DIY 5W SLO

[tehuk]

Has anybody built one of these? I would love to give it a shot but it might be out of my league. Any suggestions on beginner projects?

http://diy-fever.com/index.php?project=5w_slo

 

[shadowfax29]

I've been wanting to get into some of that stuff myself lately and I'm an absolute beginner. A friend that I work with let me borrow a book he has called "Electronic Projects For Musicians". It's definitely not bad if you're just looking for some info and a few easy starter projects. It starts right from square one if you know nothing about electronics, schematics etc and goes from there. I'm currently trying out a preamp project that's in the book. It's an older book, but I definitely feel as though it's given me a start.

 

[tehuk]

Thanks for the info! I think I found a link to the book. Is the author Craig Anderton?

 

[shadowfax29]

Yup that's the one! If you try any of the projects just do some research into parts first. Because of the age certain IC's are no longer available. Here's a link to a page that did some revised PCB layouts for the projects in the book which incorporate current IC's in place of ones that are nearly impossible to get.

http://www.generalguitargadgets.com/ind ... Itemid=177

I made my own PCB board but the book mentions a site that sells (and still does) ready to go kits for some of the projects. Just depends on how complicated you want to get. Good luck!

 

[stratotone]

I have a fender champ with a soldano preamp - basically a 3 watt SLO. Built it back in 2001 or so.

however, I could never really crank it and the gain much at all because the power section wasn't really meant for a high gain preamp. There is a reason why amps with tons of preamp gain tend to have super clean/tight power sections.

Pete