Twigman Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 I have been toying with the idea of getting an all valve head. I have toyed with the idea of giving Matamp a ring and dropping £1.5k on a GT200....but it feels like a lot of moolah. Then I thought i I could make my own, <Top gear>[i]How hard[/i] [i]can it be?[/i]</Top Gear> So I started to trawl the interweb looking for info. There does not seem to be much out there. So....what info sources do you suggest for a DIY 150-200W all valve bass amp potential build? I'd ideally need circuit diags, parts suppliers, costings etc etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benthos Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 [quote name='Twigman' timestamp='1366292588' post='2050616'] I have been toying with the idea of getting an all valve head. So....what info sources do you suggest for a DIY 150-200W all valve bass amp potential build? I'd ideally need circuit diags, parts suppliers, costings etc etc [/quote] Have a chat with Harald, who runs this site: [url="http://www.sabrotone.com/?cat=10"]http://www.sabrotone.com/?cat=10[/url] (link to valve amp build) - he may be able to help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bremen Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/book/9780879307677?redirected=true&gclid=CI7TyqWy1LYCFSXLtAodbScAIw Some of his text is a bit suspect (he refers to the tone control inductor in the SVT as a 'transducer' among other nonsciences) but it's full of schematics. For top quality iron you could go to http://www.sowter.co.uk/ and for glass envelopes of vacuum: http://www.thetubestore.com/ Everything else you should be able to get from Farnell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Foxen Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Much better off buying a fixer old amp and rebuilding it. Old PA or something, the layouts on the Mhuss Hiwatt site are probably the most useful thing as a build resource. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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