Hoffman Amplifiers Tube Amplifier Forum
Amp Stuff => Tube Amp Building - Tweaks - Repairs => Topic started by: owen on August 15, 2023, 11:09:48 am
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A colleague has seen the 7 or 8 amps I've cloned/built and wants one. He wants switchable distortion channel AND spring reverb though...
Any suggestions of things to clone easily? I can't think of much.
I'm fine cloning things, have built a couple marshalls and brown fenders (super, tremolux, bandmaster) for complexity, but I'm not a designer or engineer.
Preferably lower watt, single 12" combo (extremely tricky for chassis space).
have had zero luck convincing to use pedals to shape distortion instead.
I might pass, but I like the challenge.
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My first amp had a similar concept - Carvin Vintage 33. Search for the schematic, just to copy the basic concept, including the relais switching and the 1-tube reverb. The clean channel was nice, and quite unique with its baxandall tonestack. The distortion channel was mediocre. But both weren`t worth cloning them... I`d suggest to take the distortion channel from the Friedman Smallbox or Runt 20 etc, add a Fender blackface clean channel and a 2*EL84 or 2*6V6 power amp, fixed bias with switchable NFB.
A different, but very interesting concept is the "Damocles" by Chasingtone. You could add a footswitch option with one of the available kits.