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HogsHead Amp

Posted by Maddog on January 10, 2013 at 10:53am
HogsHead Amp, the cigar barrel was a gift from my good friend Uncle John. 2.5 watt amp, 3 1/2" Sony speaker, Strat volume knob, led on/off, external 9v battery tray. It has a little story on the barrel about how in the early 1900's they transported tobacco in large (48"x30"dia.) wooden barrels called HogsHeads, each barrel weighed upwards of 1,000 pounds. Kinda a cool story I was not aware of. Thanks for the cigar barrel John, I hope I did it proud.
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  • Maddog January 11, 2013 at 10:04am

    Thanks Wes.

  • Maddog January 10, 2013 at 4:45pm

    That's cool, I actually have a neck in the glue up stage now and the plan is a 4 banger (my first). I have some really nice mandolin tuners that I can use for it so we'll see how it goes and if I am in a 4 string mood the day it gets put together ;-)

  • Uncle John January 10, 2013 at 4:23pm

    Pat,  the Padron has 4 tuner holes drilled.  Will start out GDgd- who knows where it will end up.  I do like threes.

  • Maddog January 10, 2013 at 3:39pm

    Thanks John, the stamp of approval is what I was hoping for. It sounds really good!

    I look forward to seeing the Padron git, I'm sure it will look good when said and done. 3 string or 4 string???

  • Uncle John January 10, 2013 at 2:32pm

    That qualifies above and beyond as something cool.   I am really glad I gave it to you, Pat.  

    Hey, the Padron box you gave me is 80% done,   I have screwed up plenty, but if you stand back in low light and squint your eyes, it may be that my screw ups will not show.   I hope to string it up this weekend.

  • Maddog January 10, 2013 at 11:19am

    Thanks Craig! 2.5 watt Artec amp from Ben and the speaker is a Sony boombox salvage.

  • Craig Mayhem January 10, 2013 at 11:11am

    Pretty sweet! What are it's guts?

  • Maddog January 10, 2013 at 11:09am

    Thanks Thomas, I had not seen one either. I'm not sure where John picked it up, he gave it to me and said "here do something cool with this" so I was hoping it looked ok. It sounds really good as the barrel walls are fairly thick and it resonates a very low powerful tone for such a small amp. I just finished it up this morning around 6:00 a.m. so I haven't run it through it's paces totally. This is one of my amps that is def. NFS.

  • Thomas "Duck" Petry January 10, 2013 at 10:59am

    That's a really cool amp Maddog. Never seen one of those "kegs". Great build, how does it sound?

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