@tv101 Respect,sir!!👍😃 Often wondered if I should have a go at something like that, would probably end up with an awesome sound - most likely BANG!!🤣🤣👍

Thanks @clinton. I've long fancied doing an amp build. I was booked to do an amp-building course a few years ago, but C-19 arrived, so that course got cancelled. Then I found these kits (business is...

5w is plenty loud enough for my needs @clinton! The "Power" control dials that down to about 0.1w, with anything in between available at the turn of the dial. I already had a "clean" (ie Fenderish) 5...

@tv101 An Amp?!!! Woohaaa! Yes go! 30 watt tube?

Ouch @Robin!

@tv101 Congratulations on your successful electronic build, it was a good decision to avoid the bang. Back in my working days I inadvertently put 240v AC into the 24v DC circuit of a control system w...

Attachment : 20230815_170418.jpg Well, there's a funny thing. I switched it on (still no bang), the little light on the front shone brightly and the valves slowly built up a nice amber glow. Plu...

8. The trickier bit. Wiring in the front panel controls. Doing this when the board is already full of components, and mounted in the chassis, means poking a soldering iron around in some fairly tig...

5. Now let's plug it in and wait for the bang. Attachment : 20230812_121138.jpg (there was no bang, so there's more to come ...) 6. In the absence of bangs, keep on with the right bits, rig...

That was where we started, a few days ago. Since when I've been busy, wielding a hot soldering iron (when I remember to switch it on) and inhaling those lovely solder fumes ... 1. Bare Chassis. A...

OK, so not exactly *bored* of building guitars, but time for something a little different ... Attachment : 20230808_111842.jpg Attachment : 20230808_122639.jpg Can you see what it is...

@tv101 good thinking!

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 diag...

Cheers @nsj. 👍 🎸🙂🙏🎶

Go for it @tv101. Good to see the buzz is back. 🎸🙂🎶🙏

I have to say, working in the Bailey Workshop is both a privilege and a joy. I’m beginning to see a possible route out of the world of Bodge across the border into Craft. Talking of borders, there was...

Knocked in the frets today. It's starting to look like a neck now, Attachment : image.png Attachment : image.png

@tv101 savor every moment

How abso-bloody-lutely wonderful. Had a great time up there in the workshop with the genius that is @markbailey and the wonderful soup-maker-in-chief Carol and then in various entertainment venues in/...

Attachment : image.png That, sir, is one classy piece of work. Very nice indeed.