Ok so i built this one successfully guys.
Although Greg has provided full info on BOM and also Errata updates and its fairly easy to follow his guide
I got stuck in some places and figured out the solution to these issues myself.
This is my first Drip build from scratch, and before this I have only built kits.
Points to Note:
1) Its compulsory;sary to make the changes to the Power Supply as updated in the documents by Greg, else 2 channels won't work and the power supply will start smoking.., after applying the changes,, everything worked perfectly
2) For the VU meters please note the VU is the connection in which i used an sma cable fro the main board and cut it up , so i could attach regular wires to connect to the VU signal part, If you connect sma to sma for VU between the main board and control board, the control board does not work the VU meter, there is some issue with that. So just directly hook up the SMA are on main board to the VU meter directly.
3) The VU meter lamp is lit up by the LAMP SMA connectors , what i did is that i connected LAMP from MAIn BOARd to LAMP on Front panel Control Boards and then soldered 2 cables at the IDC box area ( i did not use an IDC header box over there) .
I made a parallel connection from this LAMP connection to my POWER ON light, as both need 6.3V, it worked!!
4) In the (original SIMPSONS) VU meter the top 2 terminals are the LAMP power terminals and bottom ones are for gain reduction meter.
5) There Release times go from "FAST" (on left most position ) to SLOW (right most ) moving clockwise.
My Case manufacturer made a mistake labelled these opposite , so i had to modify the resistors on the control boards by changing their order from ascending to descending .
Here are some pics!








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