WF-55

“The amp is pretty much standard bar the 470nF cap on the cathode of V1a. The only other change is that second knob on the top is currently a standby switch – I have a three way toggle switch that at some point I will use for either 4W, 2W and standby or 4W, 1/4W […]

“I wanted to drop you a line to say how delighted I am with my WF-55. Teamed with a quality US made pine/birch tweed cabinet and Ted Weber Signature Alnico 8 inch speaker it sounds unbelievably superb – sparkling highs, strong mids and a bass response that belies the diminutive size- this is a serious

“Two months later, I’m still on a honeymoon with my WF. Here is how it looks now that I finished building it’s new housing. With a Strat and a light gain overdrive in front, it nails the SRV – Texas Flood sound, which is exactly what I was looking for! “I used MDF for the

“I feel it’s a shame to always hide the valves. I love them and like to see them on show in all their glory. Also, ‘she’ doesn’t mind seeing it on the sideboard. ;-) “We feature musicians in our restaurant every Sunday night, mostly guitarists. Some very high profile ones too. Your amp has been

“Here’s some pics. Not as pretty as the other ones on your site, looks more something I’d have found in my grandad’s house. Sounds great though. I used a Jensen p8r speaker. I’ll definitely be back to make something else when you get the new kits in. Thanks again for your help.”

“Attached is a picture of my ‘railway lantern’ amp. The 1950s case I bought was a little too small so the speaker is bolted on the outside. You’’d expect the sound to be poor but it’s pleasing me very much! Took me a little while to realise I needed a ground from the input jack.

“Just to let you know I’ve completed the WF-55 kit, and included the VVR. It was fun to do and your instructions were very clear, even for a complete beginner like me. “The sound is amazing: so smooth and silken, it seriously rivals my friend’s MesaBoogie in tone quality at lower volumes. A bit dark

As-standard, the Champ’s circuit is low gain. It growls with overdrive only when the amplifier’s Volume pot is wound up. Andy wanted more gain options for his WF-55, and the result is this. There are switches for adding cathode bypass capacitors to the preamp valves for more gain, a Princeton-style Tone control, a feedback-defeat switch

He’s at it again! Richard made an SE-5a amp a couple of years ago, and created a ‘stop-gap’ speaker cabinet out of the shipping box. Seems it wasn’t a stop-gap after all – it’s now featuring in his WF-55 project. “I’ve attached a pic in which you may recognise an ‘old friend’, sadly not covered

Colin chose an old Epiphone Valve Jr combo for his WF-55. “The amp sounds great, far better than the Epi Valve Junior. Thanks for giving me the opportunity to build the amp and for having the patience to help me sort it. It has to be one of the best sounding amps I’ve heard. I

“I completed my amp yesterday and thought I’d pass along a few pictures! I decided to go with making a head and speaker cabinet separately. Overall I thought the cabinet building process was pretty enjoyable (except for putting that frustrating tolex on!). I think it turned out pretty good… especially since this was my first

Every now and then I get asked about adding reverb, and here’s how one customer tackled it. “Please find attached photos of my WF-55 with reverb. I’’ll post these on the music electronics forum in a few days when I have more time. I might also wait til I’’ve tweaked it a little. “It uses

Mick’s first WF-55 was in a blue cabinet shown earlier in this gallery, and I persuaded Mick to sell me the cab. “Since you acquired my blue cab for the WF-55, I’ve rebuilt it as a classic ’57 Champ complete with accurate Tweed cab and Jensen speaker. Chassis is bent up from a 250x250mm off-cut

“Got the wee amp finished… Hope you like my finished job.” John’s come up with an unusual way to house the amp in the combo cabinet: it’s mounted at the bottom of the cabinet – a little like a few amps of the ’50s and ’60s. you may have to stretch a bit to reach

Here’s a very unusual take on a small combo. Andrea has kept the narrow dimensions of a typical Champ-style amp, but built it taller to make the controls easier to get at.

Where to start? The exquisite design? The custom faceplate? The stunning match with a stunning guitar? Well, I think it shows that Christophe is a luthier (and now amp builder). He’s based in France and I strongly suggest taking a look at his Web site: Click here Look closely and you can see that he’s

Classic styling.

“I purchased a WF-55 kit from you a few weeks ago which I have recently finished. It was a bit like playing Tetris to get everything to fit in the small cab that I had (had to rotate the power transformer 90 degrees and mount the input socket and pilot on the front of the

“Thought you might like my WF-55 head box pix (Like a gorilla cage, it’s holding a beast inside, lol). It still works most weekends if we’re in smallish bars/pubs. Use it as an acoustic amp, nice sound and handy size. “Handle on top is off centre to balance the trannies at one end of the