For my first amp, I used a Guitar Fuel Tonemonster MAH5.  It works great!  Sounds good.  I like it.  Costs $44.95 plus shipping.  All good.

But, for my second amp, I started looking at the features I wanted and how I could get them under $100.  Here's an i

dea: check Craig's List and Guitar Center for used low power amps and hack the electronics from one of them to give me the look I want.  

Here's the spec on what I picked up: 15 Watts,…

I have my first amp powering up and making noise.  I used a Guitar Fuel TM MAH5 for the electronics, a 5" speaker (from a console organ), Joann fabric burlap for the grill, and a JM's Churchill box.  I am still waiting for the knobs to arrive.   Not my finest woodworking ever, but I like…

This is a bit different - using a public forum community instead of my own domain for my Cigar Box Guitar Journey.  Cigar box Nation seems to be the place to be so why not use the resources here?

I am starting on my first Cigar Box Guitar.  I bought some boxes from the local cigar store (they have a pile in the corner - $1 each), a neck fro cbgitty.com, amp parts from Guitar Fuel on eBay, and I will make the rest.  The second one will be with my son for a home education…