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 […]
Big Bottle Amps
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.
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 […]
Slight Tweak to the Nervosa Gain Channel
The Nervosa has become my current go-to amp for playing at home but I decided to tweak the gain channel a bit. I wanted a […]
More on the Nervosa
I did a longer write on the Nervosa, my 5F6A Bassan sort of thing, here.
The Crate tube amp conversion is done
I’m calling it the Nervosa. It’s sort of based on the 5F6A Bassman but I went way off the reservation in quite a few places. […]
Turning a Crate GT1200H into a tube amp.
I finally decided what I’m doing with the Crate GT1200H I got at a thrift store a few months ago. I paid 25 bucks for […]
The New and Improved Prairie Dawg
I had done a 6V6 version but this is a full on 6L6GC Super Reverb kinda thing in a head cabinet. Here it is.