How about a list of decent kits available for building mini amps, or any decent amp kit. They are not that easy to find doing a google search.
Hi all. I'd like to build a 4 x 6" or 4 x 8" cabinet to drive with a Noisy Cricket amp. I have both types of speakers all matched up and ready for wiring and boxing. I'm going to maintain the 8 Ohm rating so my choices of wiring are... Parallel/Se
Read more…Hi I've just got a 1/2w Ruby amp , put it in a small cigarbox with a 3 1/2in speaker , what I want to do is add a output jack and a switch so I can use the internal speaker and have the option to use a bigger external speaker at the flick of a swi
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Here's my Ruby 1/2w in a small cigar box , vol and gain controls with in and out for a bigger speaker , internal speaker is a old 30w 16ohm rear speaker from a old hi-fi , very very loud for 1/2w amp ,
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Read more…Hey there gals & guys. I read an article recently concerning the dangers of voltage from capacitors in an amp discharging and electrocuting someone while they were trying to clean an amp's insides. I recently bought an amp that is a few years old an
Read more…I thought I had a few cassette's tucked away in a box somewhere, but I've moved 5 or 6 times since those days so I don't know if the tape recording part works, or if the mic works. Both the AM & the Fm work great, & as an amp I am quite happy with it
Read more…Can you offer some advice/plans/ideas for creating the guts of a guitar with a built-in battery powered amp and speaker? I have only a tiny bit of experience hacking radios into amps, but like the idea of a fully self contained electric CBG.
Any th
Read more…Anyone here done this and have any pointers? I figure there is a lot of unclaimed space under the neck of the guitar where an amp could be installed. The only question I have on this is whether I should put the speakers on the inside of the case or
Read more…Nearly everyone has a mobile phone which plugs into the wall to recharge. I'd like to put 1 or more mobile batteries into a take-anywhere combo amp; probably using the ruby circuit.
Any pros and cons? Any system for doing this commercially available
Read more…just to let you all know they have some £9.99 retro style radios in B&M's just waiting to be hacked into a practice amp.
Read more…I was interested in the magic eye valves after seeing a Logic 3 valve 80 ipod docking station. After an ebay and google search I was a bit put off as so far I have stuck with low voltage things and this valve needed a voltage around 250V to work.
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Read more…found this on the net, seem's like a good one for someone to start with tube's/valve's, no high DC voltage's,
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Read more…Hi everyone. i'm making my 3 CBG and wanted to add a volume and tone pot to it. while i understand the wiring, what to where, on the pot i bought i don't have any real casing to ground to. any help would be greatly apprecieated!
Read more…If I pointed my amp's speaker down so it's facing the carpet, and i then played some loud riffs on it, would that damage the speaker? I'm curious about what it would sound like.
Read more…If I pointed my amp's speaker down so it's facing the carpet, and i then played some loud riffs on it, would that damage the speaker? I'm curious about what it would sound like.
Read more…just bought this 10 watt amp, it's a bit loud for home use, so i need to quieten it down a bit, but still get that overdriven tube sound, read a few articles about light bulb attenuator's, just wondering if anyone has built one, and if it worked ok,
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I got an old B&O reciever with one chanel blown that i changed into a guitar amp, using the phono in works fine for my crappy home made pickups, but whenever someone with a real guitar comes by they only have one option:
Read more…Years ago i picked up a small electronic keyboard from a second-hand place. Never learned to play it, and bitten by the CBG bug, thought the speaker might be useful for a mini amp.
I opened up the keyboard body - it's got 6v battery input, or 12v dc
Read more…I'm offered an amp: Rpland DAC-15D. Price will be about 25 bucks. Some knops give a little noise (cracking sound). Is this a good deal and is this amp suitable for cbg.
I'm building a CBG with piezo-rod and mini humbucker in it.
Read more…would like a valve amp, and think the cheapest way to get one, and the most fun messing with it, would be to hack an old valve radio, something like this, anyone had a go at doing it, any hint's, tip's appreciated, thank's,
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