Home practice amp

[Kinki fuzz]

Personally I don't think you can beat the firefly, 1.5 watts of tubey DIY goodness.

I have on in my office, its really perfect for small rooms.

Oooooohh, that seems just perfect!!!

I've been googleing it for a couple minutes, but I don't find any pcb or build doc, got something you can share?

[Kinki fuzz]

you could build a ruby or little gem and run it through a computer speaker or any handy speaker.  If you need a 386 chip I could mail you one.  They both sound really good. 

Where can I find more info about them? thanks!

[croquet hoop]

runoffgroove :

http://www.runoffgroove.com/littlegem.html
http://www.runoffgroove.com/ruby.html

[derevaun]

Personally I don't think you can beat the firefly, 1.5 watts of tubey DIY goodness.

Oooooohh, that seems just perfect!!!

I've been googleing it for a couple minutes, but I don't find any pcb or build doc, got something you can share?

Ronsound sells the PCB: http://ronsound.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=129&products_id=882

...he's currently sold out, but he indicated on diystompboxes that he'd ordered more. It costs most builders upwards of $150 to build, not including a speaker cabinet. I have about that much in it so far; hopefully I'll finish it this summer.   

I was going to suggest a small non-tube amp with an accessible speaker, so you can upgrade the speaker for potentially better sound. Any small Fender/Peavey/Crate/Kustom combo with a 10" or 12" speaker would take care of the hard part--boxing it up nice and convenient. You could replace the electronics with a Ruby, etc, to get more travel from your volume knob and still play unobtrusively. That is, if you don't need distortion from the amp.

[aballen]

The Ronsound pcb is very nice.  I built tow I them(I actually provided the BOM on his site)

I think I built mine for $150 with speakers

[drezdn]

Nthing that the Firefly is awesome

[Kinki fuzz]

runoffgroove :

http://www.runoffgroove.com/littlegem.html
http://www.runoffgroove.com/ruby.html

Hey thanks!! this is the kind of stuff i was looking for, then I got somewhat shocked by the firefly thing, but I will probably start with something like this... do they sound nice?

[Kinki fuzz]

you could build a ruby or little gem and run it through a computer speaker or any handy speaker.  If you need a 386 chip I could mail you one.  They both sound really good. 

OH! I see they sound good!, ok!, I'll try one of these, I think I have a radio speaker somewhere...

And thanks for the offer, but I have to purchase some components soon, so I'll order some of these

[Kinki fuzz]

Personally I don't think you can beat the firefly, 1.5 watts of tubey DIY goodness.

Oooooohh, that seems just perfect!!!

I've been googleing it for a couple minutes, but I don't find any pcb or build doc, got something you can share?

Ronsound sells the PCB: http://ronsound.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=129&products_id=882

Thanks!!

[aballen]

I made a Ruby, and for what it is, its impressive.  You have to remember though it is a chip amp made with ~$10-$15 in parts... pretty amazing when you look at it that way.

Build a firefly though, and you will never touch your ruby again.  The firefly will cost you 10x the price... but I have to say it is an amazing little amp.

[gtangas]

-Tim is selling a Supro clone in the emporium for an absurdly low price.

i cant find this on the web... can you point it?

Thx
Sergio

[RobA]

-Tim is selling a Supro clone in the emporium for an absurdly low price.

i cant find this on the web... can you point it?

Thx
Sergio

I think he means this one http://www.madbeanpedals.com/forum/index.php?topic=10214.0.

[muehring]

Sounds like you're going the diy route which is a good choice.  I built a little gem and it sounded great for such an easy build.  Still have a ruby on my to do list.  FWIW I bought a used and beat up peavey bandit for $30 not too long ago.  It sounds really good and I find having a solid state amp for pedal testing is a little more convenient than firing up a tube amp. 

[Kinki fuzz]

Sounds like you're going the diy route which is a good choice.  I built a little gem and it sounded great for such an easy build.  Still have a ruby on my to do list.  FWIW I bought a used and beat up peavey bandit for $30 not too long ago.  It sounds really good and I find having a solid state amp for pedal testing is a little more convenient than firing up a tube amp. 

Definitely on the DIY route! That's a good point, when it come to playing at home "convenience" is something to have in mind!, I will try one of those solid state options!

[Kinki fuzz]

I found this from nzCdog, which I think is a great mix between tone and convenience!!

http://www.madbeanpedals.com/forum/index.php?topic=6904.0