The Amp Garage

Robben wanted a completely different sound from before, that's why he's not singing on this track too. He wanted a rock tone to go with the rock vocalist. I'm starting to wonder if Tino is getting some kickbacks from Bradbury, because he basically layed out every Little Walter amp.

Sounds like a fun little amp, David! Hope your summer is going great!
Regan

Isn't it just a few parts off of a plexi? why not go that route?
Regan

What about using an organ power amp, or possibly a tube pa like a bogen? would probably need next to no modding and cheap as could be.
Regan

Another thing not mentioned here, probably cause it might be too obvious is room to work. If you don't have much space to work in sawhorses and a skilsaw are much more effective than a table saw. It takes a lot of space and manpower to move plywood around to cut. You could make the router table out ...

Very sorry to hear, I lost my Dad 14 years ago this week. I would sit on the amp for awhile and heal, then you will be able to go slow and appreciate the small things without as much pain while fixing and playing the amp. Maybe a year from now, or towards when his next birthday would be you could fi...

Another one to try would be 12a6's, probably get 7-10 watts out of it,,,, super cheap tubes.

I think the snob in me is coming out as I feel disappointed about it being Timbuk 3's amp instead of maybe Los Lobo's or Eric Johnsons, etc. Its like seeing a vintage strat at a show only to find it was only strummed without being plugged in by Tiny Tim or something :S
Regan

Would love to hear clips, bet its a beauty!! Jelle has already said it was basically stock with some caps changed to orange drops- its not like the deluxe is a real intricate circuit. The oxford is most likely the original speaker so my guess is the amp was probably modded on the fly to suit the amp...

That looks cute as heck!!! I might have to try something like that cloth, sure economical and looks great. I have seen it in the fabric store and wondered, lol!
Regan

I have an old 1650 something from the mid- late 60's that is supposedly only a 60 watt transformer but its huge- its bigger than that edcor in your SSS, David. The lam stack must be close to 3 inches thick, going by memory. It makes the Hammond iron in my 69 Garnet Pro look small, and that amp proba...

I bet it sounds great! Wonder how good it would work running a stereo setup of the preamp using the other triodes one channel sent to the amp, other to the p.a., etc.
Regan

Mark,
Wondering why you don't just use a single 6sl7 since your only using 1 triode out of both tubes? You could probably use a lot smaller power supply caps because of the low current.
Regan

A few years ago when Radio Shack sold off most of their electronic parts to liquidators up here, a liquidation store I would frequent had 3 big bins of parts. I picked up a few grocery size bags of parts. I just went and checked and I must have at least a dozen of those transformers still packaged u...

The ones from Holland definitely have a different flavour than the British ones, the American ones sound like crap and not a lot of power, and the Canadian ones are very nice but like to run colder than the European ones
Regan