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  • ce24 April 1, 2015 at 5:09pm
    http://www.beavisaudio.com/projects/ValveCaster/

    this is a nice unit too...


    ce24
  • ce24 April 1, 2015 at 3:56pm
    lol yeah ya gotta read up on cpacitors for sure....however I did a search on solid state guitar amp kits and there are some nice kits out there.....saw one for like 20 buks.

    cheers ce24
    • Scott aka Farmer Ted > ce24 April 1, 2015 at 4:22pm

      Indeed, those capacitors can drop you hard and permanent. Btw, the firefly 1 watt tube amp is a cool cat. Always wanted to do one. Currently restoring a 1947 Gibson BR6 tube amp.

  • ce24 April 1, 2015 at 11:54am
    http://audioartillery.com/projects/firefly_amp

    here is 1 w tube amp kit......fun stuff!

    also TDPRI.com has a chat room specifically foy diy amp building. it was really thru his site tha i came to CBGnation.

    cheers
    ce24
  • Cause the Blue rat March 31, 2015 at 11:26pm

    I'm with ya Ce24. Why not a guitar amp. A CBG is a Guitar. You will spend a bit more. But you may end up with enough watts to scream over. Doesn't have to be anything fancy. Then you can get stomp boxes to tailor it to your likings later. 

  • 3 String Blues March 31, 2015 at 8:42pm

    visit radio-guitar-amps.com .....there is lots of great possibilities for under 20 bucks!

  • ce24 March 31, 2015 at 8:30pm
    I get the home brew thing....I've built two Tube amps a Tweed Delux and Vibro Champ.and a clone of Fenders 6G15 reverb unit. There are lots of kits and schematics out there for small tube amps no biggr than a stomp box. The 5 w Vibrochamp will make a great CBG amp. but now I'll start looking at some 1 w tube amps.

    cheers ce24
  • David McQueen March 31, 2015 at 2:36pm
    Hey wayfinder, on the 15 watt jobby, what did you use for a power, supply, speaker etc? Did you build your own tone stack for it?

    It looks off the bat like a wonderful platform to start from.
  • ce24 March 31, 2015 at 10:49am
    why not us a guitar amp? I don't get the problem. SS guiar amps are cheap......but im new hee so wht do I know? lol
  • David McQueen February 17, 2015 at 8:52pm
    Check out the tda2008 amplifier chip. It can put out 7 watts or so. It,is designed for car radios and will run on 12 volts. I do not know how successful people have been using it for guitar amps. But... It does have the power capability on battery.

    You would probably have to work out a buffer for standard pickups or piezo pickups and perhaps and tone stack. A neat project if you ar so inclined. Done well, seven watts is a lot.
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