Anyone ever used one of these kits?

[_tom_]

http://www.ampmaker.com/ak01x.asp

Wow. The Gibson LP Dimed clip sounds bloody amazing. Cheers to big steve for the link!

 Anyone had any experience with these kits? I am seriously considering buying one (the £129 version) and making it. Are filter caps lethal even when building an amp? I dont think they'd have charge in but I'm no expert. I just think it'd be a fun thing to do, and so long as I take my time I could have a cool little practise amp.. Watcha think?!

Cheers!

[Kilby]

Never built an amp from a kit, but you may have to spend some dume 'debugging' it once built.

If you are interested in home made amps try this http://home.cfl.rr.com/dbhammond/doug.htm

Rob...

[_tom_]

Never built an amp from a kit, but you may have to spend some dume 'debugging' it once built.

If you are interested in home made amps try this http://home.cfl.rr.com/dbhammond/doug.htm

Rob...

What do you mean debugging exactly?

Cheers

[sambo]

those kits look excellent- i might get one.

but you sai dyou were getting the £130 one- wot you gonna do about building the cabinet/shell to enclose all the electronics?? build it yourself???

[_tom_]

those kits look excellent- i might get one.

but you sai dyou were getting the £130 one- wot you gonna do about building the cabinet/shell to enclose all the electronics?? build it yourself???

Yeah most likely. Cant be THAT hard to do! Ok so it wont look as good as theirs but it will be a hell of a lot cheaper and shouldnt look too shite. I'd only use it at home anyway!

[sambo]

spose your right. what amp(s) have you got at the moment??

[tewboss]

What do you mean debugging exactly?

its a programmer term. in simple terms in means making it work because the chances are you will do something wrong the first time around.

buying one of these kits would be good if you treat the project as a learning experience rather than a replacement for your existing amp.

[indysmith]

he has a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe. I think you should go for at least the basic enclosure dude :o

[sambo]

mmhmmmmmm

[_tom_]

Yeah I'm not gonna use it as a replacement, I just think it'd be fun to do and it would make a good little practise amp when hooked up to a speaker.

However if I do buy the 5w one and it turns out good (after debugging etc) then I might actually consider buying and building the 18w version and getting rid of my HRDx.. that sounds very far-fetched at the minute though :lol:

[sambo]

i might buy the 5 watt and get my techno-wizz mate to help me build it, then just hook it up to this JVS separate amp with wharfedale speakers (which i usually connect my zoom ps-04 to when i dont have my amp) and it should pretty great lol!

and by the way connecting a modeller or something like that to a stereo amp has surprisingly good results- i dunno if anyone else has every tried it??? i bought the stuff i just described off my mate for £20 and now im considering selling my £180 crate it sounds that good.

[tewboss]

I think the frequency response from hifi speakers is rather different to guitar amplifiers, so I'd recommend getting a proper guitar speaker - I think Maplins sell them cheap if you don't want to spend much.

[_tom_]

I think the frequency response from hifi speakers is rather different to guitar amplifiers, so I'd recommend getting a proper guitar speaker - I think Maplins sell them cheap if you don't want to spend much.

Yeah thats what I thought.. So do you guys think I should order the kit? If so I can order it tomorrow then get solder on saturday! Just need opinions to see if you lot think its worth it really.. I did get all excited when I heard it and saw the price though  :lol:

[sambo]

Bwell Ayour Sprobly Tright Abut Rit Dsounds good- have you ever tried it???

[_tom_]

Bwell Ayour Sprobly Tright Abut Rit Dsounds good- have you ever tried it???

What?