Scratchbuilt

I love seeing projects like this (while not being keen to do it myself!). Check out the ‘Junior Pilot’ badge above the grille. “The planning took forever, and then when I fitted the chassis the interference was so bad I had to do it again. It looks bigger in the pictures, it was a proper […]

“The amp is all finished now, picture attached. It’s a 5W single-ended Class A design using mostly your parts taken from a US kit schematic, with EL84 Power Tube, ECC83S pre-amp tube. It sounds great. It has volume bass and treble. You really can dial in any tone you want. “I made the cabinets from

“About two months ago I bought a chassis, switches, lots of other hardware at your store. I was very satisfied with the quality and started building. The plan was to use your British Overdrive schematic with some modifications: Standby switch became a switch between diode and EZ80 recifier valve, I added a switch to disconnect

Not every Amp Maker customer is a distortion-hungry guitarist. The same valves and components can be turned to more peaceful ends. :) “Some time ago I purchased some board from you for my project, at the time you expressed an interest as to what I was making. Well they are finally finished, a pair of

There are many ways to get more gain out of the vintage 18W circuit, and the SuperLite is among the most popular. Neil is one of many builders to go his own way: “Hi just a quick note regarding developments of my (initial) SuperLite build. I decided to to install the two dual-gang pots. One

“Thought you would like to see the JCM 800 clone all wired up. works a treat. Just need to set about building a cab or contacting Chris. Thanks for all your help. Here’s to the next project!”

“Well, here is my latest amp and cabinet. I can’t claim it as one of your kits but it does use a lot of parts I’ve had from you – thanks! The amp is basically a stripped down SE-5a with no tone control but a three-way gain boost, run a bit cooler and attenuated somewhat

“I have now finished my amp, and it sounds and looks amazing. Not sure if you remember my build idea, but it was a stereo guitar amp. As I don’t have workshop I’ve had to take my time in the build. “I could not believe how loud it is. I use 10-inch speakers Blue Fane

Aleksi’s a very serial amp builder, and a regular over at www.ax84.com. This is his scratch-built 2-channel push-pull amp. It uses a modified Amp Maker chassis and is stuffed with turret boards. Aleksi is using the super-easy to work with PTFE (teflon) boards for sub-assemblies all around the amp. “Just wanted to send you a

“The chassis is a burnt out Ibanez TB-15r. The amp is basically your SE-5a with a mod making C1 and C3 switchable – i.e. bright or dark. The other bits are a small ali box on top of the chassis. This is a valve vibracaster reverb circuit that incorporates a Brimar ECC82 valve and small

“Here’s a guts shot for you. It’s only my second build, and the component layout is a little cramped due to using an old Valve Jr chassis and being constrained by the pre-existing holes. I used a schematic of the Selmer Little Giant Mk3 and designed the internals myself. It’s not complete yet – I’ll

“Hope you are keeping well. The Princeton was finally finished 3 to 4 weeks ago. I’ve attached a few photos as I thought you may like to see the end result. In the amp are a selection of your parts – PT, some of the Switchcraft jack sockets, the turret board, orange drops, valve sockets,

Reden used Amp Maker parts to build the 18W TMB that’s a popular build over at www.18watt.com. This has a second channel – thanks to an extra preamp valve – to provide more overdrive than the normal 18W channel.

Here’s an unloved solid-state amp that’s been given a new lease of life. In this case, Mark has used Amp Maker’s 36W transformer set and JJ valves to turn an old ValveState Marshall into a fire-breathing all-valve amp. Some jobs were clearly easier than others: “The output transformer fitted into the chassis without modification and

This Tweed Princeton-ish combo was a present that Aleksi made for his father. For the circuit, Aleksi used TB11 PTFE board along with Amp Maker transformers to make an amp that’s broadly similar to the Champ-based WF-55 amp kit. But following the vintage Princeton’s lead, it also has a simple tone control. It’s all mounted

Robin used the Amp Maker 18W output transformer, chrome knobs and tag boards for this fascinating build. “It all started a long time ago……, back in 1993, when I swapped a Roger Waters CD, for some “scrap” from a loft. It turned out to be an early 1960’s LINEAR EL84 ultra-linear cage amp in very

Using Amp Maker 18W power and output transformers, plus chassis and turret board material, James built a great looking amp based on a Trainwreck Express circuit. I’d also sent over some surplus mahogany material (same as used for the WF-55 faceplate) and James made the amp’s faceplate: “I actually split the thing in half, but

The FireFly project was a very popular build at www.ax84.com (which became https://perpetualinnovation.us/MyBBDir/ some years ago). Andy used the Amp Maker 190-0-190V power transformer for his build, and kindly sent photos in to show the true point-to-point layout he came up with. Note that it has a switch for using 12AU7 for around 1W or

Hywell had previously built the Amp Maker SE-5a kit and then moved on to his own 18W SuperLite build. “It’s been half built for a long long time and I finally got around to finishing it off in the last few weeks. It’s got your chassis, transformers and quite a few other bits and pieces

The Fender 6G15 reverb unit is – in many ways – a full-blown amp which just happens to drive a reverb tank instead of a speaker. It uses two preamp valves, a power valve and a mains and output transformer, and Mike built just such a reverb unit using Amp Maker parts. “Finished the build