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Okay, I'm getting an itchy trigger finger. Time to build a new amp or mod one that I have. Gotta start flirtin' with those dangerous electrons again...

18 watter all the way

While I would think an 18 watter would be cool (so I could offer to take it off your hands )

I think maybe a Trainwreck would suit you more ... bah waht do I know.

Actually I got a question about building for ya.

How much experience did you have when you built your first kit (the 5E3 Deluxe right?)

I'm think of seeing about city courses in basic circutry etc. Basically now that I got a job lined up I want to try this out (male genetics in my family results in a Nasty DIY impulse) probably starting out with a AX84 P1 to start off with an work my way up.

Just curious

One electronics class in college, 2 years worth of engineering school and a lot of formal education in mathematics (logic and analytical thinking).

So, basically, no experience at all.

Bruce's 5E3 kit is pretty straight forward. But, don't ask Curly that Saturday I was on the phone with him about 5 times.

The 18 watt Marshall clone gets my vote

What about a 50 watt head that runs clean great towards great crunch?Could be a great cross project with our Sultan of the Stomp box,(naturally I'm speaking of our own Mr.John quot;ModGodquot; Spina PS-It's on it's way to you this week John)


Originally Posted by Scott_FSo, basically, no experience at all.

Excellent ... Nah with my luck I think I'll try a city class and a few books on amateur electronics first.

Don't want to fry myself

18 watter w/ a tremolo circuit like in an old Magnatone.

Wreck!!!

At the last PRS Forum Event, I got to play a guy's 'Wreck clone and it was phenomenal. . .and that's when I thought my Soldano was the bee's knees. Now that I'm not into over-the-top gain, it would probably make me whip out my soldering iron.

is there a Trainwreck kit, or are you gonna do a full on DIY?

I vot wreck all the way...I have had the honer to play through one...it is simply an AMAZING AMP!

If no one buys my Blues Jr, I might be willing to offer it up as mod bait for either the 18w conversion or the Wreck conversion?

No option for 400W, 4 channel heads?

Well, Two Rock is selling a very very incomplete kit. Just a chassis, a head cab and two of their custom trannies from the model that is supposed to be their take on a Wreck.

Just gotta search out a layout and schematic. I'm not so good at reading schematics, but layouts are like putting a puzzle together for me. I've gotten pretty good at it.

That's what I'm gonna do on my current build project.....of course all builds/mods I'm doing are on my way to developing an amp for actual retail production..I'm gonna start by building a few classic amps (mostly Fender clones..Tweed Bassman, Brownface Princeton, Blackface Deluxe) plus a couple Marshall's for EL84's and EL34's (specifically the 18 watt marshall and the JTM-45) and put my own tonal spins on them..and see if I can make a go at starting an amp building company...

Just today I got through making out my parts list for my Tweed Bassman clone and I have a wholesale distribution deal through Electro Harmonix for most of the parts, sans capacitors and resistors...so it's only a matter of getting some money! of course, that's the hard part

I say Trainwreck, just out of curiosity.


Originally Posted by Scott_FOkay, I'm getting an itchy trigger finger. Time to build a new amp or mod one that I have. Gotta start flirtin' with those dangerous electrons again...

let me know when you want to build a 3 channel or greater high gain amp. :d ill cook something up .

germ

Scott, think quot;biggerquot;....go for something truly unique....

I'll make you a deal.. I'll post a schematic here for you and the other amp quot;guy'squot; here for the ultimate quot;singlequot; channel amp...(well, maybe not the quot;ultimatequot;, but quite a bit more versatile than most...)

..it's just components and wire, same as always!!... all you gotta do is buy the stuff and quot;connect the dotsquot;......this is nowhere near as hard as what most think!
...you game?

Jeff Seal

..doggone it Jeremy, no fair posting while I'm typing...

how's it going bro?

Jeff Seal

I have a good idea here Scott!

THIS is what you need to bulid:
A 18 watt or smaller amp with 6L6'es and some nice lower gain tubes in the preamp. Just plain and simple, beautiful sounding! Then, you bulid a really nice cabinet of walnut or maple, and tung oil it to absolute furnitureness! Put the amp in there and slap in some hifi midranges and tweeters! Finish it up with some really nice grille cloth and some aftershave to get the rigth quality smell

So, what do you think?
Cheers!
-Erlend

Building a Trainwreck would be the best thing an amp builder could imagine, but I guess it's just impossible...