pix of Custom built guitar amps/cabs

[John Lyons]

What do you mean?! Those look great!
I dig the blue tolex, wouldn't think I would but after seeing it...nice!
Good work.

John

[theundeadelvis]

What do you mean?! Those look great!
I dig the blue tolex, wouldn't think I would but after seeing it...nice!
Good work.

John

Thanks so much John! It means a lot coming from you. In my opinion you make some of the classiest gear out there.

[JKowalski]

Miniature stack. ~20 watts, powered by a laptop SMPS.

I made it for a bench/practice amp. Also has a 1/8" jack for an iPod or w/e, so it doubles as a mini jukebox for my bench as well 

Simple preamp with a two band active EQ + mid boost switch, gain knob and master volume.

Recycled parts - heat sink, chip amps, and aluminum paneling from old receiver, wood from scrap, speakers from broken computer speakers... A couple misc parts from random salvages (ex. speaker prot. relay, crossover)

[John Lyons]

Chris
That looks really cool. Good job on that!

Ahren
Thanks for the compliment. 
But yeah, those amps look great...

[theundeadelvis]

The innards of a build I just finished. It fired right up, first try. That so rarely happens. Man does it sound sweet! 

[kurtlives]

Looks like a Lighting/DC-15...Matchless thing, ya?

Nice

[theundeadelvis]

Looks like a Lighting/DC-15...Matchless thing, ya?

Nice

It's actually the EF86 side of DC-30 downsized to 15 watts (so pretty similar to the Lightning). Man it sounds awesome.

[kurtlives]

Cool,

I just built a 15W DC-30. That EF86 channel is a killer.

[theundeadelvis]

It is killer! I absolutely love it. Hope to get some video recorded of it soon.

[Top Top]

Here's one I just finished. Little 386 amp with 5" speaker.

[theundeadelvis]

Got it in a cabinet yesterday:

[John Lyons]

Blonde on blonde!
Nice.

[Top Top]

Miniature stack. ~20 watts, powered by a laptop SMPS.

I made it for a bench/practice amp. Also has a 1/8" jack for an iPod or w/e, so it doubles as a mini jukebox for my bench as well 

Simple preamp with a two band active EQ + mid boost switch, gain knob and master volume.

Recycled parts - heat sink, chip amps, and aluminum paneling from old receiver, wood from scrap, speakers from broken computer speakers... A couple misc parts from random salvages (ex. speaker prot. relay, crossover)

That's great. I've made a couple amps from salvaged amp chips or even whole circuits modified a little.

What chips are in there, and how many?

[rmgFX]

My 2x12" custom cab:

[tubelectron]

Hi Lefty Man rmgFX - I am Lefty Man too :

Cheers !

[deadastronaut]

Hi Lefty Man rmgFX - I am Lefty Man too :

Cheers !

ME TOO...wow lots of lefties...nice guitar , love the colours/colors.... .

[JKowalski]

That's great. I've made a couple amps from salvaged amp chips or even whole circuits modified a little.
What chips are in there, and how many?

Two UPC1238's in a bridged configuration that are going to be replaced for more power/efficiency, they were pretty much placeholders since the beginning.

[Taylor]

Chris, could we see a gut shot of your amp? I have a SS amp project I shelved a while back, but would like to pick it up again now that I sold my tube amp. So I'm interested in seeing the inside of yours if possible.

[kurtlives]

Haven't built a pedal in ages, hope you don't mind an amp.

A mix of a DC-30 and a Trainwreck Rocket, and of course some of my own mods. 15W though, two EL84, four 12AX7, one EF86.








And the cab, a very compact amp. The reverb tank barely fit, you can see how tight it is around the OT. It fit by mili meters.








Cab is a pine 112, Tone Tubby AlNiCo.

[jkokura]

Good stuff. Trinity kit right?

Jacob