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Anyone in this forum going to the NY Amp Show this weekend? It gives us hardcore tone fanatics a chance to sit down and really play amps in a private demo room with no volume restrictions!! Most of the amps will be Boutique, prototypes, and Newcomers (like myself) that aren’t available at local stor...

[quote="Cliff Schecht"] I wouldn't buy an amp from you simply because it's obvious already that you don't understand them enough to build something worth my money.[/quote] Thanks Cliff for the feedback. I don't understand everything about guitar playing and hell I don't even read music. but it does ...

[quote="Gaz"]Can you please explain double the power being equal to a doubling of noise? I'm also curious about what kind of transformer noise you were/are dealing with? I can't recall a properly positioned transformer causing noise...[/quote] Being that it a double the power is would make since tha...

[quote="jelle"]Welcome fellow ampbuilder. Would you care to tell us a bit about your transformers for the 200W? Are they customs, built by who and what are the spec? Thanks, Jelle[/quote] I used Onetics Output transformers custom built for me. They make the best SLO, Marshall, Blackface, and Blues v...

Why 200w 1 Something different to break away from Orange drop, 6L6, EL34, 100 watt amps through the same old Celestions. 2. As stated on my website. My concept was born 12 years ago in the recording studio when I ran SLO100 into a 1x12 EV and used it for recording. It had the biggest sound!!!! At th...

I built this amp to push 600w 2x12 EVM 12L super cabs with Black label speakers. My concept is to consolidate large 4x12 touring rigs into a single High power 2x12 cab and head. My goal was to marry a SLO/JCM800 with a Hiwatt 201 to give the ultimate QR:Operation Mindcrime Rock tone, to a Zakk Wylde...