Balls BF-15. My local guitar shop, Main Drag Music, now has a venue in the building hosting multiple shows a week. In talking to the owner we hatched a plan for me to build a few backline amps to suit the room, something Fender-y and something Marshall-y (which is yet to come). They get some amps to...

ChudFusk wrote: Thu May 01, 2025 5:08 am https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail ... -bass-head

Is there any reason why I can't use this as a guitar head to power a 100W 8 Ohm 2x12?

Its a 200W amp, so you run the risk of blowing the speakers if you turn it up.

four_oclocker_2.2 wrote: Tue Apr 29, 2025 8:59 am Preferred oil for cleaning/conditioning a rosewood fretboard?

I use BooS Block cutting board conditioner because I have some on hand and i'm sure its just fine.

Nate Dort wrote: Mon Apr 21, 2025 6:35 pm Amps aren't selling at all right now. I've got inventory I've been sitting on for a month or so, priced to sell, and it's crickets out there. I think everybody is hunkering down given the current state of affairs.

This checks out. I've been busy but largely with international orders.

Another O-50. This time built to the specs of the Orange OTR amps that came out in the 90s. Not many differences, but a few and the client wanted to mimic the original as much as possible. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54466655371_d5b3404c5e_c.jpg [/url] https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/544...

When emulating a design like the bassman in this case, how much is it just voicing the preamp after the target amp and then just working out a power amp that suits the desired usage? Or is it a lot more complicated, like you using these less common tubes in a configuration that also emulates the ou...

Which would be a bigger pain - installing reverb into a combo amp build like that or instead making a second 3 knob reverb unit to match with your new (reverb-less) Balls amp? That depends. Adding it at the amps inception? Easy. To an existing build? Not a HUGE pain so long as there's room for the ...

I love this. Speaks to my tastes. The aesthetics are fantastic. Then there's the reverb and tremolo--was that a pain working into the design? I've always wanted a bassman of that era, but I'd never have cause for the full blown deal. Thought of something closer to 20ish watts in a 1x12 combo, but t...

Maybe get some inspiration from the master blaster himself https://authorandpunisher.com/ LOL. "Well.....i DO have a 200lb steel ingot just sitting around doing nothing..." We have a mutual friend so I've punished him a few times with questions. That's kind of how it evolved, I forget whe...

TylerDeadPine wrote: Wed Apr 16, 2025 10:06 am Maybe get some inspiration from the master blaster himself https://authorandpunisher.com/

LOL. "Well.....i DO have a 200lb steel ingot just sitting around doing nothing..."