Rivera Super Champ clone? Chassis? Kits?

[Matthews Guitars]

Due to the high cost of original Rivera Super Champs, I'm looking at the idea of building a replica or clone.

It's not the idea of making a perfect cosmetic replica that appeals to me, it's that I want the specific tonality the type can bring to my amp collection.

Is anybody making chassis for such an amp? Or kits? Ideally, a version tha dumps the Compactron 6C10 triple triode and replaces it with two 12AX7 tubes for convenience.

[maxkracht]

If I were doing this, I would pick up a princeton reverb chassis. Guessing transformers for a princeton or deluxe would do, but I don't know off the top of my head. Highly doubt anyone makes a kit, but shouldn't be too hard to replicate.

[B Ingram]

Due to the high cost of original Rivera Super Champs, I'm looking at the idea of building a replica or clone.

If I were doing this, I would pick up a princeton reverb chassis. ...

Review the Super Champ schematic, and you should find the amp is mostly a Princeton Reverb in a too-small box.

You can add the Mid-shift if you choose.
I doubt anyone will miss the pull-boost.
You could source a PT that allows for a solid-state bridge rectifier, but why bother?

Switching to 12AX7 (even if you do not build the tremolo circuit) will let you avoid the 6C10, which will cost you dearly.

[Matthews Guitars]

Are we even thinking of the same amp? I'm referring to the Rivera designed Super Champ that provided the basic overdrive tone of quite a few legendary 80s metal tones, and yet a lot of people thought that came from a custom hotrodded vintage Marshall.

Not looking for a low gain tone out of this amp!

[maxkracht]

Are we even thinking of the same amp?

Yes. Look at the schematic, find some pictures of the inside, it's a hotrodded princeton reverb.