I am also rereading Perdido Street Station by China Mieville for inspiration, as well as a series by Ballantine and Morris. Steampunk is more brass gears and pressure gauges and there will be working gears involved in the build. I am also applying a coat of wax to the finished cabinet, it looks a little better in person. I will get it figured out but it will be time consuming. I was a little concerned about the wiring on the two single gang pots I am using but they are correct. It's been a good month since I built one of these but I thought I could build one from memory. I recommend the 5998 tube over all the other output tubes, and then picking the input tube based on your preferences. In this build, I found the treble could range from more laid back to more snappy depending on tubes. My memory is not as good as it once was, time to get the instructions out lol. The Crack maintains its warm sound regardless of tweaks and tube rolling. The transformer was changed on this model compared to the first one I put together. Right now I am knee deep in trying to get my second amp going and my modifications are correct but something is amiss. I may use them to control the lights in the VU meters down the road. I do have some blade switches but I began scaring people as I sent them on top of the amp. Perhaps being a gemini causes me to buy everything in twos so I still have options. Everything unplugs so I can pull the plates easily. As I mentioned in a recent post the brown cabinet came out a little dark for my liking and the patinated plates kind of blend with it so on my second cabinet I will use another finish and probably use shiny copper with this box. You are echoing my thoughts on the contrast. The Tung Sols seem to have deepened the bass a bit, one gives me fits, I have cleaned it a couple times but I do not always get good contact.
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