Why buy and build amp kid which is very expensive?

[Boxbie]

Sorry:
I just quoted what you said.
I understand that you don't want to drag a relic around, I wouldn't either.
Read your own Post again, It Probably didn't come out right.
We can't guess what Your thinking, just what you say!
I'm not Picking on you!
BTW, Welcome to the Forum!
B_T

No worries. I certainly wouldn't promote anything I made to relic status!
And I love an old marshall clean, soundies just alsways tell me to turn down, which has led me to tweedland.

Thanks for the welcome! : )
I will be relying on your collective wisdom for builds to come!

[mooreamps]

I have been thinking about getting a Fender vintage amp as a platform. Then I look at the kids from Mojo, Circa? etc. They are not cheap!!!! Why spend so much money to build an amp that I don't think the resale value can compare to the true vintage amp later when you want to sell it.

So the question, is a good amp kid better sounding than the vintage amp it emulates? From one member Twin here, he said it sound better and it sure looked pretty.

I would.... Those amp kits give you all the parts you need..... Sourcing parts yourself can be a real pain....so, building up an amp from a kit is probably a lot cheaper, in the long run... You want to tool up to do a full scratch build yourself ? Do the math, and let these guys do all the hard work for you.......

-g

[big_teee]

You can actually save some money doing a scratch build!
But, Is it worth all the Aggravation?
T

[diagrammatiks]

if your looking to build an amp because you really want a hard to find or expensive vintage amp and think it'll be cheaper to build one...

you should probably just buy the vintage amp you want.

[Enzo]

You can always find an old Bogen or similar for little or nothing and rewire it to your taste. That is about the cheapest way.

[StarGeezers]

I build P2P tube guitar amps from scratch all the time ,and it’s great FUN , if you enjoy electronics, which is why I assume we’re all here anyway... Sourcing your own parts allows you to choose the parts You want ... All in how you choose to amuse yourself ...

[olddawg]

Or.... You can get an Egnator or Jet City amp for under $300 no tax and free shipping and go straight to the gig.

[SpareRibs]

Buy as opposed to build

Or.... You can get an Egnator or Jet City amp for under $300 no tax and free shipping and go straight to the gig.

Hello,
Don't forget CRATE, in the same price range. Maybe a little more dependable to!!!!!!!!

[Joe L]

I've never owned a Fender combo so I built a Deluxe Reverb using Weber's chassis and sourced parts myself. I didn't like the Weber chassis but it sounded so good I later built a VibroVerb using Marsh Amps' chassis which is true to the original. For the VV I used the old blue molded cap pulls from a couple of Bassmans that I have. The output tranny used was a Heyboer 100 watt Twin with multiple output taps. I simply relabeled the 4 and 8 ohm taps to 8 and 16 since I was only using two 6L6s.

Since I do woodworking I also made the cabinet and covered it. Since I had most of the parts, it oly cost about $400. I don't have gut shots but it looks just like a BF Fender. The cleans are to die for!