Customer amp gallery
Guitar amplifiers of every size and colour.
NOTE: the customer amplifiers shown below are a random selection from hundreds in the database. Refresh this page to see a new random batch and don’t forget to bookmark any that you might want to have another look at!
No, it’s not a B+W photo! 🙂 Although it does look like it. Kirk has matched the SE-5a’s silver aluminium
A number of Amp Maker builders have opted for their own amp branding; Angelo went for ‘A G Electric’ on
“Here are some preliminary pictures of my PP-18. Thank you again for offering such a nice and well documented kit.
Take one SE-5a amp, a G12H, some wood, and voila! Chris: “I made a case using the 1×12 18watt measurements
“Barry, here’s my finished amp, I’ve already used it at an open mic and in church, it really cuts through
“This makes an impressive noise through this old Danelectro speaker. It’s currently running with no negative feedback but I’ll be
“Hoping that this finds you well and that you’re having a constructive sabbatical. Enclosed a couple of pics of my
“I don’t know if you remember but some time ago I said I’d send you some photos of your amps
“It’s a Trainwreck Express circuit adapted for Russian 6N2P preamp valves and 6P1P, known as the Thrifty Wreck, found the
Mick’s first WF-55 was in a blue cabinet shown earlier in this gallery, and I persuaded Mick to sell me
“Well, here is my latest amp and cabinet. I can’t claim it as one of your kits but it does
Tim opted to house his WF-55 in a conventional tweed-covered combo cabinet. “I was crazy busy at work and ended
“Thanks for the parts that you sent. I read the comments regarding static damaging the MOSFET so I kept in
“I finally managed to convert my 1940s Bush DAC90 valve radio into a PP-18. It’s fair to say it was
“The Double Six is SIMPLY AMAZING. What a sound!!! Amazing with a Strat/Tele, breaks up nicely and the boost switch
Actually, if you look closely it’s not curved, but the combination of the radii on the blonde wood makes it
“Kit arrived yesterday, everything is perfect and I’ve managed to get all the hardware mounted into the donor chassis. Because
“Many thanks again for a great kit which I enjoyed building and is sounding great! “I have attached a couple
“I thought you might be interested in this. I used the transformers I recently purchased from you for this build.
“I recently finished your P1800 kit and it sounds great! Having only soldered some XLR cables in the past, I
“Here are a few pictures. I found an old radio speaker cabinet , and added a few retro touches. The
This is as unique as it is wacky: an amp covered in denim instead of tolex. Well, if tweed’s good
Got to confess that I’m always a secretly jealous of people with the skills and finesse for luthiery! Here’s another
“Here comes my humble contribution to your customer amp gallery with the N5X amp which I have now finished. Again
At www.18watt.com there are several simple gain mods for the 18W circuit. Jyrki had tried one of these: “I also
Another Kiwi build here: “Gidday Barry, I thought I’d like to let you know how happy I am with my
“Really pleased with the result! Christened her the ‘Dumb Blonde’ due to her modest complement of knobs! The Cab
“The amp is pretty much standard bar the 470nF cap on the cathode of V1a. The only other change is
“The handle of my amp arrived yesterday. Now my combo is ready to use on stage. I added a 2W/18W
“Just wanted to send a picture of the SL-18 with 12-inch Heritage Celestion Speaker cab, both from Chris Uff, so
I like to see attention to detail, and this amp has it in abundance: the wiring layout is text-book and
Jonas has completed his 18W amp in both PP-18 and SL-18 forms. “The cabinet (inspired by the Marshall smallbox) was
Some guitarists really love the 18Wer’s tone. Dominic must be one of the biggest fans: “Have built three PP-18s now,
Stanislav opted for the Basic version of the kit (no chassis or faceplate) to suit his choice of small Fender-style
I love the steer skull ornament on Emmanuel’s SE-5a (a plastic toy or perhaps the world’s smallest steer…?). Look along
“I’ve attached some photos of an outboard valve pedal I am prototyping, based on the Vox Top Boost pre-amp circuit.
“I completed my amp yesterday and thought I’d pass along a few pictures! I decided to go with making a
“I thought you would be interested in this post on the BYOC forum about my WF-55 build: (link gone!) “I’m
A classic combo style in an eye-catching colour combination. Ricardo has used a smooth red levant/rexine style covering, with white
“As you can see the amp has been in regular use at practice and live gigs,in and out of motors
“I recently built an N5X kit with a combo cabinet from Chris Uff, and I’m enjoying the new amp immensely.
“Just a little picture of my finished amp. I had the cabinet made by Chris, it is in Elephant Blue
“Here’s the pix. SE-5a White Lightning, pretty cool. Everything matches my existing Hotrod White Lightning stack. I got the white
“I’m loving playing the WF-55. It’s a great little amp and just perfect for playing at home and not disturbing
“It must be 2 years since I bought the kit. Always trying to find the time… Eventually I
“Here’s a photo of my happy 36 watter and its 15in Weber blue dog speaker. I used 12AU7s in preamp
“My head I showed you is actually a bed… It is or was a mango wood bed, that me and
Proof that a logo can really help to finish off an amp, here’s Adam’s PP-18 in head format. The gold
“Here are some pics of my Princeton, I finished it yesterday. Built with your PTFE board and turrets. She sounds
“I’ve attached a photo of my fully completed N5X amplifier. I built the cabinet from pine furniture board using finger
“I built an amp for my son for Christmas using parts ordered from you. The amp is based on your
“I finished my PP-18 a couple of months ago. I’ve played maybe ten gigs with it and used it for
“I used SE-5a kit and added VVR circuit for power control. To highlight the number 5 (and to play with
“Sweet Tweed. With mute, tone control, negative feedback defeat and cathode bypass caps (22uF/none and .68uF on V1).”
“I finished my take on a Champ combo today and I’m loving how this thing sounds. So far I’ve added
Not every Amp Maker customer is a distortion-hungry guitarist. The same valves and components can be turned to more peaceful
I love seeing projects like this (while not being keen to do it myself!). Check out the ‘Junior Pilot’ badge
“Here’s a pic and demo of the pp-18 we just finished today… My friend Matt who helped build it has