Do you guys like looking at amp GUTS? Massive HQ Photo dump

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Bogner Fish preamp (not my picture)
 

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TotallyRadGuitars said:
Very nice. I've been doing this for my amp collection as well. It's a bit time consuming and I'm amazed how sweaty I get taking apart all of the amps for the photos lol. I didn't do the whole chassis in one shot though, that's a great idea. Instead I take multiple detail shots and usually two pictures side by side from the top. I use my trusty Nikon D800 from years past when I used to be a wedding photographer haha. I like the way you trimmed out the background to just put the amp on a white background. Mine all have my rug/carpet in the background.

Example. Mesa RA-100

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Yeah dude, that's sick. Real sharp. It's crazy how jam packed all the modern stuff is compared to the old. The whole background thing is easier to trim out for me since I'm using a big white box and using some high-key lighting tricks. I can magic wand most of the background out and lightly refine the edges. Although I'd really like to find some continuous lighting. Feels like my flash settings change drastically with every amp.
 
vultures said:
Yeah dude, that's sick. Real sharp. It's crazy how jam packed all the modern stuff is compared to the old. The whole background thing is easier to trim out for me since I'm using a big white box and using some high-key lighting tricks. I can magic wand most of the background out and lightly refine the edges. Although I'd really like to find some continuous lighting. Feels like my flash settings change drastically with every amp.
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I would love to take the time to set up a proper photo box and do a really good job on every amp but I just can't be arsed lol. I have about 60 amps to photo and write little blurbs about and since it's purely a "for fun" website it's hard to get super motivated compared to actually playing the amps.

It has been really cool to see what they all look like inside, and one of my favorite things is trying to find amps that have little "funny" things on the PCB tracing, like this little punk rocker dude taking a dump on the 12v rail, inside of my VHT Pittbull 45. This amp sounds pretty damn good, so that must be the tone secret:

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I also have the lighting issues, using eneloop batteries and my flashes are Yungnuo YN560's (similar to your Godox stuff). I start to notice them getting dimmer even though they are supposedly ready to fire at full power, so after I import the photos I have to "normalize" them so they are roughly the same brightness level to the viewer. It's what I get for using sub-$200 flashes, I guess there's a reason why the name brand high end flashes are $550+. Probably to get the most consistent results is to get a plug-into-the-wall strobe and put it in a giant softbox but I don't want to spend the money on more photo gear.

I do have some continuous lights that I use for video, but I don't think they are quite bright enough to shoot an amp like that indoors, at least if you want everything in focus AND at ISO100 or whatever you are comfortable with as far as noise.

Edit: Just spent some time going through your IICPlus website. Sorry to hear that it's going to shut down, that is an awesome resource. I meant the detail with the pictures of the real stuff... just incredible.
 
Awesome!
Those Mesa's are pretty busy looking!
That Framus and 800 have quite a bit of room in the chassis, kinda surprised.
 
Two gut pics I have are of the first two amps I built. A 5F2A and an 18 watt TMB.
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