Solid State Guitar Amp Forum | DIY Guitar Amplifiers
Solid State Amplifiers => Amplifier Discussion => Topic started by: tra on September 01, 2010, 03:57:59 PM
I'm new to amp building, and have successfully finished the tube Firefly project that is floating around the internet. I'd like to build a high gain amp, and I'm really a fan of amps like the Randall RG100 and Century (that Pantera sound).
Are there any projects you recommend I look at? Maybe something not too crazy to start?
hmm 8| lot of midrange cut = extra power needed...I would look at maybe http://sound.westhost.com/project27.htm maybe TWO of these if you are going to play out possibly with a more gainy preamp
maybe the whole preamp board out of something like a crate gx??? or ampeg vh??? complicated preamps for a project but you could feasibly get a working preamp board out of an ebay "as is" (I've gotten these amps broken from ebay as low as 15 dollars)
I didn't say randall...as I don't think they used seperate preamp boards...not sure.
example: a crate gx130c or cxl uses a preamp that is powered through resistors/zeners easily adaptable to elliot's power amps.
( you would need 2 for this preamp)
however: copying a randall/loud tech preamp would be a quite difficult project
Here's what you need, as for the poweramp you can put any tube(which would be cool), or solid state amp(chip amps are cheaper and easy to construct)
http://www.ssguitar.com/index.php?topic=1307.msg11388#msg11388 (http://www.ssguitar.com/index.php?topic=1307.msg11388#msg11388)