Thanks for the reply!
I'm still siding with the tube amp at the moment, although I dont like the idea of having the whole amp on one PCB, unless they've engineered out parasitic elements which I really doubt. I haven't been playing long, the only solid state amp that I've played with is the Randall Warhead which I didn't mind but I thought the tone was kinda hollow sounding. Was hoping this forum could save me some time getting a shortlist of likely ss amps together before I go in the the guitar shop to try em out. Maybe there aren't many metal heads on this site. I'll keep digging!
Thanks again.

No suggestions anyone? I've never owned a solid state so I really have no idea which solid states are considered good for metal.. thinking maybe ill just buy a metal zone pedal for the my 18W and build the dual rect and keep it in the garage or sell it.

I just joined. I wound up here on my quest to find an electronics project. I was actually looking at building a dual rectifier or Uberschall copy, found a site selling premade PCBs and housings-

check it-


Although I've wanted one of these for ages, I think it will be overpowered for my loungeroom playing.
ATM I'm playing through a H&K Tubemeister 18W and although it's great on its own, it sounds like a tin can being kicked down the stairs when we jam together, because the other guitar amp is a DC-10.

So I'm looking for a middle ground.
I'm wondering what builds are available for high gain SS amps, where to find schematics etc. I'm an electronics technician but have no amp experience really. I almost exclusively play metal, death and black mainly so I want an aggressive, high gain amp. The DC-10 is tube and has a 60W selector switch, so I was thinking of looking into any SS or hybrid options of around that dB lvl.

Cool site! I've already learned stuff!