Hello,
I am looking for suggestions on what I should build next! I have recently come into an old piece-of-shit (broken) Crate amp that I took the chassis out of and am looking for a new circuit to retrofit into the cabinet. I know how to design my own chassis and circuit board for the amp, I just don't know what kind of circuit to do.
The amps that I have built in the past are a Blackface Deluxe Reverb clone (from a kit), a Two Rock John Mayer Signature (I bought the chassis and the PCB), an early ODS 1 watt for a friend (which I designed the circuit board and chassis for), a brownface Vibrolux amp (which I designed the chassis and the board for), and a custom (ish) circuit designed off of a Blackface Vibro Champ.
I was wondering if any of you had any ideas on something I could build. The amp has to be less than 50 watts (because I don't want it super loud), and I want it to have reverb. I tend to like clean circuits and then stack overdrive in front, but I'm not opposed to something with a clean and a dirty switch to switch between a clean and overdriven tone. The chassis slot is quite large, so I can fit probably any circuit in it.
Let me know what ideas you guys have!!
What should I build?!?
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Re: What should I build?!?
Something Magnatonish maybe?
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Silvertone 1484 with KT66 outputs.
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Not screaming like the passengers in his car!
Cutting out a man's tongue does not mean he’s a liar, but it does show that you fear the truth he might speak about you!
Re: What should I build?!?
It is impossible to know a person's wants and likes without more information. Also, your post demonstrates how differently one individual's idea can be different from another's. You say 50W or less, not too loud. I think 50W is really loud. So, where does that leave us in terms of helping you? I suggest TAG's best resources are the files on Trainwreck amps. You might as well choose one of those.
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Thanks everyone for your ideas and input! I will take all of these ideas into consideration!!
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I built an ODS #124 with the chassis and cab from a Blue Voodoo BV60 almost a decade ago. Still sounds sweet.
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Re: What should I build?!?
Can't go wrong with an ODS, IMO, and since there's so many generations of those amps and differences between circuits it also doesn't hurt to have more than one ODS amp. 
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Re: What should I build?!?
Build something that uses the same output tubes as the donor amp.