The Amp Garage

I love these all of 8 watt amps! They sound like a little Marshall metal face amp when cranked up and feeding a non Jensen 12” driver. Thanks for the tips. I'll see if I can troubleshoot that reverb issue tonight. My first scratch build amp using the triodes from the 6BM8 in a LTPI, fed by just a p...

I acquired a near-mint Red Knob Twin for $450. Opened it up to verify that it had no mods and original filter caps. The jacks work, the 1ohm power tube cathode resistors read 1.1ohm, the voltage divider power resistors look clean and read within 10%. Other than the reverb running away above 2 o'cloc...

This amp is for "home" use with normal 4 string bass. At my home means a full drum kit, baby grand piano, guitar, and my wife has some friends who play horns, so maybe after COVID we will have some trumpets and trombones over to jam too. This is going to be complete overkill, a 100 watt SS amp would...

I have in an 014679 power transformer from a Fender Super Twin/Studio Bass and a vintage 1974 Ampeg 8950004 output transformer. I'm planning a simplified Studio Bass build, just Blackface Normal Channel -> LTPI -> Buffer -> 6x6L6. Should I use the oversized Ampeg iron I already have, or sell that an...