Thanks guys!

Sweet thanks Tonyharker. I've seen people mention that here and there. I was originally planning on going with something like that but figured I would see if maybe someone knew of something maybe one (small) step up and a little more functional. Though I guess I don't know if the Noisy Cricket would be sufficient or not, it may just be!

J M Fahey. Do you have any recommendations for an amp like that to build?

Basically I'd like to just have and easily portable combo jam station, something I can throw in the back seat, pull out, plug in somewhere or slap a battery in, sit on and just jam. I'm pretty handy building things and have plans drawn out for the cabinet and I'm fairly proficient with soldering and etching and such. I wouldn't mind a more powerful/slightly more challenging amp to build if you guys think it would better suit what I'm looking for.

Also where would be the best place to buy all the parts? My local Radioshack is ... less then stellar. Great if I wanted a cellphone cover though ... Haha

P.S. My thoughts with the battery were that if I were to get a hankering to play I could just set down for a few songs and play via battery and if people seemed interested or if just sitting at home maybe switch over to powered for extended play.

Hey everyone, I've been search the web for some ideas and ended up reading through a few threads here and it seems like people have been in general very helpful so I figured I'd ask a few questions if that's okay.

I'm a beginner amp builder. I normally just build Cigar box guitars and pickups but recently I came across a brand new Ragin Cajun 10" speaker. I'd like to use it to build a combo with a simple (possibly battery powered?) amp with a tone, vol, gain, overdrive switch where the cabinet can double as a seat to play on if that makes sense.

I've seen the "Noisy Cricket" and it seems pretty simple. Seems like even though the battery doesn't last long it would still work in a pinch (with the wallwart for extended play) and even though it's not loud it would be loud enough for my uses. However I can't seem to find a parts list of exactly what I would need.

My question(s) is(are) would anyone here recommend the noisy cricket and if so would anyone happen to have a list of exactly the parts I would need to build it? Would anyone recommend a different easy project? The speaker is 10" 75w 8ohm. I have no aversion to dropping the battery powered aspect in lieu of a decent, easy-ish, amp project. I've researched the best dimensions for the speaker and have plenty of Cedar I can work with for the cabinet. I'm also pretty competent with electronics even if I'm completely new at building amps so soldering etc is not an issue for me.

Thanks ahead of time for any input or info!