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Solid State Amplifiers => Honey Amp => Topic started by: RookieRecurve on August 09, 2024, 06:10:40 PM

Title: Finished My Honey Amp
Post by: RookieRecurve on August 09, 2024, 06:10:40 PM
The amp is built, and it works!  Powered by a 17vac salvaged transformer, through a diy full-bridge rectifier, into a cheapo buck convertor set at 16vdc, and housed in a salvaged VCR.  Played it through a 1×12 Celestion Gold.  It's gritty, but sounds pretty great for blues and rock.  It's also very quiet at idle.  It was a fun build!  Took some extra time due to moving components off-board.
Title: Re: Finished My Honey Amp
Post by: J M Fahey on August 10, 2024, 04:09:03 AM
Quote from: RookieRecurve on August 09, 2024, 06:10:40 PMThe amp is built, and it works!  Powered by a 17vac salvaged transformer, through a diy full-bridge rectifier, into a cheapo buck convertor set at 16vdc, and housed in a salvaged VCR.  Played it through a 1×12 Celestion Gold.  It's gritty, but sounds pretty great for blues and rock.  It's also very quiet at idle.  It was a fun build!  Took some extra time due to moving components off-board.
Congratulations on rolling you sleeves up and actually *building* it.  :)

End result is worth it.
Title: Re: Finished My Honey Amp
Post by: joecool85 on August 14, 2024, 02:17:32 PM
Nice job, it looks great!

I've currently run out of kits and I'm up in the air on ordering more or not.