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Farrerdale Records
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Clone kits

Post by Farrerdale Records »

Good evening!

I'm sure this has been asked, and I did try to search but seems I can only find Dumble clones that have already been built. I'm looking for either a full kit for a clone or chassis and cab and sourcing the rest over time.

So far I've found Ceriatone, Trinity Amps, and Tube Town. I've found reference to D'Lite but don't know if that's no longer available. Are there any other options?

My apologies for redundancy!

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Re: Clone kits

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I really like the quality of Taylor's stuff. Keep an eye on these threads in the for sale section:

https://ampgarage.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=34482

https://ampgarage.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=35648

Do a search for BOM to find a bill of materials

Then read thousands of posts like the rest of us to find that you need to change every component at least three times before you actually know what you think you want.

This is the beginning of a great journey for you and the folks here have a wealth of knowledge to share. This is far more exiting than the 'paint by the numbers' approach of amp kit building.

I started by repairing and slowly learning to modify my old Fender amps (and still have a passion for that). Then I read a ton of old books from the fifties. A few good ones: Basic Electricity first and then Basic Electronics by Van Valkenburgh, Nooger and Neville will arm you with enough information to become facile. Amplifier Circuits by Thomas Adams really lays out how a tube works.

Welcome to the deep end of the pool.
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Re: Clone kits

Post by timrobertson100 »

You’ve listed the ones I know of for kits.

I can highly recommend Tube Town as both a parts and a cabinet supplier if you are in EU. Fast and decent quality. Banzai and TubeAmpDoctor are others I’ve been happy with - while not cheap, I do like the results I’ve had with TAD transformers.

Like Smitty, I’d also recommend finding the amp that speaks to you, make a BOM from the circuit and then order from E.g. Mouser and Tube Town. TT do Dumble style chassis and cabinets.

There are also 40 chassis being screen printed now by member Rootz - for sale (I think?) in EU shortly, plus board sets. Something like that might be an option, and several here are interested.

Amplified Nation stuff is ace, but the customs charges were significant for the 2 chassis I bought.

AAElectronicsPCB in UK sell a Dumble PCB that may be worth checking out.

Edited to add: The SSS chassis and boards from Erwin who posts below are excellent. I didn’t realise he did other chassis.

Welcome. Hope this helps.
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https://ampgarage.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=34777
I still have a few ODS and SSS002 chassis and board sets.
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