Members RMS Posted November 22, 2005 Members Share Posted November 22, 2005 Originally posted by Stratotone The only thing I don't like about a kit is that it lays it all out in front of you so to speak... and you won't really learn that much from it other than assembly. By the time someone researches parts, figures out a board layout and parts layout, etc - it's a lot of work. Kits do come in different classes though, and if someone is just looking for an amp for sweat equity and a few bucks, it's hard to beat a kit. I'm thinking about buying a weber kit or two because they are priced really well Pete It depends on your starting skills here. For someone who hasn't built anything before, I wonder if the whole layout and sourcing parts might just be overwelming. Just getting clean soldering skills, differentiating between a capacitor and a resistor, etc. is enough. You and I probably start at a similar spot: knowing electronics already and just needing to tailor it for handbuilt amps and learning a bit about tubes. Even with that, I still haven't gotten around to drawing up a nice layout for my next build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gusfinley Posted November 23, 2005 Author Members Share Posted November 23, 2005 So far I've built a Gibson GA-5 Les Paul Jr, and a '67 1987 50W plexi. I have been wanting to build the 18 watt and the 20W for a while, so why not just build them both in the same amp? The schematic that I looked at did have similar components, but were not exactly the same, and the differences in value make sense as to the differences in the amps... still waiting to hear one of those 20 watters though.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pavel Posted November 23, 2005 Members Share Posted November 23, 2005 Originally posted by Bob-I 18 Watt on #10 Good job on this! I really liked that clip... nice soulful boogey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SuperStrat Posted November 23, 2005 Members Share Posted November 23, 2005 Originally posted by Stratotone I've already been corrected Jeff, ya rubbin it in? Pete I wasn't correcting you, Pete, they have both on the site... just wanted it known. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stratotone Posted November 23, 2005 Members Share Posted November 23, 2005 Originally posted by SuperStrat I wasn't correcting you, Pete, they have both on the site... just wanted it known. No worries, I was messin' with Jeff (Kannibul) Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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