DWarfcraft Tube amp.

aen · Post by **aen** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 4:27 pm

dudes, theres an electronics shop here in town with about a trillion tubes most of which look to be from the viet nam era. I wish I knew about tubes so I could pick some neat ones.

aen · Post by **aen** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 7:47 pm

MOTHER OF PEARL!

I rang up the local amp tech and said:

"I want to release a tube amp in about a year, but I don't know a thing about it. do you want to participate?"
and he very quickly said
"yep."

and so we have a buisiness lunch tomorrow, HAHAHA!

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 7:49 pm

Time to start saving for my Dwarfcraft Amp.

aen · Post by **aen** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 8:08 pm

ugh, its going to be so stupidly expensive, i don't forsee a lot of them moving, but hell, I'll have a cool amp to show off! Parts are expensive, and you have to build an enclosure, damn. I sure hope I can work it out to make it at least resonable, without going PCB, because those are a nightmare to fix/mod.

Will · Post by **Will** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 8:21 pm

It would be awesome if someone made a guitar amp that didn't rattle and fart when mondo bass tones were piped through it

serfx · Post by **serfx** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 9:00 pm

endsjustifymeans wrote:Time to start saving for my Dwarfcraft Amp.

yup.

aen · Post by **aen** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 9:08 pm

DuoSonicBoy wrote:It would be awesome if someone made a guitar amp that didn't rattle and fart when mondo bass tones were piped through it

A lot of that has to do with the cab, doesn't it? i used to put my bassman head on the floor to minimize the racket...

Sloan · Post by **Sloan** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 9:13 pm

DWARFTCRATF AMP IDEAS FROM SLAON:

1. plz maek the enclosure small, perhaps have the transformers etc stick out horizontally to save space
2. include rack ears for rackmountin'
3. beefy toggle switches.
4. separate outputs for 4/8/16ohms rather than a switch (that will eventually break off y'all!)
5. etc...

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 10:06 pm

UK folks - this is the site I was on about: ampmaker.

Also Torres, too.

Will · Post by **Will** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 11:49 pm

aen wrote:
DuoSonicBoy wrote:It would be awesome if someone made a guitar amp that didn't rattle and fart when mondo bass tones were piped through it
A lot of that has to do with the cab, doesn't it? i used to put my bassman head on the floor to minimize the racket...

Yep - it's mostly combo amps with all the vibration hitting the tubes. I really should go to a head w/ closed-back cab, but that's a big shift and a lot of expense.

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 6:42 pm

I have a quick fix for that. It's called a Marshall. [/mad cheek]

Will · Post by **Will** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 7:46 pm

DO WANT JTM 45 with straight-front Celestion 25 cab!

AEN: Do a flip-top amp!

The head goes inside the cab for transit

aen · Post by **aen** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 8:22 pm

We're considering a lot of enclosure options. They're all expensive.

Had my meeting with Derrick today, he's on board. We're going to get a prototype done and then get pre-orders. Possibly releasing two amps at once.......

mickie08 · Post by **mickie08** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 8:29 pm

are you thining a low wattage and then a high wattage? Combo vs head? Let me know because this is the type of thing I would get behind and buy as I am sure it will turn out great and have it's own flavor

Post by **Doog** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 8:32 pm

The Ultimate Destoyer

Can you imagine an dual channel amp, the dirty channel being a Great Destroyer with 3 band EQ?

IMMENSE.

aen · Post by **aen** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 8:41 pm

We're thinking... just thinking... this is the plan so far

"Love Buzz" small footprint high gain warm fuzzy amp with footswitchable gain levels. I want to go from "gentle breakup" to stoner metal grind. 4/8/16 ohm outputs, should be doable. we're looking at a Traynor type transformer.

"Soap Box" a simplified squeeky clean version of LB. VOlume and Presence, for those who shape their sounds via pedals, like me.

There's been (of course) a lot of suggestions about putting pedals in the circuit, which is posible, of course, but at this time, I'm very interested int he purity of an amp.
Of course, nothing is set in stone, so I'll keep updating

JamesSmann · Post by **JamesSmann** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 9:00 pm

holy shit...a dwarfcraft amp...FUCKING EPIC.

aen, when you're ready to build tube bass amps, please let me know. srsly. if you can build me like a 150-200w tube bass amp for 5-600 bucks I'll throw in a BLOW JOB.

Will · Post by **Will** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 9:47 pm

Soap Box sounds like my kinda deal - very excite!

FenderGuy53 · Post by **FenderGuy53** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 2:39 pm

If you want to build a vintage classic on the cheap, check out Weber's 5E3 So Watt ?!

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 2:41 pm

please stop this.