Hi all -
I haven't done much in the way of tube-amplifying recently and I decided it was time to fix that.
Of course, I need another hi-fi amp like I need a whole in the head. However, for the past several months I've been hanging out with and running sound for my friends' band. Two of the band members are co-workers and pretty good friends. Coincidentally, they're also both guitarists that opt for tube equipment.
One guys has a Mesa Boogie Lonestar, and the other runs a Marshall JTM800 (i think). Both guys swear by tube amps, but know fairly little about them. I've been trying to learn a bit more about the circuit insanity that's common place in guitar amps (power section distortion?!), and I think I'm ready to try building a head.
The guitarists suggested building a Marshall Plexi-style or 1974-style amp. (The alternative way of looking at this is that they both would like access to either of these types of amps...)
Given the phenomenal success I've had with the DIY Tube PCBs, I thought I'd look for someone that provides the same type of product for guitar amps. After about 7-seconds of googling http://www.guitaramplifierpcbs.com cropped up. The guy posts all of the schematics on B-sized sheets, hyperlinked parts lists in Excel, and the PCBs are reasonably priced (about $30 + s/h).
Unfortunately, he's out of the Superlite PCB (a ~30wt variant of the Marshall 1974), that I was hoping to order, right now.
Has anyone every ordered one of these boards? Any thoughts, suggestions, tips or general advice?
Thanks all,
drew*