The Amp Garage

I am starting a 15W wreck style to be used with a 1x12. I've heard clips and seen the pics of TWs on Marshall 4x12 bottoms - sort of a definitive TW setup. 1x12 combos though are usually open, one reason because there are tubes in there that need cooling air. Assuming I am not building a combo I cou...

I bought a generic chassis and punched all the holes for a Liverpool with Greenlee punches. I wish someone had whacked me in the nose before I went down that road. I've since learned that stepbits are a smarter...and less painful way to go, but still, I'd just get Allyn's chassis. Step bits are goo...

What is the "B" designation - some sort of taper?

Too much screen filtering makes for a stiff amp. Interesting. What does that mean "too stiff"? What is the effect on the sound, the response? I am coming at this from old school EE (nearing retirement) and getting back to tube roots. Also, I don't actually play guitar, but I digress. I have been to...

Over the years I have used sturdy stompswitches for their reliability -- like carlings, fulltones, etc. I'd like to know if anyone has a recommendation for a long-life switch that doesn't make so much mechanical noise. It could also be a DIY project from available parts. Carling also makes momentar...

Yes, the extension amp (reverb unit) produced only the verb signal, no dry. I have paired it up with my 5 watt 1962 Magnatone 410 and it sounds awesome. It is a nice way to go but unlike the effects loop setup, if your amp is clipping before the speaker, since the reverb amp is getting it's input f...

Billy is right. Valco, (Supro, Gretsch, Wards, etc) all made reverb units back in the 60s that was an amp you ran off of your external speaker out on your dry amp and the unit I own (1961) has a 8"speaker, 5 watt amp and reverb unit. It has one knob to control how loud the rever unit is. You mix th...

Do you mean separate speakers in the same cab or just running a dry/wet rig?. Separate speaker in the same cab. The problem is one of providing reverb to an overdrive channel, where the output stage is distorting. With a master volume amp where the output stage is running clean and distortion provi...

Hammond and Leslie use this arrangement for reverb. The Leslie 122RV for example has two side firing and enclosed 6x9s with a separate amp (2x7189). In the Leslie it is important because it sounds better, I suppose because the reverb would be dopplered by the horn. Has this approach been used in gui...

SVT 6550s. Good for organ or bass. Very honest up to clipping, almost transistor-like. Guitar, not so good.