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Permalink Reply by Tres Seaver on December 11, 2009 at 9:06pm

Check out
Roosterman's Hellfire Amp:

I'm pretty sure he modded the heater himself.

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Permalink Reply by Corey on December 11, 2009 at 10:16pm

I'm amazed by the creativity around here. That thing looks scary. Hellfire. Fantastic.

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Permalink Reply by Jerryrig240 on December 12, 2009 at 5:39am

That's what I'm talking about. Mine wont be as big, and as cool I am sure, but a amp that lights up none of the less. I am going to use a red car light of some sort I think....that way I can plug it in, turn it on and off when I want. So far that is my plan.

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Permalink Reply by Hip Bone Bellaire on December 12, 2009 at 12:14pm

Now that's Cool... get it... Cool... ha ha ha ... Nice!

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Permalink Reply by Diydc on December 12, 2009 at 12:27pm

I can send you some lighting gels if you need a certain colour.......

Jerryrig240 said:

That's what I'm talking about. Mine wont be as big, and as cool I am sure, but a amp that lights up none of the less. I am going to use a red car light of some sort I think....that way I can plug it in, turn it on and off when I want. So far that is my plan.

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Permalink Reply by Jerryrig240 on December 13, 2009 at 12:07am

Lighting gels? What is that? I am going for red...I was just going to use a light....Like I said, mine will not be this nice, kinda peicing' this one together.

Diydc said:

I can send you some lighting gels if you need a certain colour.......

Jerryrig240 said:

That's what I'm talking about. Mine wont be as big, and as cool I am sure, but a amp that lights up none of the less. I am going to use a red car light of some sort I think....that way I can plug it in, turn it on and off when I want. So far that is my plan.

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Permalink Reply by Roosterman on December 13, 2009 at 11:36pm

Hey man :o) Good to hear your going to do an amp.... not enough folk build cool amps these days! Iv not come across any factory built versions of what I did, but its pretty straight forward - mine is a Marshall 30W stuffed into a 1940s heater casing. There was a bit of an issue getting it to all fit in, but it turned out nice I think! I used 12V superbright LEDs designed for in / under / on cars which come on a handy sticky back strip. Make sure you wire it to the right side of the transformer though!! I wired mine into the switch, so it lights up when you flick the amp on. They wernt cheap, but its a hassle free way of doing it. Anything I can help ya with, drop me a line Good luck!

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Permalink Reply by Jerryrig240 on December 14, 2009 at 4:28am

Looks so flippin' awesome in the dark.....ahh...nice and toasty. I hope to get mine going soon. It's an old 25 made by stage reverb amp that has seen better days. I am beting it has a cracked cone, so if that is the case I might swap a speaker or two...right now I am kinda working on a cbg (yeah another one, but from a wooden choclate box) so one project at a time. I have my heater ligthly sanded to get rid of light rust, and now it is waiting on some holes drilled and some paint. I think I might drill the holes first before I paint, but I gotta get the amp apart first. So, as soon as I am semi close to being done, I will hope to have up pics. Thanks for your help.

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Permalink Reply by Roosterman on December 14, 2009 at 8:19am

No worries bro, Im look forward to seeing the finished kit! :o)

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