Hello,
Thank you for your advice. I do just want to attempt to build an amp from scratch and I will post a schematic when I find one of my choosing.  I am thinking about trying to build the ax84 amp from the same name website.  But my question about that is in regards to the ground.  Am I just grounding it to the chassis? I apologize for the lack of schematic and I will post it later. thanks again.

Thank you for your response.  I'm not underestimating the difficulty of this potential endeavor. I am planning on taking your advice and attempting to do  simple circuit.  I do have another question though.  This schematic I have, and I don't know if the person just made a mistake or it is supposed to be put on different boards, but it is spread on 2 different pages (pdf.)  thanks again. I will let you know how my first circuit comes out.

Hello Everyone,
I have the bug to build and it has inspired me to attempt to make a guitar amp.  It began simply as "I will just try to build one effect box" to "Let's make a stack."   I apologize for the rant.  Anyway, I have found schematics that could be used for a small practice amp (instead of using the half stack) but my question is (and I know it may be difficult to answer in a forum setting) how do I go from schematics to putting it into motion?  Is there any "cook book" site or literature for doing such as I tend to be a step by step kind of guy.  Thank you all for your time and patience.  Have a good afternoon/evening.