Solid State Guitar Amp Forum | DIY Guitar Amplifiers
Solid State Amplifiers => The Newcomer's Forum => Topic started by: saturated on September 03, 2026, 11:39:05 AM
An upcoming project is to construct a simple amplifier
Some older notes and post said I had some LM385 but I looked high and low through my stash and can't find em
Note to self: maybe indicate a quantity next time :grr
Anyhow I did find a couple "dual" ones
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Kinda intimidated by this wondering if this is for two channels like stereo or something and maybe I can just use one
xP
Where did you find THESE?
I used both A LOT back in the day, also single 741 and LF351, but that was in the early 80s.
Then TL072 became the Industry standard.
Notice 1975 1.68 USD price for ONE is officially about 11 bucks today and in real life about $20
Notice they were individually packaged.
In 1969 I bought just arrived LM741 single Op Amps each in its own cardboard box, as if it were a 12AX7 or something, go figure.
Current TL072 price is about 50 cents each. on a VERY devalued USD.
Yes sir thanks I have a big box of old radio shack stuff I don't think there is much of anything special but if you are looking for something in particular lmk I'll pack it up and get it headed south :dbtu:
Also about a dozen large diodes xP xP