The Amp Garage

Kit arrived today from Weber. Now the fun begins..... First step is shellacking the cabinet.

Decided on the WSE15, after discussions with Weber. We were both concerned about the physical size of the WSE25. Got my tools all assembled, the resistors and capacitors that I swapped out are here, now just waiting for the amp kit to arrive!

It's your decision, but since I think I was probably the most optimistic poster previously, I feel obligated to underscore that I would strongly recommend walking away if you can't get information on part sources. At that point the only things I'd trust would be the speaker and cabinet, and even th...

Thanks to all who replied - some excellent advice and points of view. First, new info: - he bought the amp from someone else who built it, and he doesn't know what kit it is and more concerning: "I've had it maybe a year? Starting having issues pretty soon, replaced the power tubes and they lasted a...

I’m getting ready to build my first amp (see my recent Two Stroke thread) when this popped up locally. “ 5E3 Deluxe kit built, sounded great then started eating up power tubes. Never had time to troubleshoot it. Comes with Celestion V30 12 inch speaker. ” Dude wants $800 CAD. I’ve reached out to ask...

This is not clear, If you plug an 8Ω load into a 7K transformer that is derived from a fixed turns ratio. If you plug in a 4Ω load to the SAME secondary winding or tap, then it is 3.5K to 4Ω. If the output transformer has two secondary taps, one 8Ω and one 4Ω then the primary is 7K for both of them...

But according to the tube charts, the output impedance of the various tubes I'm interested in (6L6, 6V6, 6K6, EL34 and KT88) vary substantially. So I don't see how one OT, whether it's primary is 5K or 7K ohms, can satisfy all of those different tubes. Is it just the case that either primary value ...

Did one of these myself several years back. Did you know they actually make this as a kit (they call it a Maggie): https://www.tedweber.com/maggie-c-kt/ It comes with a very beefy upgraded OT, as well as a 8"/10" speaker combo. Looks like they finally updated the layout to get the screens on the ri...

Hi everyone. I'm starting this to (hopefully) document and (mostly) ask stupid questions about building my first amp. Having bought Dave Hunters Tube Amp Handbook (2nd edition), I've decide on his updated Two Stroke design based on the 5F2A. It looks simple enough, has some interesting changes to th...