Little Walter 59 gut shots

[M Fowler]

Little Walter 59 gut shots photos for amp porn Thursday.

Little Walter 59 gut shot.pdf

Little Walter 59 gut shot 2.pdf

Little Walter 59 top3.pdf

[M Fowler]

Amp design was straight from Building Vacuum Tube Guitar & Bass Amplifiers (Volume 2) by Tino Zottola.

Page 23 Bassman Amplifier

Little Walter 59 top.pdf

[M Fowler]

you can build a Little Walter amp too!

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[johnnyreece]

I've got to admit, I've not followed this maker closely, but do they have a single original design in the stable? One of the ads I saw said "no circuit, tag, or turret boards". Unless they have a different definition, it sure looks like a lot of tag strips to me...If I were in the market (and too lazy to build my own), I think I'd rather commission something custom from a member here rather than one of those "boo-teek" amps...Sorry...guess I'm in a "get off my lawn" mood today!

[M Fowler]

Well for me is started back in 2007 I was following this builder's first builds which were from the Tino Zottola books series most of on that forum had just bought and we were building some these projects.

The builder was soon the premier builder of the fine country folks that were flocking to for pedal guitar amps and guitar amps.

The tech stuff the builder mentioned didn't add up and neither did the data in the book,in my opinion, noting 52 watts from a pair of 6L6 cathode bias.

For the 89 series he says he can get 100 watts from four 6L6's using GZ34 tube rectifier fixed bias.

No I haven't seen any originality only working with high quality players adjusting tone stack and NFB to players taste.

Mark

[stephenl]

Creativity - 3 out of 10
Execution - 5 out of 10
Marketing and Sales - 9 out of 10

[hitchcaster]

layout is kinda goofy looking.. but maybe it sounds better than traditional? happy accident, and thats his "mod".... pretty ugly outside those tweed heads though..

[M Fowler]

I was watching youtube and the Guitologist was working on a Grommes 60 chassis which looks very much like how Tino Zottola builds his or the Little Walter style.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY27W1GrWQk

[boots]

Marketing is everything these days. I've heard of guys building kits and selling the amps under their own name!