@clinton Good to hear from you Clinton, I was hoping you hadn't been caught up in the fires, from what we've seen on news reports here in UK it looks absolutely horrendous.

@boo Yes I am ok. Tragic what happened in Maui. I live on the island of Kauai. Thank you for the concern. Good to see your back on the forum. We missed you.

@clinton Hey man, are you ok? I’ve just seen the news about Hawaii.

I was expecting a bang, or at the very least a FIZZZZZZ-POP @brie. This is the first time I've attempted anything like this. But, it was a painless and bangless experience! Have a look at ampmaker.c...

@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...

@tv101 That is freakin awesome!!!

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...

Next job was to shape the fretboard on the bandsaw and router. Attachment : image.png And then glued it on to the neck. Attachment : image.png Attachment : image.png Today I took...

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I knew I was doing something wrong, no matter how much black paint I was spraying, I always ended up with a clear guitar body. and the weird thing is.. After a day painting, I always ended up with bla...

Ah I did buy these quick release thingies for my little compressor, it is super handy, I dont understand why they dont add these as a standard 🙂