I'm thinking about ordering one of these kits, just wouldn't want to screw it up and be out $600.

http://www.tubedepot.com/kit-tweeddeluxe.html

Take your time and you'll have one sweet ride.......Good luck......... Mike

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I havnt but i came very close to pulling the trigger on one of these babies

bhttp://www.guytronix.com/


Only reason i didnt was the anticipated greater flexability of what i ended

up with, an

Emery sound amp.

Reckon a home build would be pretty easy and good fun.

Only experience I have working on amps is I bought a Fender Deluxe 112 Plus off craigslist a couple of weeks ago for $20. You had to fiddle with the jacks to get the sound, other wise it would cut in and out. So I took it apart and saw the solder joints were loose and not making a good connection, so I resoldered those and now it works great.

The video makes it look pretty straight forward. And it seems like a good price. The 5w 57 champ clone is like half the price of a real one. Don't really know how it sounds compared to the real one though.

I have come close a couple of times with the Mojo kit:
http://www.mojotone.com/amp-parts/Tweed ... -Amp-Kit_2

but TubeDepot looks like a better deal.

I've never built my own amp, but I have improvised amps with things like radios and TV's.

Have fun building!

Yeah I seen one the Mojo ones put together that someone was trying to sell on Ebay for $1200. I don't know if it sold, but nice little turn around if it did.

Hi Al 87: that's a very interesting website, thank you. (BTW: I think this link might work better: www.guytronix.com .)

Or in our part of the world there is:

http://www.torresamps.com/

And I'm waiting to hear from anyone who's actually used these people's product in real life:

http://www.ceriatone.com/

I like the name! (No relation, sadly.)

Cheers - C

Ceri wrote



hehe, yeah i trawled loads of websites (no not those ones) and noticed ceriatone.

Couldnt quite find anything on the torres site and i needed a decent looking cabinet initially and im more confident with a soldering iron and wiring diagram than i am with clamps/cloths not to mention a lack of woodworking gear. So.........

Another site located in Woodbridge in Suffolk is ampmaker.com


Now i have a cabinet (emery sound with webber blue pup) the lure of an amp build may return at some point.
Cost a bit with the postage from the states to the UK but hey its all cool.

So........ A joint Forum project?

I have the opposite issue. My soldering skills start and finish with guitar innards. Building the insides of an amp just looks too scary from where I'm sitting.

However. A finger jointed marine ply enclosure? No probs! And strangely enough I've just been looking at the fancy-schmancy cladding of the Paul Reed Smith amps and asking myself: "How could we top that?" Howsabout birdseye maple with walnut edging?

Interesting...

Cheers - C

"Reckon a home build would be pretty easy and good fun."

me and big typing fingers

ceri wrote


Not a bad idea.

that looks like a blast... I have been wanting to build one for some time now just aint had the extra cash or the guts to pull the trigger on on kit....some day though....I say go for it and have a great time,,,,


Cheers
Bill

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There's a guy who mods amps that lives like a mile from me. He made a pretty nice cab for a tweed deluxe. It's not too fancy, but kind of cool.

Here's his site.

http://www.huntamps.com/projects/custom_tweed_deluxe/

I posted the link a while back. It's a PCB amp. I built 5F1 for a buddy back a ways. You'll be fine. The PCB takes a lot of the stress of wiring goofs out of the picture. I'm thinking about doing one for myself. Go to build your own clone and try building a thing called the Confidence Boost. It's a $15 booster circuit and sounds pretty good too. It's good soldering practice.

The best advise is take your time and double check everything.

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I have a few amps. There is the Weber forum that has a lot of helpful guys on it. Once you start there may be no turning back!!