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“I have now finished my amp, and it sounds and looks amazing. Not sure if you remember my build idea, but it was a stereo guitar amp. As I don’t have workshop I’ve had to take my time in the build. “I could not believe how loud it is. I use 10-inch speakers Blue Fane […]

“Thought you would like to see the JCM 800 clone all wired up. works a treat. Just need to set about building a cab or contacting Chris. Thanks for all your help. Here’s to the next project!”

Not every Amp Maker customer is a distortion-hungry guitarist. The same valves and components can be turned to more peaceful ends. :) “Some time ago I purchased some board from you for my project, at the time you expressed an interest as to what I was making. Well they are finally finished, a pair of

“The amp is all finished now, picture attached. It’s a 5W single-ended Class A design using mostly your parts taken from a US kit schematic, with EL84 Power Tube, ECC83S pre-amp tube. It sounds great. It has volume bass and treble. You really can dial in any tone you want. “I made the cabinets from

“Some pictures of my 18 watt TMB Super Lite build, the first finished amp, front and back, and the second complete chassis which I have assembled and soldered plus tested ok. “The next next pictures show my 6v6GT single ended stereo, top and bottom view.”

“Many thanks for the swift dispatch, order safely received today. I’d accidentally turned my Hot Rod Deluxe into a useless pile of junk by swapping a few components in order to “improve” it but actually resulting it in producing an ear splitting hum/roar every time it was switched on.… The final solution was to rip

“I love my 5watt high gain monster. I decided to build a wedge…why? It just made sense, my main amp spends most of its time tilted back at 45 degrees facing up at me with a mic in front of it. “Donor chassis, everything else I did. Cabinetmaker by trade. First time upholsterer. I used

“The circuit is very similar to the SL-18 with a few changes that make it more like the Orange Tiny Terror with separate tone controls. The volume is after the phase inverter and the gain is also a double pot that joins the gain and volume of the SL-18. “Also added the switchable output mod

“Just wanted to say thanks for the great service and fast despatch. The PTFE wire worked great in my DIY Hybrid valve amp / Cassette player. “The Amp is a 12AU7 / 50EH5 setup and the cassette is open top with a Philips TDA1522 preamp IC.”

This flexible amp is made with Amp Maker parts and has no fewer than four preamp circuits driving a pair of power valves – a 6V6 and EL84 in parallel. Paul’s 4VA amplifier takes circuit ideas from Tweed Fenders, JTM and JCM Marshall amps, and uses front panel switches to take them in and out

The Amp Maker PP-36 is a 36W amp that wasn’t quite ready for launch when Martin wanted to build his amp, so he built his own. “It’s a 36W Lite, based on the schematics over at www.18watt.com using the Amp Maker PT04 and OT04 transformer set and the AC11 steel chassis. I’ve also added an

At first glance, Scott’s amp looks like an SE-5a, but inside is a modified 18W circuit. Using the same transformers and chassis as used in the PP-18, Scott used the SuperLite circuit which has enough gain to allow Treble, Middle and Bass tone controls. “Amazingly it even worked first go!” Scott wasn’t the only one

Some people deserve medals, and Martin is one. His meticulous planning and handiwork squeezed a full AC-30 Top Boost clone into the Amp Maker AC11 chassis, using the PT04 and OT04 transformers for power and output. It’s a substantial project, carried out with his 16yo son, and required some extra chassis work to add the

Reden used Amp Maker parts to build the 18W TMB that’s a popular build over at www.18watt.com. This has a second channel – thanks to an extra preamp valve – to provide more overdrive than the normal 18W channel.

Here’s an unloved solid-state amp that’s been given a new lease of life. In this case, Mark has used Amp Maker’s 36W transformer set and JJ valves to turn an old ValveState Marshall into a fire-breathing all-valve amp. Some jobs were clearly easier than others: “The output transformer fitted into the chassis without modification and

This Tweed Princeton-ish combo was a present that Aleksi made for his father. For the circuit, Aleksi used TB11 PTFE board along with Amp Maker transformers to make an amp that’s broadly similar to the Champ-based WF-55 amp kit. But following the vintage Princeton’s lead, it also has a simple tone control. It’s all mounted

Robin used the Amp Maker 18W output transformer, chrome knobs and tag boards for this fascinating build. “It all started a long time ago……, back in 1993, when I swapped a Roger Waters CD, for some “scrap” from a loft. It turned out to be an early 1960’s LINEAR EL84 ultra-linear cage amp in very

Using Amp Maker 18W power and output transformers, plus chassis and turret board material, James built a great looking amp based on a Trainwreck Express circuit. I’d also sent over some surplus mahogany material (same as used for the WF-55 faceplate) and James made the amp’s faceplate: “I actually split the thing in half, but

The FireFly project was a very popular build at www.ax84.com (which became https://perpetualinnovation.us/MyBBDir/ some years ago). Andy used the Amp Maker 190-0-190V power transformer for his build, and kindly sent photos in to show the true point-to-point layout he came up with. Note that it has a switch for using 12AU7 for around 1W or

The Fender 6G15 reverb unit is – in many ways – a full-blown amp which just happens to drive a reverb tank instead of a speaker. It uses two preamp valves, a power valve and a mains and output transformer, and Mike built just such a reverb unit using Amp Maker parts. “Finished the build