I didn't see that one...they had another kit up though ---$995 with no speakers, tubes, or cabinet!
For that price, I'd just buy myself an AC-15 and live happily ever after
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That's the one... keep in mind that the original was a limited run of only 100 amps (which is why they changed the name for the kit) with a price tag of $4000 each . Also, the original speakers were two 10" Fane Alnico speakers - at $225 a pop. Speakers like that don't get included in kits .
I got the chance to play on one about a year ago, and out of all the amps I've ever played it's my favorite. I was afraid they were going to stop making the kits, so I went ahead and bought one before I'd be stuck looking for one of the VERY limited run (they've sold about 250 of the Joy Zee kits in addition to the 100 complete Climax amps).
It also comes with a three-ring binder full of step-by-step photographs and descriptions of the wiring of the amp as well as schematics and photographs of the completed wiring. Gerald Weber is in charge over there these days, I think, or at least he's the guy I spoke to about it, and he was really helpful - the original amp only had reverb on the "American" channel, and after I asked about it, Gerald offered to draw up mod plans for me and toss in the extra required parts to use reverb on both channels.
When all is said and done, I'll still have paid less than half of the original sticker price of an amp that I love and might never get a chance to purchase - so to me, it's a good deal. If I could just go out and buy one, I would - but the last (and only) one I've seen for sale was tagged at about $3500 and at the time I couldn't afford it (I still wouldn't be able to justify it, but the kit with all the hardware is running about what I was going to pay for my next amp anyway).
That may or may not make sense... but it's this specific amp that I've been after for a long time, and this is the only good way to get one now.