Can you guys show me some photos of your amp builds?

[Meddon]

Here is my homebrew. It´s actually white, not yellow. Circuit is based on 50s Supro Supreme.

[StarGeezers]

Here’s one of mine ...

[Wombaticus]

There are so many great looking builds here, I hesitate to post, but here are a few of mine:

Wombat Mk. I:



Wombat Grail:



Wombat LA-2A:



Wombat EQP-1A:




You can see more gutshots and information on my blog.

[JoeM]

Very Nice!

[guitician]

I did my JTM45 clone back in 2004. The Super Lead clone I made from parts out of a Selmer TV100PA MKII in 2009.

[Ran Randle]

Great builds everyone, really like to see what others have created.

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Matchless lightning donor amp.

quick sound clip demo:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/54031990@N00/7949820872/

[bb5000]

My first build from 2010, the Weber AB200 kit. A bass amp with 6xKT88 or 6x6550.





The 2011 project, a Weber 6S100. This was not a kit, I used Dynaco transformers and built everything from scratch. 2xKT88's





This year I built a Hiwatt DR201 clone from scratch. 6xEL34 or 4xKT88





All amps have individual bias ajdustments pots for each tube and a built in volt meter for bias adjustment.

[Tom Phillips]

Nice work bb5000,
How did you do the lettering on the 2011 project Weber 6S100 panels?
Care to show any inside amp porn shots of you handiwork?
Cheers,
Tom

[JoeM]

My first build from 2010, the Weber AB200 kit. A bass amp with 6xKT88 or 6x6550.

All amps have individual bias ajdustments pots for each tube and a built in volt meter for bias adjustment.

Very,very nice!

[bb5000]

Nice work bb5000,
How did you do the lettering on the 2011 project Weber 6S100 panels?
Care to show any inside amp porn shots of you handiwork?
Cheers,
Tom

For the panels on the 6S100 I just used waterslide decals, black lettering on transparent decals (for laser printers) and 3-4 layers of clearcoat on top of that.

Some gutshots, here are some old ones from the AB200:






The 6S100:





The DR201:

[Ran Randle]

My first scratch built Plexi 50 bass/lead clone 86/87 circuit.

[nickb]

Wow Steve, You can even control the room temperature with this one:
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Love the vintage look.

[Steve Conner]

As a frugal Scotsman I find that 12W of heat from an EL84 is about right for keeping the frost off ma sporran.

I completed that amp by painting the faceplate gold, the speaker grill black, and changing the knobs.

[guitician]

Steve, what make/model speaker is in that NinjaCorvetteGold amp? It has an interesting looking cone and surround, like a full-range hi-fi speaker.

[Steve Conner]

It's an Eminence Beta 8, which is a full-range PA speaker right enough. Maplin had them on special, and I had one kicking around looking for a use. It sounded better than the Elac radio speaker that was originally in the amp.

You can read more about the project here.
scopeblog » Ninja Corvette Hybrid

[guitician]

Ah OK, I see the purple cone from behind and the label of course.... The new 8A's don't have the bigger paper dust cap, I wonder if it changed the sound any?

[Steve Conner]

I believe mine is an 8A. The dust cap is the same size as the end of the voice coil, hard to see how they could have made it smaller.

[guitician]

OK maybe I'm seeing things looking through the grill...the opening is for a 10" speaker and it made the dome seem bigger then 2". The speaker is rated for 225 watts!!

[kleuck]

So many beauties i'm ashamed with my tiny toy, but it's fun and i like it. It's a single ECL82/6BM8 amp.

[Bluefinger]

Here's a 5E3 based amp with switchable fixed/kathode bias, modified voicing and a couple of other things:









and this is a groud up 1x12" + 2x8" 2x6L6 harp amp

[Tom Phillips]

Nice work Bluefinger.
Your two tone tolex covering design is very attractive.
Cheers,
Tom

[JDJ]

Cool thread! Here's one of mine:





And here's the build thread if you're interested: I'm gonna build a 6G3 Deluxe! From scratch! - The Gear Page

[Ran Randle]

Matchless Lightning clone Hammond organ amp conversion.

[Zephyr]

My first attempt was a 5E3 with Triode Electronics parts.
Brother-In-law had access to a CNC punch press and fabricated the chassis.
Red oak was left over from a home remodeling project.
Learned as much about cab building as I did amp building. I now know what not to do.
I use the Vintage AC adapter (thanks R.G.) from the GEOFEX site to tame
the high B+ and heater voltages due to the Triode Electronics transformers.
Have parts to do the mods but it's a lotta fun as is.

[Diablo]

This one's a Weber Tore-Vibe, standalone reverb unit with bias tremolo. Only a little tweak to the original schematic.

[guitician]

Nice looking amp Zephyr, but I would cover the open part of the chassis with a piece of sheet metal. There are dangerous voltages that are exposed. You never know when something unexpected may happen.

[bob p]

I think that one of the greatest visual designs I've ever seen had to be Baxtercat's "Jetsons TV" amp. Here it is:




A perfect mate for this amp would be a Pagelli guitar.