The Amp Garage

It's interesting to see where Behringer changed in the last 5 years. They bought out Midas, Clark Teknique and also Turbosound. These are some of the biggest names in the industry. Now all these companies are under one umbrella called The Music Group. Behringer built a 20 million dollar plant in Chi...

Greenbacks in a closed back 4x12

Our band caries both a big system and also a smaller "pa on a stick" system for some of the small venues we play. A good pair of powered speakers on stands does fine. It really depends on what kind of music you're playing. If you want kick drum in the mix then a small 18 sub woofer would also help b...

Dana, Sounds great (then, and now)...can you tell me where James had the volume set to get this level of breakup (and if he had the VVR engaged, about what level of cut). And while I'm at it, is he using the Liverpool side for the rhythm stuff, then the rocket for lead or the other way 'round. In a...

Austin, the amp was built and sold to Matt Parkins who plays in my sons band. It was delivered to Matt in 2010 and has been used on their latest album to be released soon. The guitarist in my band, James Elswick, was able to use it during our show at the Vclub in Huntington, WV on 11/29 where the re...

Not trying to resurrect this thread but thought some of you may enjoy this. This amp is still kicking after 4 years and I got a chance to record it live. My band was playing a local club with a couple of other bands. The guitarist from the other band is the owner of the Red Pegasus amp pictured in t...

Well this takes me back a few years LOL. I personally have built quite a few TW clones, mainly to see what all the fuss was about and what made them tick. I don't see a problem supplying parts like a punched chassis for a DIY person to build themselves an amp. Any amp they want. I have had a lot of ...

Guys, I am alive and well. I have been out of stock for 4 weeks now on VVRs and have been swamped with emails. I just received another batch of boards in on Friday and have been trying to catch up on emails. I am only one old guy and can't keep up with all of the orders and emails over the last thre...

Hi guys. I've been sooooo busy the last few months with VVR sales and builds that I have had very little time to check in on the forums. That's a shame as I miss hanging out here with you guys. In my spare time I've been playing with my band of old guys and working on our PA and lighting system. Rec...

Just My two cents since I have been there and done that. The amp you want to build is not as easy as it seems. The Rocket and the Express have two preamps that when the signal hits the PI is 180 degrees out of phase. So combining them before the preamp would require a mixer stage or at least another...

I have a VVR2 that I am installing in a Fixed bias amp. I notice the two diodes on the parts list are both listed as 1w/12v zener diodes. Later on in the instructions that Dana e-mailed me, he mentions a 6v diode. Is one of the diodes supposed to be a 6v, or are they both 12v? Thank you to anyone w...

Thanks Dana. I'll rewire my grounds as you've described and see how that goes. How about my voltages, anything look out of the realm of normal? The cathode voltages on V1 look low for a modern day guitar (I think). Please let me know. Many thanks, Lou I'll have to do a voltage check on the one I ha...

I haven't had any trouble at all with hum. I put a grond lug on the screw holding the power recepticle to the chassis and run an ac ground from the power jack to the lug and ground both the CT for the heaters and HV there. I then connect a wire fron the ground on the power jack to the PS board. I'll...

Hey that looks sweet! I've been running mine through my 4x12 loaded with 70s greenbacks. it's an old vox 4x12 design with a port across the back so it's not sealed but still has a good chunky bottom end. I am also running it through a EV TL806 1x12 ported cab loaded with a Fane Medusa 150 (103db 1w/...

I think it's 8 ohms, that's what I've been using. But I'll defer to Dana for the final answer. The Microplex is setup for 8 ohms. I have looked at adding a tap but its rough trying to get it down to the size it is and still keep the tone. I can have one built for 16 or 4 ohm but too many taps would...