I'm building a Combo Amp for someone.
The cabinet is Pine 13" wide x 15" tall and 11" deep. All glued together and used a 1/2" roundover bit in my router for the edges.
The speaker is a vintage 10" Utah 15W 8ohm. The amp is my dual Im386 chip bridged
Read more…Hello all! New member here. I have started messing with amps over the last few weeks. I have built a couple of CBGuity's 2.5 watt little practice amps. The first one I used all the stock components in a nice Underwood box. The second one I used th
Read more…Came across an old 80 watt PA amp today. Providing it's working, how well will it work for the Electric License Plate guitar I made with the single coil pickup? It has a phono and aux input
Read more…I found an old Sony LBT-D259 Hi-Fi Stereo in the basement of our old house with RCA phono input jacks on it. I downloaded the service manual for it: http://www.google.ca/url?q=http://sportsbil.com/sony/STR/STR-A/STR-A27_D209_D259.pdf&sa=U&ei=YGhaVeG
Read more…I'm trying to convert an early 60's silvertone transistor radio into an amp and ran across an issue. I think I found the lead using a 1/4 jack with loose leads and strumming a guitar. But the problem is it's so quiet! I have plenty of volume with the
Read more…So I scored some free Polk audio 6" speakers and wanna build an amp. But I would like the amp to have a couple built in effects, delay reverb and distortion. In line if possible so I can run one or none, whatever the song played through said amp need
Read more…Can anyone direct me to plans for a small mini amp? I had a couple but lost them when my computer crashed. Something along the lines of the old Lil' Smokey amps that were housed in cigarette boxes. I would like to try one in a snus/tobacco tin.
Read more…Hi, I want to build each of my daughters an amp for their CBGs that I made for them. One I will be putting in a lunchbox and one a cigar box. I need a little (or more than a little) direction. I have some old baby advent II speakers that I was consi
Read more…I cheated and bought a Tone Monster Kit and a Jensen 6" speaker. Freakin awsome sounds!
Read more…I did a search for "transformers" in this group and found next-to-nothing, which I thought was odd (after doing a bit of research). It seems like the output transformer is one of the most important factors in what sort of sound is possible from an am
Read more…I recently completed a Ruby amplifier using the schematic at this site: http://www.runoffgroove.com/ruby.html For the amount invested, this is a fun little amp! Since I have it built on breadboard, I was able to evaluate the Bassman mod to the circ
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New to the group, but I'm not shy about throwing in an opinion. I agree with Manny 100%. This amp was the first amp I built, and above is the reason why. Just follow the picture, and you got an amp. It helped that all the parts were availab
Read more…So I just put an Artec 2 w amp in an old wall mounted speaker cabinet with a 8" speaker, like what you used to see in a school. The speaker has no makings on it at all so I do not know what the impedance or wattage ratings are. It works and sounds go
Read more…Another question on Amps. I have built one of the 2.5W-9V kits from Gitty and I'm very happy with the results and have another basic kit waiting build. This one is planned to be in a larger box/enclosure and I was curious how the 2.5W-9V unit would d
Read more…12 volt 20 watt mini amp, Line 6 Pocket Pod multi-effects processor, 2X8" Jensen 20w speakers, 8" pizza cooking trays as grill guards, 12v9ah SLA rechargeable battery, old wine crate for case.
Read more…Hello,
I just finished a distortion circuit. It is based on a web article called "Cook Your Own Distortion."
My first attempt had two sets of diodes and a switch to change between soft and hard clipping. I ended up with too many wires and never got
Read more…Already posted this in the CBG wiring & electronics group and thought it might be good to post here too...
I'm a novice when it comes to amps and electrics so I'm hoping someone here will have an idea on how to do this. I scored a reverb tank, (I bel
Read more…The heres my ruby/noisy cricket powered amp with an 8 inch fender speaker. ive gigged it a couple of times now and it sounds pretty darn good. ill try and get a clip done soon.
