@frocesterbill @rocknroller912 Couple of pics of the innards … I think this is the main amp board (the other board hosts the various inputs & controls from the front panel of the amp.  Nothing obvious blown or burnt.  I checked the…   Read more»

Thanks @frocesterbill @rocknroller912 I’ve no idea how old the amp is, but I’d say “a fair few years”.  However, it’s in good condition, so it’s not had a hard life.  There’s no signs of external damage, not even scratches, on…   Read more»

Cheers @rocknroller912.  I’ll look at it more closely when I get some time over the next couple of days and try to spot anything obvious. If nothing obvious then I’ll probably just revert to planA and dump the electronics and…   Read more»

@rocknroller912 I have a Roland Cube 60 (cost me peanuts), which I was intending to cannibalise just for the cab & speaker. However – if it worked – it seems like it’d be quite a versatile thing, and me cannibalising…   Read more»

@rocknroller912  thanks for the pointers on thread sizes. They’re 8mm diameter and a very fine thread, finer than the standard metric fine. I’m counting 8 pitches over a 6mm length, so I’m thinking it’s 0.75 pitch. I’ll pop into my…   Read more»

I watched the video link that you posted, the instructor really knows his stuff. It’s a course I would like to do also. @rocknroller912 I’ve known Chris (Rift Amps) for a few years.  His amps are pretty well regarded.  I…   Read more»

@rocknroller912 Two experts with different opinions? No! You’re shitting me!! You want to try dealing with hifi speaker designers. I must have dealt with more than 20 in the last couple of decades and they all had completely different ideas,…   Read more»

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Alder is used in River/Stream bank revetment as it endures well once submerged 

Really interested to see how this works out @rocknroller912. Printed circuit boards are great if you’re making hundreds/thousands of the thing, and then all you need to worry about is putting the components in the right places. The amp building…   Read more»

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but it’s enough to ruin your day Indeed! @rocknroller912 Any idea whether your friend – who started the project for you – sourced the bits as a kit, or whether he went back to component level and bought those separately?…   Read more»

I think that a common theme with professional musicians, they have never got any money and usually manage to get things for free because people feel sorry for them. I’ve just traded a job for free jazz guitar lessons. @rocknroller912…   Read more»

I’m hoping to do a course sometime if they ever start again. Only about two hours for me and as long as the parking is motorbike friendly.  It really is an excellent experience @rocknroller912 – I recommend it without reservation…   Read more»

@rocknroller912“What are you finishing acoustic or electric guitar?”Hopefully both, but I’m primarily asking with regards to electric at the moment, because I’m envisaging the first acoustic I build will never leave the house and so I can probably go with…   Read more»

@rocknroller912    Just as you said, the keruing is very hard to glue, I had left a couple pieces glued and clamped for 24 hours, they just knocked apart with wee tap of a hammer this morning. Also, it’s been…   Read more»

@rocknroller912  Thanks for that information, that’s just what I needed to know to stop me doing something stupid. This particular piece came from where I used to work before retiring. It’s used for the platform bodies of trucks.

I would say it’s a bad idea I’m coming round to that way of thinking too @rocknroller912. I need to build some necks, and I was considering all the different options.  But I think I’ll stick to a more standard…   Read more»

Sometimes I think people over use power tools and it makes the job more complicated than it is That’s a good point @rocknroller912 Sometimes it feels like I spend a couple of hours making templates and jigs, so I can…   Read more»

@rocknroller912 This takes building a guitar on the kitchen table to a whole new level!