JPL Posted February 29, 2004 Report Share Posted February 29, 2004 My plan wouldn't be to gut out the Vamp2 but rather sort of "nest" it. I'm not worried about it being pretty, I just want it to work well. While I agree that the pro is a much better unit I would rather spend that extra money on tools or wood. Besides, I'm just not that good of a player to justify spending more money when I'm happy enough with the sound I'm getting. (This doesn't apply to guitars of course, that's an illness. ) I only want to find a way to make the whole rig independent of outside power. Would a regular cheapo commercial power inverter be good enough or would it introduce a lot of noise? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drak Posted February 29, 2004 Report Share Posted February 29, 2004 I don't know diddly-doo about the amp itself, but I've re-covered lots of old tube combos, usually old Fenders, Ampegs, and Magnatones, man Bear, that is really really beautiful, I love it, you did a fantastic job. That is a lil' sum sum sweet amp there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeAR Posted March 4, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2004 Thanks Drak. Ive got another guitar project about to start, but I might think about making a tube amp next in a single 12" combo. Its just so quick and east to do once you have it figured out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_diemos Posted March 4, 2004 Report Share Posted March 4, 2004 i was kinda thinking of doing something like that.......but mines a little different I was thinking of getting a tube preamp and tube power amp and making a combo cab to house them in........in other words.....a mutt version of the randall module amp combo. I would get a jmp-1 and a peavey tube power amp.......both off of ebay I don't think that i would use tolex though. I would try to cover it in camouflage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jehle Posted March 4, 2004 Report Share Posted March 4, 2004 You're a phreak bear. Nice work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YDoesGodMockMeSo Posted March 5, 2004 Report Share Posted March 5, 2004 that is some nice work man. Can we see the inside, how you mounted the vamp and power amps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Moon Guitars Posted March 5, 2004 Report Share Posted March 5, 2004 Awesome Job!!!! Would love to see a tutorial with pictures. or at least some drawings. Keith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CudBucket Posted November 15, 2004 Report Share Posted November 15, 2004 No question, this will be my next project!!! Beautiful!!! I'd love some pointers on the tolex part. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maher Posted November 15, 2004 Report Share Posted November 15, 2004 I'd love some pointers on the tolex part. me to! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavnerGuitarWorks Posted November 18, 2004 Report Share Posted November 18, 2004 Hey, I'm in the process of building a new enclosure for one of my old beat up combos right now (haven't actually cut the wood yet, but I've bought all the supplies). How did you do the piping on the top of the amp? Is that center section of the top a seperate piece of wood that is attatched on the inside or are there just grooves routed in the top to tuck the tolex and piping into? I had decided just to leave that detail off of my enclosure, but it adds so much style. I have to say I'm jealous. I looked everywhere for blue tolex and everyone was either out of stock or don't carry it. Oh, well! Maybe next time. Great job, by the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George JV Posted November 19, 2004 Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 I have builted amplifier too... It has the circuitry from Soldano SLO-100 and it plays awesome! Check this site for more details... http://www.slowtension.wz.cz/slo/ I´ve made some little cosmetical changes on it so now it looks better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloud Posted November 19, 2004 Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 Looking good. I want to do something similar, but I am wondering if a car amplifier will work to amp up the output from the modeling amp. I am considering using a Vamp 2 though. I have a couple computer psu's that should be adequate to power one car amp. Just curious to know if its workable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CudBucket Posted November 19, 2004 Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 Hey, I'm in the process of building a new enclosure for one of my old beat up combos right now (haven't actually cut the wood yet, but I've bought all the supplies). How did you do the piping on the top of the amp? Is that center section of the top a seperate piece of wood that is attatched on the inside or are there just grooves routed in the top to tuck the tolex and piping into? I had decided just to leave that detail off of my enclosure, but it adds so much style. I have to say I'm jealous. I looked everywhere for blue tolex and everyone was either out of stock or don't carry it. Oh, well! Maybe next time. Great job, by the way. I was wondering the same thing about the piping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey4s Posted December 13, 2004 Report Share Posted December 13, 2004 Here is a link to my DIY site:Photo essays and related DIY stuff. Here's the text files for some of the photo essays:Text files Casey4s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Sorbera Posted December 14, 2004 Report Share Posted December 14, 2004 hey I have a x-vamp and would like to do the same. Right now i'm running it through an acoustic combo and after fiddeling a LONG time I finally found a spot I like. I would love to do the same thing you did. So all you have to do is order the amp you linked to, plug your vamp into it, and put it's outputs into speakers? Is it that simple or am I missing something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloud Posted December 14, 2004 Report Share Posted December 14, 2004 I am pretty sure you have to build that amp as a kit from the looks of it. You could also just buy a power amp unit for a rack and do the same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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