JapanAxe

I don’t think any of us end users are qualified to assess the reliability and failure modes of different amp types as we have so few examples (i.e. amps owned) to work from. Amp repair people are much better placed to comment on this simply because they see so many on their work benches. So here’s a question for them - are the caps in the SMPS sections of Class D amps their weak point?

Cŵl!

Are you a Hobbit?

I love playing live, at its best the stage is my happiest of happy places.

Well thanks for the encouragement chaps! 😆 To the OP - sorry for the thread derailment!

Well thanks for the encouragement chaps! 😂

I measured the output at 22.5W before power amp distortion set in. I built it for home use, I don’t think it would keep up with a drummer. EDIT: I made it cathode biased like the earlier models. I could have got a few more watts out of it if I had gone for grid bias and/or a solid state rectifier.

Still some tickets left.

I built a single channel Ampeg B15-ish head last year.

I’ve gigged an Ampeg PF-50T and it was plenty loud enough through a Barefaced cab. When pushed it just got ‘furry’, which was delightful. I’m planning to build a head based on a 50W Bassman. I’ll start a build diary on here once I get things moving.

The video is specifically talking about live sound. All bets are off when it comes to recording!

Maybe it is a magic bullet! I’ve been aware of this for a while too, but maybe not everyone is - I’m thinking of newer players, but also older ones who have come up with the idea that a smiley graphic EQ means a happy amp.

Some wisdom here:

I’m the opposite, there have been jobs that I decided not to apply for because of the evening call-out rota.

Of course the vibration could be coming from that bloke next to you, trying to build a shed…

I made a similar thing for one of my guitar amps, a 5E3 clone. Mine is just glued and nailed 9mm ply but it works a treat.

Roll up! Roll up!

Well done that man!

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Here ya go:

Pretty sure I've transcribed this - stand by!

Don't think they'll be there long at that price, Andertons have sold out again.

No offence Bill but I hate these things with the passion of a thousand burning suns. They’re heavy, awkward to stow, and the rivets eventually fail. I don’t use any kind of riser with my bass rig, but for my guitar amp I use a decorator’s hop-up sprayed black.

I bought a Bass Big Muff Pi pretty cheaply and have yet to play a gig where I would need it. My son tried it and it was immediately obvious that it was inspiring him and making him want to play. It’s going home with him - that’s a win for me as it’s making someone happy.

14 years and 10 months - is that a zombie thread resurrection record?