New amp based on a 5E7
To commemorate moving to a new hosting site I finally got around to posting a new amp I built. This is another transistor to tube […]
Moved to a new web host
I did some changes to the site. I’m simplifying and downsizing. My amp stuff is now located at the root domain instead of a sub-directory. […]
Selmer anyone?
I recently did some tweaking to one of the very first amps I built using a Valve Junior chassis and cab. This time it’s a […]
Sunstone NFB and Presence Mod for a 5E3
I was recently tweaking my Sunstone amp because it wasn’t quite doing it for me. I had the classic mod with a three position switch […]
Narcotic Demo Video
Just did this using a Tascam DR-05, not my usual setup. It was much quicker to do and hopefully the quality is OK. The video […]
My Carvin to Plexi conversion is done
I finished this one up, called it the Narcotic, and here is the write up.
My parallel/cascaded triodes preamp switch
My Carvin x100b to Marshall build is coming along but in the mean time I thoughts I’d do a post about the parallel triodes to […]
After years under my bench….the X100B emerges
I’m finally getting around to converting my old Carvin X100B to a Marshall. Back in my younger days I played this Carvin amp in clubs […]
A couple more Nervosa tweaks
Some discussion came up on wattkins.com about tweed bassmans and that sort of pushed, overdriven sound some players get with them. I had built this […]
The Sunstone (previously know as the Peavey conversion)
I did a longer write-up including schematic, of my solid state Peavey to 5F11 Vibrolux derivative here.