N5X

“I’ve attached a couple of photos of the finished amp. AF Custom Cabs is an hour down the road from me and Mark built me a solid pine 18-watt style cab for a very reasonable price. The craftsmanship is head and shoulders above any amp I’ve owned. I have a Greenback in it for the […]

“The cab has a 12-inch Celestion blue and is sitting under the N5X at the moment. A good match for both amps. (Mark also built a WF-55.)”

“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.”

Tristan started off with a standard N5X and then looked at options for adding more gain while keeping it switchable so that the N5X’s standard tone was still available. “The cabinet is ‘tung oiled’ pine from www.trmguitarcabs.com. Very light, but hopefully darken with time. Some lovely grain there, but not captured in the pic. The

“My shiny new combo :) All good. I’m running an Tungsol E34 and a Mullard 12AX7 into a G12H30. Tried a Sovtek EL84 from my Vox AC4TV and a JJ 6V6 S. All nice depending what you want. I could easily spend a week just testing different tubes.” :)

“Thanks for a wonderful kit. I completed the build last night and what a sweet sound! “I changed the front panel a little bit…. I’m building my own head and cabinet. I’m pleased with the result and I enjoy the sound very much.”

“Here are a couple of pics of the amp I previously bought off you (N5X). I am running the KT66 as the power valve – this makes a HUGE difference. Honestly, the natural gain and compression is, to my ear more of a SRV/Hendrix sound. I tested with EL84s (GT and JJ), 6L6 (GT and

“Many thanks again for a great kit which I enjoyed building and is sounding great! “I have attached a couple of pics. I’’m not an expert at woodwork but I think the idea quite worked well. The case was made from two B&Q £4 value bookshelves with a perspex front window and a vintage handle

Something for the guitarist with everything, perhaps? Mike built his N5X into an old cocktail cabinet. Complete with a speaker cabinet in the lower compartment! :) “Here is the finished article. Now I know how it looks and sounds I will be looking for a decent piece of furniture to put the P1800 in. I

Jean-Loup dispensed with the chassis and panels that came with his N5X amp kit and built the amplifier into an old radio set. “I have finished an N5X amp with some minor mods. I added a rotary switch to choose on demand EL84 or 6L6GC. I fitted your toroid 20W transformer (for heater current and

Mark overcame the standard layout of the N5X (which is a chassis that would normally sit valves-upwards) for his combo, which was built into an old Trace Elliot cabinet. “As promised, now I’’ve finished all the cosmetics here’s a couple of pictures of my NX5. The cab is a bit old and battered, but I’m