pix of Custom built guitar amps/cabs

[bluebunny]

Sweet.   

[SviS]

Micro combo

[bluebunny]

 

[vigilante397]

I'm always more embarrassed to post in this thread than any other But this was a build I've been working on for an embarrassingly long time. It's a Marshall 1974X that I got as basically a kit without instructions. I bought the cabinet, chassis, transformers, and pre-assembled board from a guy on eBay, but he didn't have a layout for wiring so I looked at a bunch of schematics and layouts and figured it out all by myself Unfortunately pre-assembled doesn't mean it's guaranteed to work right. But it fired up first try, and I was so excited at how good it sounded I didn't notice that my EL84's were red-plating until it was too late and one of them committed suicide. So I retraced it against the schematic and found that whoever built it made a couple boo-boos, and eventually got around to fixing it so we're at tube-friendly currents. And yes, I put the Marshall logo on there for the sake of my vanity 









I know the lead dress is terrible, I'm trying to get better The thing still runs pretty quiet though

[sdb guitars]

I bought a Hammond L102 organ with a frozen tonewheel assembly a few years ago for $10. Repurposed the power amp and one of the Rola/Celestion speakers into a Matchless Spitfire clone. Reused the speaker grille cloth, too. Cabinet is made of pine and control cutout is made of popular, both from Lowes.

[bluebunny]

OK, so we'll say no more about the lead dress (who am I to judge?), but this is a very nice build, Nathan. 

[tubelectron]

Oh-oh, the competition for the smallest standalone guitar tube amp now becomes harder... I can't resist to post again the pics of my Radio-Tone  !









@thomasha : What model of Jensen speaker did you use in your small Meter Amp ? Is it the new 6.5" AlNiCo P6V ?

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[thomasha]

Yep, it's the 6.5 Jensen P6V.

I wanted to go small, but still use a guitar speaker. The box could be smaller, but wouldn't fit the meter.

So far had no success in finding a smaller speaker that would sound good with tube amp crunch distortion.

[tubelectron]

Yep, it's the 6.5 Jensen P6V.

I wanted to go small, but still use a guitar speaker. The box could be smaller, but wouldn't fit the meter.

So far had no success in finding a smaller speaker that would sound good with tube amp crunch distortion.

OK, thanks thomasha.

Reading you, I think that I will use a P6V or C6V on my next (a bit less) compact release.

On my Radio-Tone, I used a 60s 5" or  5" 1/2 NOS AlNiCo automotive speaker from OakTron.

Here is the tone, using a Squier Std Strat and a touch of EH Cathedral reverb :

https://soundcloud.com/tubelectron/r05-0002-radiotone-squier-cathedral-bluesmp3

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[blackcorvo]

Somehow forgot my latest creation: a Transmission Line loaded active boom box style portable speaker:
(...)
 I used a PAM8610-based digital amp board, hacked it up a bit (flimsy jacks taken off board; added a battery cage etc) and made a flanged enclosure out of some sheet aluminum I had laying about.

Do you happen to have the plans for this cabinet? Also, how's the battery life with a 9v? I got a couple PAM8610's, thinking of making a powered cabinet for my Vox Amplug 2 AC30 using one of them, and something like your transmission line project might save me the need of using huge speakers for good bass response.

[thomasha]

Hi,
finished a small lunch box amp with the ECL86. Circuit is really simple, only one volume pot, working also as ON switch.

Outside the chassis>



and with everything inside>



This time with a proper PT!
Hope you like it!

[tubelectron]

Hi,
finished a small lunch box amp with the ECL86. Circuit is really simple, only one volume pot, working also as ON switch.

Fine thomasha  ! Funny and clever idea... Looks like if it was the Tin Metal version of my Radio-Tone (which also uses an ECL86/6GW8).

What are the dimensions of that metal box ?
Which speaker did you use ?
Is it possible to have a picture of the open box, just to see how you managed to enter all the stuff inside ?

Thanks !

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[diydave]

Firefly kinda amp, build from scratch. Ecc83 and a 12au7 push-pull in a 10'' combo.
8'' jenssen speaker

[vigilante397]

Super clean build, inside and out. Love that color combo too, very classy

[tubelectron]

Super clean build, inside and out. Love that color combo too, very classy

Sure ! I was in the same color scheme some times ago too :



@diydave : did you use "Ivory White" and "Surf Green" Tolex or other references ? Where did you bought them ?

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[edy_wheazel]

[tca]

Here's one class A mosfet with a car light bulb. The cab has a 5'' 1/4 speaker with a Kevlar cone.



Cheers.

[allesz]

A lot of beauties here.

tca you are an artist. Beside the amp and cab: looks like something from ikea with a name like... Kouvstokka mini  But you managed also to show the front and the back of the amp wiyh a single click. Poetry.

[tca]

Thanks, and like all good poetry, a coup de chance.

Cheers.

[thomasha]

tubelectron it only has 18.5x12.5x7 cm,
but there is still some space>


cheers