Wot I've been tinkering with lately...

[nzCdog]

First proto of my Tube/SS guitar amp... @ 1 Watt!    Gain control and switchable clean/dirty modes.  Speakers are 3" Philips old stock...   The cab is only tacked to gether, needs work so don't laugh

Klone engageed at the end... Filmed lofi using our cybershot digital camera

[jubal81]

Sounds pretty damn good. What was your inspiration?

[juansolo]

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[atreidesheir]

With a 10 or 12 inch speaker, these little amps sound really awesome.  Great playing by the way.  12au7 is a great option in any situation.

[JakeFuzz]

Dude this thing sounds awesome! I would love to see a schem when it is all finished. Is that saturation coming from the SS pre-amp section? You are running the 12AU7 single ended or PP?

[nzCdog]

Thanks guys 

Sounds pretty damn good. What was your inspiration?

Thanks man.  Inspiration = design something using the spare bits around my desk... lol.  I've been wanting to build a tube amp for ages but can't afford it yet.  As it is now, this one fits in a 1590B

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Thanks mate

With a 10 or 12 inch speaker, these little amps sound really awesome.  Great playing by the way.  12au7 is a great option in any situation.

Cheers man... I hate doin demos coz all of a sudden I hear all my mistakes when playing... lol.  I wanna get my hands on a G12H or something when I get some $$, be cool to hear how it  goes.

Dude this thing sounds awesome! I would love to see a schem when it is all finished. Is that saturation coming from the SS pre-amp section? You are running the 12AU7 single ended or PP?

Thanks Paul... actually the 12AU7 is the preamp, and the power amp is SS.  Next step is working on a tonestack... Those little 3" speakers are superb guitar amp speakers, they kinda act like a LPF so I've been able to skimp on the filtering.  Through hifi speakers it still sounds pretty harsh, so I'll put up a schemo and pcb when I get it set up for various speaker options

[alanp]

If only you weren't in Christchurch... I've got a 2x12 with a pair of G12H's, and some G12M's sitting in the corner in their boxes.

I take it you went with a SS power amp to avoid needing a output transformer?

[nzCdog]

If only you weren't in Christchurch... I've got a 2x12 with a pair of G12H's, and some G12M's sitting in the corner in their boxes.

I take it you went with a SS power amp to avoid needing a output transformer?

Haha... Alan I've said that a few times myself over the last couple years
Yes, no transformers are required, and it's powered off 12VDC. Sounds like your speakers might be feeling neglected!