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“Finished at last, hope you like the pics. Got to have a bit of carbon!! A 2.8mm carbide drill bit and a belt sander is the trick with the board, its similar to working with carbon in that it just blunts normal drills and blades quickly.”
Peter wanted a WF-55 combo, but with the valves pointing down instead of forwards. So he did a bit of metalwork, as shown here.”What a beautiful amp. The tone is lovely and it is virtually noiseless. As promised I have attached some photos to show how I built it, using the supplied chassis, so that
“I just wanted to get back to you with some feedback now I’ve been living with my WF-55 for a couple of months. Firstly let me say that the build was a piece of cake due to your outstanding instructions – worked beautifully first time. It was quite a thrill plugging the speaker and then
“Here are some photos of my WF-55, now that I’ve finished the cabinet, and tweaked the amp a little. The cabinet matches my boutique 18-watt amp, so I also have a 1×12 speaker cab that will match the WF-55 if I want a fuller sound than the 10-inch Jensen I’ve paired with the new amp.
“This makes an impressive noise through this old Danelectro speaker. It’s currently running with no negative feedback but I’ll be installing a switch soon so I have both options.”
“Nearly complete. I added the tone control and hard-wired an 8″ Jenson. The only thing I want to do is add a switch for internal to external speaker.”
“This is the first time I’ve attempted amp building or cabinet making and whilst they are pretty simple I’m proud of them! The cabinet is made of pine and fitted with a Jensen P12n speaker. I think the amp sounds amazing.” See Ben’s work at: http://www.benmcdonnell.co.uk/
“Just to let you know I’ve completed the WF-55 kit, and included the VVR. It was fun to do and your instructions were very clear, even for a complete beginner like me. “The sound is amazing: so smooth and silken, it seriously rivals my friend’s MesaBoogie in tone quality at lower volumes. A bit dark
“Some months ago I finished the WF-55 kit and I promised to send you some photos. My first choice was to use an old Marshall combo for the chassis but everything went wrong with the tolexing. What a mess!! It was easy finishing your kit, but the tolex made me gone crazy!! “After giving up
“The amp is pretty much standard bar the 470nF cap on the cathode of V1a. The only other change is that second knob on the top is currently a standby switch – I have a three way toggle switch that at some point I will use for either 4W, 2W and standby or 4W, 1/4W
“It’s a couple of years since I build my amp, anyway, I have now recorded a clip and put it on Youtube.” “I do a lot of guitar recording, I have a lot of amps, and I now almost always use the WF-55 :) The signal from the amp is not much processed, a tremolo
Bizarrely, the usually competent courier for Amp Maker kits advised me that Wayne’s kit was about to be returned to base ass it was uncollected. Which was news to Wayne, because he’d already got it! “Weird? No problem at all – the amp is all made, modded, and played. All spot on, using some off
“So, this is the next build. Cabinet is solid Tassia Oak with Danish Oil. The amp is powered by Tung Sol Big Bottle 6L6 and Tung Sol 12AT7 in the preamp. “Speaker is a EVM12L I snaffled out of an old PA speaker the other week. It’s probably the HEAVIEST 5 watter you’ll ever lift!
“I feel it’s a shame to always hide the valves. I love them and like to see them on show in all their glory. Also, ‘she’ doesn’t mind seeing it on the sideboard. ;-) “We feature musicians in our restaurant every Sunday night, mostly guitarists. Some very high profile ones too. Your amp has been
“Here’s some pics. Not as pretty as the other ones on your site, looks more something I’d have found in my grandad’s house. Sounds great though. I used a Jensen p8r speaker. I’ll definitely be back to make something else when you get the new kits in. Thanks again for your help.”
“Barry, here’s my finished amp, I’ve already used it at an open mic and in church, it really cuts through the band! How loud is 4 watts supposed to be? Maybe I’m using a very efficient speaker but I havent turned it up loud enough to hear any overdrive yet! “It’s in a Behringer cab
“Two months later, I’m still on a honeymoon with my WF. Here is how it looks now that I finished building it’s new housing. With a Strat and a light gain overdrive in front, it nails the SRV – Texas Flood sound, which is exactly what I was looking for! “I used MDF for the
“I have finished building my WF-55 amplifier which is now in my custom enclosure which is a recycled 1947 Radio Case. I am near to completing a similarly bespoke SE-5a project.”
“The cab is pine with mock alligator Tolex. The amp face plate is tortoiseshell and Fender speaker cloth was used. The speaker is a Weber 8-in signature 4-ohm Alnico. The sound is great with the Telecaster and the nylon strung Tele.”
“Attached is a picture of my railway lantern amp. The 1950s case I bought was a little too small so the speaker is bolted on the outside. You’d expect the sound to be poor but its pleasing me very much! Took me a little while to realise I needed a ground from the input jack.