Franken-amps... watcha got?

feel · September 11th, 2003, 01:05 PM

I've got one I've pieced together. Pics soon. Who's got a homemade/parts and pieces amp they love or just use as a coffee table?

Bluesbob · September 11th, 2003, 02:24 PM

Does my '68 Bassman with a custom open-back 2X10 combo-cab count? I put in Jensen RI C10Q's with a tricked out AB165 complete with blue sparkle grill cloth, F-plug and Fender Logo. Sounds great! I know some people on this page don't go for the Jensen sound, but with this amp, for the sound I'm looking for these speakers are it. A friend did the circuit mods a little at a time till it sang. My best all-purpose amp! One channel for clean Fendery tone, the other (bass instument) for a big, rockin', power crunch. It's 2 amps in one! Just use an A-B-Y switch.

Tim Swartz · September 11th, 2003, 02:26 PM

How about an early '80s BF Vibrochamp that looks stock from the front, but has a 50w Mesa OT, a Seymour Duncan Convertable PT, a pair of RCA 6L6s, 3 12AX7s with a hotrodded Marshall type preamp pumping out a healthy 45watts... Just enough knobs for 3 band eq and master volume! Talk about a tight squeeze in the chassis! Truely a wolf in sheeps clothing!

MJ Harnish · September 11th, 2003, 02:38 PM

My main amp right now is a 35w cathode-biased EL34 amp based on the Matchless Clubman. I also have my Champ on the work bench reworking it completely (it will have a EF86 input stage), and also have been working on a 1.5w nano-amp as well.

tweeddeluxe · September 11th, 2003, 04:14 PM

Tweed PJ cab, speaker, chassis, and iron with single channel Marshallesque 18w turret circuit board. This little screamer is my "grab and go" choice and never fails to make jaws drop when it's cranked, especially through an extension cab.

Tweed Fenshall PJ

Volume and tone, very pedal friendly, loves single-coils and 'buckers.

A thousand pardons to those that have seen it before.

September 11th, 2003, 01:05 PM	#1 (permalink)
feel TDPRI Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Eastern NC Posts: 22	Franken-amps... watcha got? I've got one I've pieced together. Pics soon. Who's got a homemade/parts and pieces amp they love or just use as a coffee table? __________________ '02 Blue Flower RI (CiJ)

September 11th, 2003, 02:24 PM	#2 (permalink)
Bluesbob Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: East Suffolk L.I. Posts: 1,050 20 Photos	Franken-Fender Does my '68 Bassman with a custom open-back 2X10 combo-cab count? I put in Jensen RI C10Q's with a tricked out AB165 complete with blue sparkle grill cloth, F-plug and Fender Logo. Sounds great! I know some people on this page don't go for the Jensen sound, but with this amp, for the sound I'm looking for these speakers are it. A friend did the circuit mods a little at a time till it sang. My best all-purpose amp! One channel for clean Fendery tone, the other (bass instument) for a big, rockin', power crunch. It's 2 amps in one! Just use an A-B-Y switch. __________________ What, me worry?

September 11th, 2003, 02:38 PM	#4 (permalink)
MJ Harnish Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Hattingen, Germany Posts: 457	My main amp right now is a 35w cathode-biased EL34 amp based on the Matchless Clubman. I also have my Champ on the work bench reworking it completely (it will have a EF86 input stage), and also have been working on a 1.5w nano-amp as well. __________________ MJ Harnish Suburbs: Where they cut down all the trees and then name the streets after them.

September 11th, 2003, 04:14 PM	#5 (permalink)
tweeddeluxe Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: MD Age: 51 Posts: 733	Fenshall Pro Jr. Tweed PJ cab, speaker, chassis, and iron with single channel Marshallesque 18w turret circuit board. This little screamer is my "grab and go" choice and never fails to make jaws drop when it's cranked, especially through an extension cab. Tweed Fenshall PJ Volume and tone, very pedal friendly, loves single-coils and 'buckers. A thousand pardons to those that have seen it before.

September 11th, 2003, 02:26 PM	#3 (permalink)
Tim Swartz Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Michigan - Tweenst the Great Lakes Posts: 1,881	How about an early '80s BF Vibrochamp that looks stock from the front, but has a 50w Mesa OT, a Seymour Duncan Convertable PT, a pair of RCA 6L6s, 3 12AX7s with a hotrodded Marshall type preamp pumping out a healthy 45watts... Just enough knobs for 3 band eq and master volume! Talk about a tight squeeze in the chassis! Truely a wolf in sheeps clothing!