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Today I started a new amp. Last summer's was a clone of a Matchless Lightning, and it was basically a connect the dots. A great way to get introduced to working with electronics.

But THIS summer, it's something more involved. I feel like I've learned a lot. I can actually read a schematic, and I spent a lot of time modifying a Fender blackface deluxe into a 22 watt version of Two-Rock's Custom Reverb. I'm excited

I made a site where I'll be documenting my progress for anyone who wants to see what building an amp might be like: You can see it here

Sounds like a neat project!!

Good luck!

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Peter M.
Cornerstone Guitars
http://www.cornerstoneukes.com

I'm sure she's a great web page, but I'm not sure I have the capacitance to resist 'er.

I know, <groan>.

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"I want to know what kind of pickups Vince Gill uses in his Tele, because if I had those, as good of a player as I am, I'm sure I could make it sound like that.
Only badly."

Nice, Don, lol.

That's cool Frank. I was THIS close to doing a 5E3 instead. Very cool,
warm, amp. What I was really trying to do was go one channel with what
I'm currently doing, and another with the circuit of a 5E3. They use
different styles of phase inverter, so it made impossible.

Some might remember from my introduction thread,
that I was studying to be an amp tech and custom builder, before I decided that I didnt reaaaally want to risk 600VDC coarsing through my body for money,
(and would only risk it for my own personal ampbuilding enjoyment)
and decided to build guitars instead!
All in all I felt that it was a good decision.

Anyhow I did mod a few small amps during my study, but never got around to a full build..... which I always wanted to do.
So Ive decided to build the two stroke this fall, its a single ended amp with alot of guts and tone and luckily the author of the book "the guitar amp handbook" offer the complete component array in a single a kit, so I dont have to track everything down.

Anyhow James Im really pleased that your enjoying the ampbuilding so much! Are you part of the trinity amps forums? I thought perhaps you might be on account of your first build.
Filipo - good job - tweed replicas certainly ARE nice little amps for just about any electric guitar!
Good Job, and yes you certainly are right about Mission Amps - very top notch in every way!
Cheers
Charliewood

Hey Charlie

I do participate on the Trinity forum. If you look through the Deluxe
section, you can see all the experimenting I had been asking about for a
few months.

The Guitar Amp Handbook has taught me a lot, btw.