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This article is about getting started with building your own amps and a few links.
Today I connected a 3 foot theater speaker to my guitar. And it really changed the way the guitar sounds because of the cabinet.
-The cabinet is a really important thing that contributes to a lot of the sound produced by the amp.
-After all, all an amp has is a small circuit and a speaker, enclosed in a large wooden box,
-The wooden box is what makes the sound ring. The dimensions on that box matter and the quality of its material matters.
-Like Kerry king doesn't use a 20foot long cabinet as an amplifier, but he uses a 3x6 array of smaller amps for slayer concerts.
-The wooden box rings, and gives a quality to the sound. as opposed to a guitar connected to a sterio system which has a separate woofer and 4 more separate speakers.
- As long as The box, is not there, the feel is not there.
- Tube amps are said to produce an awesome sound. But tubes are expensive and hard to find.
Good luck.
This article is about getting started with building your own amps and a few links.
Today I connected a 3 foot theater speaker to my guitar. And it really changed the way the guitar sounds because of the cabinet.
-The cabinet is a really important thing that contributes to a lot of the sound produced by the amp.
-After all, all an amp has is a small circuit and a speaker, enclosed in a large wooden box,
-The wooden box is what makes the sound ring. The dimensions on that box matter and the quality of its material matters.
-Like Kerry king doesn't use a 20foot long cabinet as an amplifier, but he uses a 3x6 array of smaller amps for slayer concerts.
-The wooden box rings, and gives a quality to the sound. as opposed to a guitar connected to a sterio system which has a separate woofer and 4 more separate speakers.
- As long as The box, is not there, the feel is not there.
- Tube amps are said to produce an awesome sound. But tubes are expensive and hard to find.
Tubes lit up inside a Guitar Tube Amp.
To build an amp, first of all
-If you are building an amp from scratch, you will have to find schematics or layouts of amplifiers.
-If you search http://www.google.com/patents">google patents for fender or Marshall, you'll get their circuit diagrams. Or you can look at sites which feature DIY projects.
-This is a good site called http://runoffgroove.com/ .
-It features various amp projects and building other guitar peripherals , like drives, pedals ,etc.
-Once you are satisfied with the description, you should open the ckt dig. and list out the parts you need,
-buy them or buy a kit that comes as a bundle of essential parts , and build it like the dig.
A little knowledge has to be acquired to build circuits.
Thats it.
Building amps a pretty good thing to do, to get a good insight of your hardware and develop much appreciation for good hardware.
Good luck.
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