Solder, Solder, Solder

The last shipment of parts arrived today - not including a cab and speaker. Those will be ordered later.

I finished dry mounting the components onto the board then I double checked them and cut the wires that will run under the board.

Here is a good tip I read some place: When mounting the resistors and caps place the values up so you can read them. This helps when double checking prior to soldering.

I soldered all the components. I didn't follow the instructions in the book exactly. The book suggests soldering the board without the leads that will go the tubes and to vol pot and input jack. The book suggests wiring the components and adding them to the board later. I did just the opposite. I soldered the leads to the board then placed the board inside the chassis, mounted the vol, tone pots, input jack and switches and then cut my lead wires to length.

Tomorrow I'll do the same with the leads that go to the tubes. Right now it's late and I'm tired. Here are a couple of shots of the soldered board sitting inside the chassis.