DIY Valve Guitar Amp Head

[lawry]

Ooooh. Valves! This will be a cool build. Especially if your going to go down the Soldano line. What sort of power/wattage are you thinking of?

[DrNomis_44]

Ooooh. Valves! This will be a cool build. Especially if your going to go down the Soldano line. What sort of power/wattage are you thinking of?

Well, since the existing Output Transformer is only rated for 50 Watts and is for a pair of EL34 valves, I'm going to make the amp as a 50 Watter, one thing I do need to do is buy a proper Power Transformer for it because I made the existing one from a Power Transformer I salvaged from an old Reel To Reel Tape recorder, I removed all the Iron Core laminations, all the original windings, did some maths and then re-wound the primary and secondary windings according to the figures I came up with, it does work but generating the -V Bias supply is a bit of a headache, so I'd rather replace it with a proper Transformer.


Another thing I need to do is re-do all the front panel labeling as the all alignment is a bit sloppy, once that's done I'll clear coat the front panel.


I'm also going to be using Turret Boards to mount all the components on, so I need to find an online Australian supplier of Turrets, Turret Staking tools, and Turret Board Material.