Hi,

please help. I am an amp building enthusiast. Last year I started a project which was a battery powered transistor amp on the lines of a sixties radio circuit. 4 transistors, 2 transformers, a nine volt battery and an assortment of resistors and caps. Simple.

The circuit developed as a prototype on veroboard and sounded good, better than I had imagined it might and quite loud, at least loud enough for a practise amp which was the intention.

So far so good. But then it kind of grew. In my enthusiasm I added tremelo and reverb and even a second drive channel. Little by little my simple amp has turned into a monster, a mess of veroboard and wires and still as yet unfinished.

I have built 4 "prototypes". I can hear the potential. The little thing sounds good. But I can't get the construction, the assembly right, consistent and reliable. I think I need to produce a pcb.....

Trouble is at this stage, my enthusiasm is spent. I've turned to the forum for hoping for some words of encouragement.


:loco