“I shared with you some pictures of the WF-55 I built last year. Great amp! I then built a N5X, made a custom head and a 2×10 cabinet. Good fun! Anyway, building these kits was a good fun for me thanks to your great explanations!”
“Well I finally finished the N5X amp I bought off you a year ago. It foundered unfinished for a good while ’til I finally got down to it at Christmas. After a thorough checkover in line with your instructions and actually of all the connections from components to the boards, which revealed 3 dry joints, …
“Just to show you my finished set up. The speaker cabinet is a front ported, closed back (a sort of copy/clone/replica of the 1×12’’ Mesa Boogie Thiele) that I made about a year ago, and used an Eminence wizard speaker (16 ohm, 75W) that I got from a colleague of mine. I was then looking …
“I forgot to send you the photos of the N5X complete, see attached file. By the way nice cabinets from Chris!”
“Here’s the N5X – Buzz is almost undetectable at full VCB, full gain and full volume with the bypass switch open, and it sounds fantastic. Problem now is that I am not sure if I prefer the SE5, N5X or Double Six.”
“Here is my finished N5X head. I use it with an EL84 power tube and it’s unmodded. I had plans to do some gain mods but for now I use pedals instead. It has a good amount of gain for crunchy settings as it is and with an overdrive it really screams. It sounds great, …
“I recently the N5X kit from you and spent a couple of enjoyable days building it, my first real amplifier. I have since modified it by adding a second octal base and an EL34, a 3 position wafer switch where the indicator lamp was and drilled a new hole for the lamp. I built the …
“I’m very pleased with the N5X kit, the online information and support is great. I like the ability to tweak and try different output valves, for now I’ve fitted a 6V6. I found it helpful to read all the documentation before starting. “The case is 18mm thick 12 ply timber. During the design, I was …
“Hi Barry. Project finished. Main timber is recycled architrave over 100 years old, the timber is Australian Red Cedar (Toona). This timber is not commercially available. The architrave is machined down so that I have planks 20 mm by 140 mm. To get the width of the panels I had to join the red cedar, …
“All finished today. The amp combo performs beautifully and joins the WF-55 combo I built last year. They are very complimentary. Thanks for making such great kits. Very enjoyable to build. “It took quite a while of considering different ideas before I went for an unusual configuration as I wanted to have easy access …
“Hi Barry. Finished the NX5 build and it works great, I’m impressed with the quality and value of the kit! The cabinet is pine stained with antique colour then varnished, and the grille is mild steel expanded mesh sanded and clear coated with car spray lacquer. Luckily we had a spare offcut of the mesh …
“I recently built an N5X kit with a combo cabinet from Chris Uff, and I’m enjoying the new amp immensely. It is not only my first build, it’s my first-ever electronic project. It’s nothing out of the ordinary, just a classic combo in white tolex with black piping. I opted for a 2×10 configuration with …
“I hope all is well. Just thought I’d share a couple of pics of my amp build. It’s pine furniture board from Wickes. I’ll never be a cabinet maker but I’m pretty happy with it and more than happy with the sound, lovely in clean and a savage gain! It’s been a really good experience …
“I have now finished my N5X, it was great fun. And I just want to thank you, for a great amp kit, with a super build guide and for a friendly price.”
“Here comes my humble contribution to your customer amp gallery with the N5X amp which I have now finished. Again I would like say that the instructions were excellent and the building process went without any troubles even though it was the first amplifier that I built. To complete the project I made a matching …
“I just completed the cabinet for the N5X yesterday morning and thought I would send you a picture of it next to its brother – one of your P1800s. I bought the P1800 secondhand off eBay but didn’t like the cabinet so I had Chris Uff make one to my preference. I have made guitars …
“I finally have some pictures of the N5X I built earlier this year. It was a challenge, and there were numerous occasions of swearing at fiddly bits. But I love the sound this thing makes, it takes pedals very well and for home jamming it is a perfect amp.”
Some lovely dovetail jointing and a unique ‘propellor’ style ventilation cut-out on Greg’s N5X. Woodwork comes easier for Greg than me, and he makes cigar-box guitars, too. More info here: www.youtube.com/channel/UCgxVDul9cWwRL1a0zqlGGog/videos
“My father in law is a master carpenter, so I have access to tons of wood and tools if I wish. However, for this cabinet, I used only off-cuts of cherry wood. I also used two layers of mahogany colour, since the off-cuts’ colouring were not all uniform. After that, three layers of transparent coatings. …
“Just to show you the finished N5X. I am very pleased with it, I will try the other valves at some stage when I finish making a speaker cabinet.”
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