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!
Some customers prefer to build the amp into a ready-made donor head. Here, Aidan has put the SE-5a circuit into
Another vote for natural pine with danish oil finishing, from Tim and his SE-5a. Tim used a simple L-pad attenuator
Auckland-based Allan is yet another skilled cabinet maker. His cabs let the wood speak for itself, and the dovetail details
Jonas has completed his 18W amp in both PP-18 and SL-18 forms. “The cabinet (inspired by the Marshall smallbox) was
“I made up your P1800 kit and it worked, wow! After listening blind to a bunch of speaker demos on
“Just to let you know I’ve completed the WF-55 kit, and included the VVR. It was fun to do and
“Well I finally finished the N5X amp I bought off you a year ago. It foundered unfinished for a good
“Here are a couple of images attached of the finished amp. Had a great time building the amp and have
“Here are some photos of my WF-55, now that I’ve finished the cabinet, and tweaked the amp a little. The
Here’s another builder using car model lettering to create a logo. In this case, Chris found the ‘CKS’ letters at
“So I made up a case but I am wondering what to do about the design of the “empty” part.
“Just a note to say thanks for the kit. It was all too easy, your instructions were most excellent. Have
“My shiny new combo 🙂 All good. I’m running an Tungsol E34 and a Mullard 12AX7 into a G12H30. Tried
“I have included my amp pics that you can include in gallery if you wish. It’s based on a DR
“Here’s a few shots of my little 55. I used an old bread box, modified it a bit size-wise etc,
🙂 One man with a serial amp building habit, Aleksi has again used multiple PTFE boards for different parts of
Dave’s half-stack has a lot of nice touches. The vent grille – from a car accessory shop – is angled
“Thanks for all, Here is a pic of the finish amp (sounds great). I made the cab myself.”
“Here are a couple of pics of the amp I previously bought off you (N5X). I am running the KT66
“The SE-5a now has a VVR installed and a switchable headphone output (also used to drop the signal low enough
“Many thanks again for a great kit which I enjoyed building and is sounding great! “I have attached a couple
“Firstly I just wanted to apologise for ordering all the parts for a p1800 kit even though you’re not selling
“The box is a Peavey Studio Pro 1×12 cabinet. It covered up part of your logo so I covered all
“Well… I finished the amp, and as promised some photos. More by good luck than anything, the SE-5a was pretty
“Just to update you on my head cab, now wax finished to antique pine. For my 65th birthday my family
“Got the wee amp finished Hope you like my finished job.” John’s come up with an unusual way to house
“Thank you very much for all your components and your advice. I finally finished my amp and it sounds pretty
“I’ve sent you few pics of my amp, finished. It’s built in an old military woodbox. Good tone, like JTM45
“It’s a variant of an Ampeg Heritage B15 with 6SL7 preamp tubes and a 6L6GC output pair. I built it
For his WF-55, Peter slightly repositioned some of the components to make it easier to fit into his tweed finished
“Thanks for the parts that you sent. I read the comments regarding static damaging the MOSFET so I kept in
“It is a tight fit. It’s a two channel, 100W 4xEL34 head; a Carvin Legacy 1 (Steve Vai signature amp)
“I’ve attached a photo of my fully completed N5X amplifier. I built the cabinet from pine furniture board using finger
For JE’s 1×12 18W combo, he opted to adapt the layout so that the valves hung downwards – i.e. at
“I reckoned that it was about time that I let you know how I got on with my SE-5a build.
There are only so many ways to mount an amp chassis inside a combo cab, but Alan took an unusual
“I finished this build must be nigh on 18-24 mths ago and it has been through a few revisons since.
“Wonderful amp, great success. I’m very happy, a truly wonderful project, great design. The only problem is some of the
“Here are some pictures of my SE-5a head and speaker cab. Had great fun making it, with your email support.
A classic combo style in an eye-catching colour combination. Ricardo has used a smooth red levant/rexine style covering, with white
David from Brazil scratchbuilt a Champ using the WF-55 manual as his build guide. “Hi Barry. This is the guy
“Hi Barry. I built my ‘Double Six’ a little while ago, and have used it with both the 6V6 and
“It’s been five years or more since I purchased an SE-5a kit from you and, thanks to my incredible Dad
Don’t try this at home! Richard had a completed SE-5a amp chassis and couldn’t wait to try it out with
Wim was the first customer to build the Double Six. “I’ve just finished the amp. Took me a while, waiting
David started with a rustic box and a cassette player case. It’s now a stereo amp with 6V6 output valves.
“It’s a couple of years since I build my amp, anyway, I have now recorded a clip and put it
Andy was one of the first builders of the PP-36 and took the plunge even before I had finalised the
“Thought I would let you know how the amp looks now it’s all finished! Thanks a lot for all your
“Here’s a couple of pix of the amp! It sounds beautiful! Thanks for all your help over the last few
At first glance, Scott’s amp looks like an SE-5a, but inside is a modified 18W circuit. Using the same transformers
“I am absolutely delighted with the finished article and the sound of the amp. Much better than I’d expected and
“I bought a Double Six power transformer and a Double Six output transformer, and I used the Double Six schematic
“Here are some pics I took of my finished PP-18 amp. I had a blast building it and it was
“I finally have some pictures of the N5X I built earlier this year. It was a challenge, and there were
Bizarrely, the usually competent courier for Amp Maker kits advised me that Wayne’s kit was about to be returned to
“I’ve tweaked a two channel amp for my friend. See the prototype picture attached and the final enclosure: his own
“Over the holidays I had a little time to finish my amp. Now everything is done and I have a
“I bought an SE-5 kit from you nearly a year and a half ago. I had it built within a