I just finished building this beauty. Took me 2 nights in total. Not bad at all.
here are the pics.
That blue stuff on the chassis was a sticky plastic there to protect while drilling and cutting the chassis. I need to remove the rest.
I just love how this thing sounds. The clean tones are very articulate and vibrant. You can even hear the sound of the metal in the strings. Not just a dull twang like most commercial amplifiers are.
Turn it up to 5 and you get a really nice classic crunch going on. Very plexi-ish. Turn it up even further and this thing is a fire breather! Very clear, no mud and you can hear every little nuance of the notes being played through it. It's not overdriven into oblivion either.. It just reproduces the sound of the guitar much much better than most amps I have played through. Very thick tone. The midrange is perfect on it, very adjustable and I have yet to find a "bad" tone setting on this thing.
And guess what? It's only 7 watts! Gotta love Class "A" tube amps. It's pretty damn loud. Loud enough to play with a drummer if you crank it full tilt. This would be the perfect recording amp or bedroom practice amp. Even better yet, I got the parts here to set it up for 1watt at max volume. Just need to drop another tube and socket and a few resistors in.