Add an amp custom built.

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A friend od mine who is an ace on tube amps built me an amp. It's a five watt tube amp Based on the late fifties tweed fender app.
I had a fender mustang head, like fits a 4 12 slant cab. He took that head And cut the chassis. Then he loaded it with the fender tweed amp circuit. It's a 6L6 app. He put a hard to get rectifier tube in it that has some sag. It has a volume and a master tone knob...thats it.
Ohh my goodness!!!
At "sitting around the living room" volume it sounds amazing!
ZZ Top LaGrange all day long!
He did me a favor...$230
I'm out of town but pictures to come.
 
Here's some pics. Im going to trim around the cutout...maybe I dunno. Its going to sit on my 4/12 slant cab thats loaded with celestions. Thats a 4 ohm load. Amp should scream though that cab.
Its switchable from 4 ohm (the master 1/4 " is the 4 ohm input and the reverb is the 8 ohm). Im gonna have to ask him what the toggle switch on the bass input is. May be a ground switch or a stand by. All point to point hand wired!
Im goi g to try and record some clips tomorrow
 

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I found out what the toggle switch is for. It turns the negative feedback on and off.
 
It's only been 13 days since Jimi started the thread. Cut him some slack. It's not as if the thread has dragged on for a year and a half. 😉
 
It's only been 13 days since Jimi started the thread. Cut him some slack. It's not as if the thread has dragged on for a year and a half. 😉
Nope. No slack for Jimbo. I've heard his playing. I want more.
 
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