The ultimate Smokey Amp experience
I previously wrote about building a cigarette pack-sized amplifier. The inspiration for the one I built came from something called the...
Turning a Monoprice amp into a Fender Tweed
Monoprice makes a great 15 watt tube amp, but it has this ugly mashed potato colored Tolex covering on it it which I couldn't stand...
Lucky Strike Cigarette Pack Amp
I've been making a lot of mini amps lately and was wondering how small I could go. Like maybe a size that would fit in a shirt pocket...
Lightweight bass amp
I built myself both a cigar box bass and a ukulele bass and have modified a Jaguar bass, so I wanted to have a bass amp. I didn't want...
Retro Radio Amp
I saw on CB Gitty's site (good source for Cigar Box Guitar parts) that someone had made a guitar from a lunchbox that looked like an old...
Philco Radio Amp
This is a Philco radio from 1949. I removed the tiny 3x5 oval speaker and extended the slits in the wood to fit in a 6" x 9" speaker to...
Epiphone Electar Century
Epiphone started selling their Electar Century amp model in 1939 at a price of $62.25. It was originally a 4 watt tube amp with a 12"...
GE Wall Speaker
General Electric has been a big manufacturer in the electronics space for decades. They not only made products for the consumer market...
Cigar Humidor Amp
Cigar Box amps are fun and easy to build, but they just don't have enough substance to be a serious six string guitar amp. I wanted to...
Danelectro Leader Tribute
Danelectro was a very popular American maker of electric guitars and amps in the 1950s and 60s. They also produced guitars and amps for...