Getting started modding and servicing your own amp (Marshall

[peterc52]

I wanna get started servicing and modding my own amps, but where do I begin.

What material should I get - both videos and books.

How about Lee Jackson's videos, is they the price worthy?


I have set a goal for myself, and that is to learn this!

 

[LP Freak]

Join the Metroamp forum. There's more info there than one can possibly absorb. http://www.metroamp.com

 

[MrDan666]

I would check out Kevin O Connor's 'The Ultimate Tone' series of books, they have plenty of useful information that you can study before diving into servicing/modding.

I wouldn't bother with Lee Jackson's DVDs, they really don't explain anything at all. They show you where to solder the parts and everything for his mod, but that is it. I don't think you will learn much at all from it, i didn't.

Also like Paul suggested, check out Metroamp forum. There's lots of useful info on there from some well respected techs like Randall Aiken, Larry Grohman, Dave Friedman, Mark Cameron etc.

 

[steve_k]

Buy a Ceriatone kit unassembled and put the board together yourself and the chassis. Grab a bag of resistors/caps and start messing around.

A good book to start with is "How to Service Your Own Tube Amp", by Tom Mitchell. Get it off Amazon.


Steve

 

[Anonymous]

Sorry for the spam here... but I have a complete set of Kevin O Connor's TUT series, and they are some of the most informative books out there. Here is my link in the classifieds:

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[peterc52]

Thanks guys!

I'm gonna buy the "How to Service Your Own Tube Amp" first, to see what the hell is going on under the hood.

Thereafter I'm thinking about buying a 18 watt Ceriatone kit, as it don't cost that much.

About the Kevin O Connor's 'The Ultimate Tone' series, they cost alot, so they will have to come join in later. Thanks for the offer though!

And I have already joined the MetroAmp forum, thanks!

 

[peterc52]

Or do any of you recommend a other, maybe more suitable and cheaper amp for a first time builder?

 

[JakeAC5253]

Or do any of you recommend a other, maybe more suitable and cheaper amp for a first time builder?

How about a stompbox?

 

[peterc52]

Or do any of you recommend a other, maybe more suitable and cheaper amp for a first time builder?

How about a stompbox?

I have actually build a autowah stompbox, so I do know how to solder.

 

[JerryP]

Buy a Ceriatone kit unassembled and put the board together yourself and the chassis. Grab a bag of resistors/caps and start messing around.

A good book to start with is "How to Service Your Own Tube Amp", by Tom Mitchell. Get it off Amazon.


Steve

The Tom Mitchell book and video are a great place to start.
Jerry

 

[peterc52]

The Tom Mitchell book is now ordered from Stewart-Macdonald!