Bletchley Belchfire 45 pic and clips

[fyrwyr]

I just gathered some great high quality pics of the Bletchley Belchfire 45 by the amp design expert Danny Russell (Naylor circuit designer and more).

This is his excellent take on the JTM 45 type platform.

Here is a link to some early sound clips:
http://protonezone.com/Download.html

Danny is a long time friend of mine and the main guy responsible for getting me into the amp "Racket" since building me my first 2 custom designed amps in the '90's that were of course really inspiring to play.

Here are the first pics, more to come:

He has asked me about re-designing the front of the amp based on our original design from the '90's, I will post pics of that when ready..

 

[littlejohn]

How is the original design pics coming along...still very interested in one of these amps if I can put the coin together soon, but I have not taken the time to call Mr. Russell yet. Weren't you gong to become a dealer at one point, or?

 

[fyrwyr]

I am not a dealer per se, just a rep of sorts, Danny is a good friend of mine so I try to help out when I can

No finished pics yet to share, but here is my original design Danny wants to base the Belchfire on, the control cavity opening is the shape he wants to use:

 

[littlejohn]

Thanks, nice Paul too..

 

[fyrwyr]

Thanks, nice Paul too..

That is a real '59 LP by the way once owned by The lovin' spoonful (hot child summer in the city...) now owned by Gordon Kennedy, nice playing and sounding LP for sure!

 

[fyrwyr]

I played some of his newer stuff, everything he makes is cool;>)

 

[fyrwyr]

A mock-up of the new look:

 

[big mike]

internally jumpered? Some folks like the y cord or linked approach.

Looks like a mojo chassis..I'd probably get rid of 'high treble' and change it to 'bright' if it were me...

Nice loking though.

 

[NamaEnsou]

A mock-up of the new look:

I'd like to see that in a combo version. Really nice look there, modern but classic at the same time.

As Big Mike already mentioned, the high treble should be re-labeled as bright.