“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 …
Giovanni must have something of an orange tolex fixation, having previously ordered an orange tolex cabinet for his PP-18. The WF-55 is an easy fit into a cabinet this size – Giovanni’s amp used a donor amp’s steel chassis. Room for future modifications? “There’s not much space left, maybe something in the future. But right …
“I’ve completed the amp and cab and have had great feedback from my fellow musos. Decided to base the cab on the Champ but did not stick to the finer details. I was so pleased with the woodwork I wanted to show it off. “Found things fitted better with the amp in the base and …
There are many small combo amps that make ideal donors for use with Amp Maker kits. This one looks and works really well, and was a perfect fit for the standard chassis. “It’s actually a replacement cab for a Harley-Benton GA5 (same as Epiphone Valve Junior I believe), but being no good at woodwork, I …
“This cabinet is either retro or ‘barking’, depending on one’s views. I’ve found that performances go better if you can make them worry a bit.” Mick chose Ford Bermuda Blue for his superb and seamless MDF-built cabinet. It looks perfect with Mick’s custom-colour Strat (perhaps it’s no coincidence that Fender’s vintage colours were also based …
For his WF-55, Peter slightly repositioned some of the components to make it easier to fit into his tweed finished combo. With the chassis suspended on the back panel, the original position of the power switch was inaccessible, so it was moved to the top and carefully mounted to avoid fouling the power transformer. “It …
The Champ circuit is super-easy to mod, and taking advantage of the pre-drilled holes in the WF-55’s front panel, Ian Chadwick added a ‘Princeton’ tone control and voicing switch. “I recently had a re-union with a band I used to play in 5 years back and volume wise, the amp held up very well. It …
Stanislav opted for the Basic version of the kit (no chassis or faceplate) to suit his choice of small Fender-style chassis. “I wanted to have my own custom handwired combo similar to Fender Champ. I used an alnico 10″ Jensen speaker. Now, I’m satisfied. It has surprisingly warm, fat tone and it’s light and portable. …
Andy Mazur built this WF-55 amp, added a couple of his own tweaks and then Mike Wiltshire built the gorgeous plain-wood cabinet. “Still have to find a handle strong enough to carry the weight, and swap the back panel screws for bolts; otherwise all done. Speaker is a Weber 12inch Alnico Signature 12S.”
Looking like something Army Surplus, here’s a WF-55 built into a very unusual box. “Here is the finished build, I call it the handbag, not just because it looks like one, but also because ‘her indoors’ says it looks like I am never going to have enough of these things! Thanks for a great kit, …
Tim opted to house his WF-55 in a conventional tweed-covered combo cabinet. “I was crazy busy at work and ended up taking the lazy-man route – Barry from Torres Amplifiers made me a tweed cabinet. I sent him the amp and he returned me the finished product. Despite my guilty feeling of being lazy I …
The WF-55 Time save kit ships with a mahogany front panel, and Sami has followed the theme with an all-wood finish for his tiny cabinet. The tiny text label and markings around the knob are burned in (presumably with a soldering iron?). Looks cool, especially cool out in the Finnish snow! You can also hear …
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