pix of Custom built guitar amps/cabs

[musiclikscreams]

these things are BEAUTIFUL!  i would really love to make a simple 5w tube combo.  Where do you guys start?

[geertjacobs]

http://www.ax84.com is a good start.

[igerup]

Well, here's mine. It's a Deluxe Reverb clone, as some can probably figure out.











The speaker cabinet is custom made by Tube-Town. The amp cabinet was a wooden crate/box for pot plants.  

[DougH]

DIY "Suitcase Leslie", from a few years ago:

[DougH]

This one was quick & dirty. Just did the "fancy" wood finish on the front panel this time.

Octal Special:

[haveyouseenhim]

DIY "Suitcase Leslie", from a few years ago:

Great!      now I have to build one.     damn you!

[seedlings]

these things are BEAUTIFUL!  i would really love to make a simple 5w tube combo.  Where do you guys start?

www.sewatt.com

Have you looked at the schematic of, say, a Fender Champ?  Look it over.  Fortunately it doesn't take a rocket surgeon.


CHAD

[G. Hoffman]

DIY "Suitcase Leslie", from a few years ago:

Great!      now I have to build one.     damn you!

You can get rotors off of eBay which have been salvaged from old home console organs, which appears to be what Doug did.  Making the rotor yourself is just too difficult (I tried - it wasn't happening). 


Gabriel

[G. Hoffman]

DIY "Suitcase Leslie", from a few years ago:

Is that a two sipped motor stack I see there?


Gabriel

[DougH]

Is that a two sipped motor stack I see there?


Gabriel

"sipped"?

It has two motors, one for each speed. The speed switch just switches power from one motor to the other. There is also a relay that "engages" the roller for the slow motor when it is switched on. The other switch cuts the power to that switch to turn it off. Couldn't be more simple.

[DougH]

DIY "Suitcase Leslie", from a few years ago:

Great!      now I have to build one.     damn you!

You can get rotors off of eBay which have been salvaged from old home console organs, which appears to be what Doug did.  Making the rotor yourself is just too difficult (I tried - it wasn't happening). 


Gabriel

There's a local guy who refurbishes organs and sells them on CL. He gets these rotors out of home console organs and sells them too. He also offers to build them into a cabinet for guitar, but it's pretty lo-fi and expensive. I got this rotor/speaker from him for $40. Speaker baffle, back and 3 of the sides were existing. I made a 4th side (bottom) and front out of plywood, drilled holes for the ports and added veneer and trim. Got the control box, the two switches and cable surplus.  This is an 8" speaker and I don't know what the wattage rating on it is but I use a 10W amp and it works pretty well. A year or so ago he had a 40W 10" speaker unit available and I was tempted but didn't have time to get into it.

[G. Hoffman]

"sipped"?

Speed.  Damned auto correct.


Gabriel

[Galego]

[snarblinge]

Nice one

[deadastronaut]

+1 , should be in the metropolis film...nice,

[bluebunny]

Yeah, very neat.  What is it?

[Galego]

Yeah, very neat.  What is it?

It's a Tiny Terror. I'll post some gut pics later.

[tca]

^ Muito giro! Very nice!

[Galego]

^ Muito giro! Very nice!

Obrigado!

[Galego]