sides.

Very nice, Derek

 

[Jameson]

Are those covers sitting over the regular transformers or are there custom parts i there? If it’s the former… where can we get those?

 

[Paul Birkeland]

Yes, they are covers that fit over the transformers.  No, they will not work on a stock Kaiju plate.

 

[Deluk]

Touch of the Quad II's there. Very smart.

 

[tsingle999]

A lot of nice builds Paul! you are busy!

 

[Paul Birkeland]

A lot of nice builds Paul! you are busy!

That's at least partially your fault!

 

[Paul Birkeland]

And a purple Crack.

 

[Doc B]

I didn't have much faith when I saw that purple heart lumber. I stand corrected, that looks really nice!

 

[Paul Birkeland]

Here is a green Stereomour II that I just completed for a customer.  It is setup with a 4 pin balanced headphone jack up front for driving power hungry headphones off the speaker outputs.  The customer opted for the DC filament upgrade to keep it super quiet, as well as the shunt regulated driver supply. 

 

[Deke609]

Very nice.  45 or 2A3 (or both)?  Either way, I think the purchaser will be very happy.

cheers, Derek

 

[Paul Birkeland]

It's built for 45s.  Both isn't an option on the S2.

 

[thebellowsfold]

Hello

  I have a S.E.X kit that I have 1/2 assembled that I need to get done.  I don't have a space to work on it anymore is this something you can help me out with?

 

[Paul Birkeland]

Yes, you can e-mail me at pb(at)bottlehead(dot)com and we can discuss this further.

 

[Paul Birkeland]

This is a Crack with a green vein top and walnut base I just finished.

 

[Tom-s]

@PB could you explain how you got the top finish / color done? It looks very cool!

 

[Paul Birkeland]

A powder coating gun and an oven!

For powders with any kind of metallic particles, the Harbor Freight gun is pretty decent.

 

[Tom-s]

I feared so. Out of my league for now! Looks to be worth a try on the next project. Truly inspiring builds PB.

 

[jtori]

All these builds look fabulous, Paul!  You're an engineer, artisan and artist!