Hey everybody, hope all are well.
Just wondering if a C.B. Gitty 4 watt speaker can be installed upside down. The way I built my amp, it would be neater, wiring-wise, to install it upside down. I looked around here and elsewhere on the net and found
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While I was swapping out amp speakers I noticed the spade connectors that Fender uses are kind of loose at the speaker connections and the wire is a fairly small 18 gauge. Light bulb moment, on my Fender Mustang I V2, I de-soldered the wir
Read more…Here is my interest. I would like to go into GoodWill or any charity shop and pick up a cheap VCR, DVD player, boom box or the like and hack it and then relocate the parts it in a cigar box to make an amp. Any ideas of what to use or how? I'm a total
Read more…Zeppelin Design Labs has just released its popular Percolator 2W cigar box guitar tube amp in a combo with a Jensen C8R speaker. We sell it as either a DIY Kit or Ready-to-Play. Great for home use, coffeehouse gigs, recording, or even busking where a
Read more…Hi i have recently built an amp based on the lm 386 chip. I love the sound and I am super happy with the build. However I want to build another amp with a bit more punch and I would like to build in some effects too. like gain control or tremolo. etc
Read more…Trying to find the right amp in life can be tricky and a life time search.
I am after advise on what is the best smallish gigging amp.
So far this is what have learnt on the various experimental trials I have made,
for the right sounding amp. The p
Read more…Sometimes when something really important is on the tube (Buying Alaska or The Voice), my little darling appreciates a little more quiet. I guess that even if I'm in the garage the house gets a bit loud when I turn up my mighty $2.00 amplifier.
Furth
Read more…After my first cigar box guitar build, which was a lot of fun, I want to build a little cigar box amp. The problem is I am a newbie, and the schematics is pretty heavy stuff for me. So I wondered if you guys had some schematics to recommend, and mayb
Read more…I finally got one to work! I took the white & black wires straight from the cassette deck & plugged in! Sounds good at low volume & total feedback trash loud
Read more…Currently I have 2 amplifiers for sale on etsy www.etsy.com/shop/TheOldRadioShop
Just about 50 years of experience, I started repairing TVs and radios in 1963.
Build:
-amps
-preamps
-effects pedals (repair and build)
-Fender Amp Clones (the clas
Read more…Wondering the advantages and disadvantages.. I recently purchased a pre amp.. Same mode Gitty sells on his website. 7475R I think is the model. I have a CBG and two CBUkes and was thinking of installing into one or two of them. (if I purchase anothe
Read more…Probably like many folks here, I enjoy building stuff, but find my myself in the position of: well, how many cigar box amps do I really need for myself?
So naturally, the mind turns to thoughts of selling some of the stuff I build. Otherwise, I will
Read more…OK, I have a serious question this time :-)
I am building another cigar box AMPLIFIER, using a 2.5W Artec amp circuit, an Artec QDD2 Quadra Distortion Driver circuit (both from site sponsor C.B. Gitty), and possibly a 9v slapback delay circuit of som
I have just finished my first Cigar Box Amp from the kit on CB Gitty. I have previously built 2 CBGs, and I have also built effects pedals from kits on general guitar gadgets. I like my CB amp and am interested in adding to it or possibly building a
Read more…Hey all. I posted this same message at the IT GOES TO 11 group, but only got one reply, so I thought I might try the rest of you, too. I am a first timer trying to put together an amp using a CHAMP AMP kit. The instructions for wiring the kit are NO
Read more…So I've been into making little 9v amps built in to cigar boxes (with the lm386) and i've started to wonder about these pricey components that I'm getting at Radio Shack... What if...I could make them myself? http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/02
Read more…Hey All, Looking for really and I mean really simple mini-amp plans. I want to build an amp into the body of my next CBG using something like a 3" speaker. The more detail on exactly how to wire everything up the better. Thank you in advance Stefan
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