Works!

I should have said Full Wave “Bridge” Rectifier in this post, sorry for the confusion. Anyway hooked it up, without tubes I am getting 495v on B+ with the Variac set to 105-110AC. When I go up to 115-120AC it is 505v or a bit higher. I’m a little worried this will be too high. Going to throw in some old crappy tubes see if the load brings it down. Wonder if I can throw in a resistor between C16 and C17? Thoughts?

I love my Soldano build, honestly love to play it more than my Dumble 102 build. I am running delay and trem pedals through the FX loop, amazing. It's going into a a Jenson Blackbird, that helps. It sounds exceptional. The Dumble is mind-blowingly flexible with unique and great sounds with every switch and knob. But they say the pub doesn't need to pour 10 different great IPAs, it just needs to have the one IPA you like. I like the Soldano. Mine uses Nichicon and Vishay caps, Hamond Transformers and the C3 chassis. I can run 6L6 or EL34 with the flip of a switch (50W only). Very much into the EL34s right now.

I read your post before wiring and still made the same mistake wiring the 22uf caps. Wrong hole. But luckily I traced the flow and corrected the mistake before turning the power on. Correct voltages on B+ nodes first time powering up. Thanks for the post. It gave me confidence I made the correct correction.

Massive transformers! I’m starting a 102 build next week. Chassis arrived today and parts arrive on Monday. I scored some NOS classic tone transformers bassman output, so I’m building a 50 watt. The power transformer is for a fender twin, also is massive. Best of luck.