The Amp Garage

I've been thinking of a way to implement a chimera "tonestack" in my monarch build. I tried the benson preamp approach but didn't liked the results. I suspect the chimera is done in a different way. So I did some modifications that I really liked. I added a 1m pot in series with the existing 470k re...

I built the amp in the chassis and cabinet, and scalped the transformers and a few parts from a Blues Jr tweed model. This transformer lacks a center tap, but with a bridge rectifier (diodes scalped from the BJr circuit board) it puts out 335V at the power tube node. All of the voltages match the s...