Tim Parnin Build (featured in The Tonequest Report)
Tim Parnin’s Custom Build The Back Story Client and ace guitar player Tim Parnin of Falling Stars and Sweet Apple bands, the Guitar Riot guitar shop in Cleveland and The
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“Stereolith”
a 40 WPC hi-fi amp flat from 5Hz to 133kHz using the finest materials and inspired by GWAR, certain architecture, Alice Glass, Walter De Maria, and studs’n’spikes (link)
“tricky”
this super-trick versatile 40 watt guitar amp circuit was developed over the course of 2 years of gigging, rehearsal, and refinement. Large plate 6SL7 preamp tubes and 6550s in
“some odd rubies”
…an amplifier/speaker cabinet combination designed for use with an I-Pod or portable audio player, which docks onto the top panel. The eight full-range speakers, two on
“sweet decay”
a smooth 18 watts, designed around the new Tung-Sol 5881 and 6SL7 reissues engineered by my friend jc morrison for New Sensor Corp. the classic operating
“fate & luck”
This 25/50 watt per channel dual monoblock design hi-fi amplifier, housed in handmade aluminum cylinders, begins where the pioneering work of Junji Kimura of 47 Labs ends. Designed with power
“duality”
a dual mono 300b hi-fi amp with headphone outputs optimised for Sennheiser 600 and Grado SRS series headphones two of everything from the power cables forward this
“Hipper Than Thou”
handmade copper foil-in-oil coupling capacitors tantalum signal path resistors solid fine 99.99% pure silver wire Black Gate electrolytics metal finish engine-turned by hand cabinet tweed
“grand champion”
(delivery letter to the client follows): Hi Victor! I am super happy to deliver you this amp! I just want to say a word or two or
“power trip”
push-pull 300b integrated amplifier w/ configurable mounting system isolated and decoupled with Sorbothane mounts 30 watts rms per channel solid fine silver and Teflon point to point wiring separate power