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Forum and Web site Stuff => Introduce Yourself => Topic started by: Petedub on January 21, 2023, 07:31:16 am

Title: Hello from Stourbridge, England.
Post by: Petedub on January 21, 2023, 07:31:16 am

Hi, I'm Pete.

I have been a semi pro guitar player for 40 years with gigs most weekends, although I make up my wages as a guitar teacher.

I enjoy playing blues, jazz, soul, and reggae.

I have been building amps for a few years - I have a marshall haze 40 chassis and transformers which I have been practicing on.  This was a faulty amp that I gleefully ripped out the pcbs and chips from and started my first build.

My first proper build was a marshall 18watt head.  It has Hammond transformers and the correct chassis and faceplates. This is a great sounding amp but not quite my flavour.

I am currently buying parts to build a deluxe reverb head.

The main problem with all my builds has been background noise, I have been improving build quality and layout skills to address this.

Title: Hello from Stourbridge, England.
Post by: EL34 on January 21, 2023, 07:31:16 am

Welcome to the Hoffman Amps forum

There are many different boards on this forum for different topics.

The Tube Amp Building - Tweaks - Repairs board is where you can post amp questions.

That board is listed here.
https://el34world.com/Forum/index.php?board=13.0

Thanks,
Doug Hoffman

Title: Re: Hello from Stourbridge, England.
Post by: pdf64 on January 21, 2023, 10:16:47 am

I like the snake oil parts!
How would you describe the 18W’s overdrive tone? Crunchy  :laugh:

Title: Re: Hello from Stourbridge, England.
Post by: Voxbox on February 06, 2023, 07:32:33 am

Welcome sir !
Have you considered the Mars Bar mod? :icon_biggrin: