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[WezV]

just put myself a noisy cricket together after juansolo's impressive looking beefy cricket

here it is with my other amps


top of the stack is a Ltd edition vince ray smokey amp thats starting to look pretty tired - but i really like the look of surprise on peoples faces when i plug it into a cab.  the noisy cricket is kinda similar in that respect- but much more controlable and i dont have to worry about tearing the box as i change the battery

it sounds remarkably good and i recommend this a a fun project for anyone looking to do some electronics

There is another hidden amp in there too - the trace elliot cab is holding a champ(ish) kit i made a few years ago.  the speaker is wired directly to a jack socket so i can use it as a combo with the champ or a cab for any of the other amps

here is the back view

[juansolo]

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It can't fail to bring a grin to your face when you plug that thing in. The fact that it actually sounds pretty good is a bonus!

[ailean]

You do like your red gear don't you :)

Cool stuff Wez!

[WezV]

once you start something its best just to go with it :)

since i managed to convince matamp to make me the red little rock it seems to make sense to stick with the colour scheme for everything else

my only issue is that when i brought a load of red tolex i brought red levant instead of red basket weave so nothing is actually the same colour as the matamp that started it all :?

oh - and the red idea started because it seemed the easiest way to sneak an amp into the living room, it was going to be a guitar free zone for laura's sanity - but we gave up on that ;)

[ailean]

but we gave up on that ;)

The guitar free zone or Laura's sanity?

Oh, you mean both don't you...  :D

[WezV]

 :lol:

yes, both - although i dont think i would quite get away with a full stack just yet ;)

funny thing is by 2x12 is now in the bedroom - which was going to be the next guitar free zone when the first one failed so badly

ah well, she can have the kitchen and bathroom.   Not a sexist comment by the way - i do most of the cooking anyway, but guitars do not belong in rooms with taps

[dave_mc]

i've just realised the amp you're talking about is the one with the white knobs. I thought it was the giant one... :lol:

sounds like a nice amp, by the way, that youtube link you posted over at musicradar sounded pretty good, sounds like it has a decent amount of gain too.

[WezV]

well matamp made the one that says matamp in huge letters :P  thats actually quite a small amp itself

for reference the smokey on top of the matamp is fag packet sized and teh speaker is a 12" one- the noisy cricket has plenty of room left in that enclosure but i hate it when things are too cramped

they do sound a lot better than you expect - i havnt tried it as a boost for the matamp yet, that should be fun

[FernandoDuarte]

Nice ones! :D

[Oli]

Looks great :) Think I might try and build something like that at some point, cool little project!

[Denim n Leather]

Very cool. When is someone from this forum gonna do some clips?!!

[sgmypod]

Did you get the noisy cricket as a kit

[WezV]

my playings too bad for clips but i might be able to persuade someone else to let me film them having a go - at some point

its not  a kit but it uses easy to get parts and i had a guy on another forum etch me the circuit board as he was doing some for himself

[dave_mc]

i might be going insane, but where does the matamp say "matamp" on it in large letters? :oops:

[Denim n Leather]

i might be going insane, but where does the matamp say "matamp" on it in large letters? :oops:

It's cut into the metal. Looks quite nice.