0175westwood29 Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 ive never even done anything like this apart from in school but im thinking it be a good project for me to take my time over as long as its a bit cheaper than an already made svt? which im thinking it might not be but who cares really as it may take months! years even! also does anyone know of any smaller kits like say a 50w valve amp that can be made diy, as im gonna learn as i go, or any good books that explain amp building so i can get my head round it. andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Foxen Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 Ampegs are weird and schematics are hard to find. Do somehting easier. And sned that SVT to me. I'll send you a much simpler 1969 Carlsbro with a schematic for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0175westwood29 Posted September 30, 2009 Author Share Posted September 30, 2009 [quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='613315' date='Sep 30 2009, 09:39 PM']Ampegs are weird and schematics are hard to find. Do somehting easier. And sned that SVT to me. I'll send you a much simpler 1969 Carlsbro with a schematic for it.[/quote] nah im gonna take time and find a knackered one and im thinking im gonna build a baby one first! and work up. anyone know of a place that does such things in the uk? andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Foxen Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 [quote name='0175westwood29' post='613342' date='Sep 30 2009, 10:02 PM']nah im gonna take time and find a knackered one and im thinking im gonna build a baby one first! and work up. anyone know of a place that does such things in the uk? andy[/quote] Look up Torres. They have a special offer on the ideal thing: [url="http://www.torresamps.com/promotion.htm"]Torres[/url] Bear in mind you don't really get tiny bass valve amps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 Re: learning how to build a valve amp: [url="http://www.torresamps.com/training.htm"]http://www.torresamps.com/training.htm[/url] Beware though. Fiddling around inside valve amps can kill. Really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry norton Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 For what Torres are asking for 1 watt, you could probably find a hundred watts of vintage amp in need of some TLC (although you could spend that again just on valves). The big question is, have you ever seen a vintage SVT for sale in need of repair? If you have, here's a link to some schematics; [url="http://www.drtube.com/guitamp.htm#Ampeg"]Ampeg Schematics[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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