Michael’s mahogany D6
“Amp is great. I finished building a Head shell for it, finger jointed pine with figured mahogany panels front and back.”
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Mike’s 15-in Double Six combo
“I have attached a few photos of the Double 6. The cab has maple sides a black walnut top and a 15” speaker sounds great. The back and front I have stained in some sort of orange burst, anyway I am pleased with it. The speaker is a “15” eminence 1518 – not a rock …
Colin’s cherry-burst Double Six
“Here are a couple of photos of my finished build. The marine ply box has 62 coats of Shellac so it is like a mirror. I did a cherry-burst stain before the shellac which looks great. The front grill is made out of a cut section of gutter-guard and I added blue LEDS and a …
Steve’s blackface-modded D6
“With two 6L6s, it has an amazing breakup on full power over half volume and with the Les Paul sounds fantastic !! It takes all of my homemade pedals with ease and sounds like a screaming Marshall stack with the Wampler Tripple Wreck clone that I built recently, simply stunning !! It’s THE most …
John’s hard-work Double Six
“Just to say how pleased I am with the Double Six build and the parts I had from you. I made it more difficult for a first amp build than I need have done by making my own chassis from a sheet of alloy and adapting your amp to fit into a tweed chassis. Amazingly …
Colin’s red elephant Double Six
“Hi Barry. I built my ‘Double Six’ a little while ago, and have used it with both the 6V6 and 6L6 valves. I think I prefer the 6L6s just love the sound, love the amp. The cabinet in ‘red elephant’ is by Chris. It’s fitted with a 10″ 30watt 8ohm, Celestion Greenback. I might try …
Juergen’s super-neat Double Six
“Here’s the result of my upright “Double Six”version. Great sounding amp (no hum and no buzz, etc). The VU meter is attached to the speaker output using a passive VU header. The small power transformer is for the backlight only (maybe I’ll change this to LED in the future). The chassis that I used is …
Richard’s ‘bread bin’ amp
“Glad you like the bread bin. I added a footswitch socket on the front next to the input.”
Soren’s slightly injured Double Six
“The (Watts) switch broke when I put the amp in a combo cabinet (from a Peavey Valveking) and placed it front down which put pressure on the knob so it split open at the back. It was quite a complicated construction with springs and small balls so I opted to scrap it for now. I …
Richard’s ‘decoupage’ Double Six
Here’s an alternative to the usual plain wood or vinyl/tolex covering: newspaper! Richard borrowed the decoupage technique used in furniture. “I lacquer the newspaper. But first I paint the wooded boards white. So the wood doesn’t shine thru! Then I use spray glue to fix the paper to the wood. Then I lacquer it clear …
George’s mini-stack
“Perhaps you’ll remember, a few years back I bought two SE-5a’s, a Double Six and a PP-36 from you. The SE-5a’s and the Double Six are built and working wonderfully, while the PP-36 is still in its box. Attached, please find a picture of the Double Six in our new home.”
Sam’s Double Six in a Peavey cabinet
“The box is a Peavey Studio Pro 1×12 cabinet. It covered up part of your logo so I covered all the way and attached something suitable. Deep thanks. It was fun!”
Steve’s ex-Laney combo
“I have completed the build of the Double Six, only took a day for the amp and another for the cab, sounds sweet and extremely hum free. I will take it into the studio over next couple of weeks and do some sound files for you. “The cab was originally a very tatty Laney B50 …
Stuart’s Double Six combo
“It’s better than I expected! Really pleased with it, love the boost switch!”
Karsten’s Double Six combo
“Last weekend I installed and soldered everything. Your step-by-step instructions were very helpful. The final test were perfect and the amp sounds great without any hum.”Great amp, I love to play it! First I had the Fender-style knobs on, but then decided to put some Marshall-style knobs on. I think this looks better.”
Mystery man’s D6 head from a bed!
“My head I showed you is actually a bed… It is or was a mango wood bed, that me and my wife bought from the oak furniture clearance store. It was rubbish not level, so we dismantled it and set it aside. “I then put it to good use with the help of some brilliant …
Peter’s Double Six with floating valves!
“Some photos of my Double Six in a Fender cab. I did some breakthrough and crazy stuff: all the valves swing free on rubber suspended rafts to stop vibration/microphonics. “This is a total cure, I first used old bicycle inner tube rubbers, but the rubber smelled “very slightly” after a 2 hour gig. Six months …
David’s hexa… geometr… I don’t know, but just look at it!
As you can see, David’s head and speaker cabinets left me speechless. Designed and fabricated by some very talented folk in Holland. “Finally I have my Double Six back from the cab maker. They are without equal. Looks, but sound as well. Usually a new piece of gear causes some stir among my followers on …
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Freeman’s all-oak Double Six combo
“Barry, just wanted to let you know how much I’ve been enjoying my little Double Six. Finally got around to building a dedicated cabinet for it – I had temporarily hung it in an old Gibson cab. Running through a Celestion Vintage 30 it sounds wonderful. “The cabinet ended up 24 inches wide, 20 tall …
Adam’s (dad’s) amazing cabinetry
“A rather belated thank you for your kit and instructions. I’d done a bit of soldering when rewiring a guitar with a new pickup and then some mods on a Fender Blues Junior amp (which gave me the bug to have a go at building my own). Having your clear concise instructions was very helpful, …