Rogue Stereo Chorus Amp project

[Beo]

Just picked this amp up from Music123 via amazon, 60$, no tax and free shipping! List price is $300.





I'm thinking of gutting it, putting in a stereo Small Clone Chorus and running it two Ruby amps using a C-Cell battery pack. I've got a microverb I could put in for reverb, and maybe put an OD in for one of the channels. I should be able to reuse all the knob placements and labels.

Should of ordered two, so I can A/B them after I finish my DIY version.

Why build an amp chassis from scratch when you can get this for 60 bucks!

Travis

[Mark Hammer]

Looks like a resurrection of the Fender Sidekick 20 Chorus amp that I have.  With a pair of TDA2030 chips and a pair of 8" speakers, it's essentially a baby JC120 in its approach.  I.E., with the chorus on, one channel is clean/real-time, and the other has a varying delay.  Major difference between the Sidekick and the Rogue is that the Sidekick had a stereo effects loop, and provided a near-useless "presence" control instead of a tuneable midrange.  You can compare the Sidekick against your own here: http://music-electronics-forum.com/t29463/

A great price on the amp, though.  If you can hack  a loop into it, it provides a great test-bed for looking at stereo effects.

EDIT: And I guess one should assume it uses an MN3207 instead of a 3007 like the Sidekick did.

[Beo]

Looks like a resurrection of the Fender Sidekick 20 Chorus amp that I have.  With a pair of TDA2030 chips and a pair of 8" speakers, it's essentially a baby JC120 in its approach.  I.E., with the chorus on, one channel is clean/real-time, and the other has a varying delay.  Major difference between the Sidekick and the Rogue is that the Sidekick had a stereo effects loop, and provided a near-useless "presence" control instead of a tuneable midrange.  You can compare the Sidekick against your own here: http://music-electronics-forum.com/t29463/

A great price on the amp, though.  If you can hack  a loop into it, it provides a great test-bed for looking at stereo effects.

EDIT: And I guess one should assume it uses an MN3207 instead of a 3007 like the Sidekick did.

Would a stereo loop typically be a mono out and stereo in (each going to a separate amp/speaker path), or does it make sense to have two buffered SND jacks to put different looped effects on each path? (I guess an external splitter would do the same job)

I'll take a look at the guts when I get it to see what chips I recognize.

[Mark Hammer]

I think you've answered your own question, there.