Posted by: @nsj

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@russ He has a unit in Maryton just outside Kirriemuir, you could go on the site and click the contact tab right down the bottom it gives you his phone number, emai, etc. Just give him a shout

Cheers @nsj. 👍 

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Posted by: @nsj

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Got a place local to me, modulus amplification.

He has a very good reputation too.

I admit that part of my reason for choosing ampmaker is that he's not a million miles away from me, so I thought I might be able to pop my build over to him for diagnosis if I had any issues.

@tv101 good thinking!

@tv101 Holy £ucK! Well done sir! 

I really want to have a go at this now. Electronics and my soldering skills are dire, it’s my worst area of skill level. I am inept in every way and it’s probably what has discouraged me from doing any fancy split wiring thingy stuff with my guitar builds. I haven’t gone past standard two pickup or one pickup with one volume and one tone control. Building a whole amp feels like climbing Everest without any training or equipment. 
However, I feel like it would do me some good, good practice and improve my wiring/soldering skills. 
I am seriously going to look in to this further. 

Thanks for the inspiration TV. 👍 

You’ve done a great job with your amp build. Why don’t you use 18mm ply to make a box, I’ve just made a guitar out of it. It’s strong and can actually look beautiful if you sand it and finish it well. 

@boo

I put together a few pedal kits first, for the soldering practice as much as anything.  They’re also a *lot* cheaper (and less dangerous!) than building a valve amp, so seemed like a sensible progression from wiring guitars.

I’d probably not recommend going straight from not-very-good-at guitar wiring into an amp build.  I used a lot of solder putting this kit together, which means a lot of solder joints, which means a lot of potential points of failure and/or a lot of opportunities for component frying.  There’s also a more entry-level kit that you could start with, fewer components, simpler wiring, etc.  I was a little ambitious going for this one, but I already had a basic/clean valve amp, so wanted something a little grittier.

The cab sides are 18mm ply, with oak top & bottom morticed/tenoned into the sides.

It dry fitted together fine.  Just want to get it stained before I glue it together.

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@tv101 I shall heed your warning and take your advice on this one I think.

As exciting as it would be building my own amp, a bit more experience would do me a few favours really. 

Like you said, there are a lot of places to make mistakes and I don't want to end up blowing it all up as a result of my inexperience. 

Pedals it is then. 

Glad you got into the workshop to see Mark and Carol, I need to do the same now. 

Keep up the good work. 👍