White Henning Amplification Cherry Bomb #1 is (almost) DONE!

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Wow man that really looks nice and well thought out like the way the knobs and controls are laid out.
 
dwizted":1mht25dh said:
Wow man that really looks nice and well thought out like the way the knobs and controls are laid out.
jasonP":1mht25dh said:
Steve, dude this this totally awesome!! Great job!
Thanks guys!

Steve
 
That looks awesome, Steve. I can't wait to see and hear the final product. :thumbsup:
 
Oh, btw, here is the description (more or less) of the amp that I'll have on the website:

"About This Amp:

The Cherry Bomb is an explosion of tube tone! Don’t let the good looks distract you, this amp delivers the goods and is a veritable “kitchen sink” of tone tools for gigging and recording musicians. The Cherry Bomb is a 100 watt amp that features two completely independent, footswitchable channels, each of which has switchable gain modes and master volumes.

Specifications:

The PLEX channel is just what you might expect from the name and a lot more. With the channel’s saturation switch in the center “off” position, you can get everything from sweet cleans to 60s/70s classic rock tones. Set the gain up full in this channel and roll down your guitar’s volume and you’ll be blown away by how the amp cleans up, even with higher output humbuckers. Another feature of the amp is the channel jump switch, which simulates the external channel jumping commonly done with a certain late 60s English guitar amp. Now play with the saturation switch. Moving it to the right adds a bit more gain and compression putting you squarely in “Brown Sound” territory. Move the switch to the left and add even more gain and compression. Now you’re in 80s hard rock/hair metal territory.

The ROD channel picks up where the PLEX channel leaves off adding another tube gain stage to get mean! 80s metal tones to more modern high gain metal tones are on tap here. Of course, you also get the same 3-way saturation mode switch found on the PLEX channel, allowing tremendous flexibility in sculpting YOUR ultimate tone. Singing lead tones and massive power chords can be dialed in the ROD channel. No matter how you set the saturation mode, you’ll hear every note of ringing chords. The Cherry Bomb also features a footswitchable solo master volume in the ROD channel. You can set it to provide a volume boost for live soloing and switch to that mode from either channel master. Cool feature that comes in handy for live playing!

The Cherry bomb also features presence and density controls. Most guitarists are familiar with what a presence control does, but the density control may be something they haven’t seen on an amp before. In simplest terms, it adds back low end when the amp is played at low volumes. Turn up the Density control and you can still get the low end “feel” of the amp at even “bedroom” volumes. Pretty cool, huh?

Of course, we didn’t stop there. The Cherry Bomb also features a footswitchable, tube-buffered effects loop so you can add your time-based effects after the gain stages of the amp where they belong. You can choose either series or parallel mode for the effects loop, affording you the ultimate flexibility in how you want to use pedal or rack mount effects. For folks who run their effects in stereo or wet/dry/wet with additional power amps and cabs, the Cherry Bomb also has adjustable line out. Yup… we thought of everything!

Finally, the amp also features another, overall master volume. We’re going to get a little techy on you here, but bear with us, because this is one of the coolest features of the Cherry Bomb. This master volume is actually a post-phase inverter master volume design (PPIMV). We feel that this design provides the best tones you can get for lower volume playing. You’ll get great sounding tones with this master all the way down to “bedroom volumes’. Crank the channel masters up and turn the overall master down to the volume level you’d like to play at and you’ll see that the overall master also adds some perceived gain and compression to the tone. Experiment with balancing different settings of the channel masters and overall master to get the tone you’d like at the right volume for the room you’re playing in. Of course, cranking the overall master up full takes it completely out of the circuit and you can just adjust the channel masters to the appropriate volume."

Steve
 
sah5150":a1qrohc1 said:
Oh, btw, here is the description (more or less) of the amp that I'll have on the website:

"About This Amp:

The Cherry Bomb is an explosion of tube tone! Don’t let the good looks distract you, this amp delivers the goods and is a veritable “kitchen sink” of tone tools for gigging and recording musicians. The Cherry Bomb is a 100 watt amp that features two completely independent, footswitchable channels, each of which has switchable gain modes and master volumes.

Specifications:

The PLEX channel is just what you might expect from the name and a lot more. With the channel’s saturation switch in the center “off” position, you can get everything from sweet cleans to 60s/70s classic rock tones. Set the gain up full in this channel and roll down your guitar’s volume and you’ll be blown away by how the amp cleans up, even with higher output humbuckers. Another feature of the amp is the channel jump switch, which simulates the external channel jumping commonly done with a certain late 60s English guitar amp. Now play with the saturation switch. Moving it to the right adds a bit more gain and compression putting you squarely in “Brown Sound” territory. Move the switch to the left and add even more gain and compression. Now you’re in 80s hard rock/hair metal territory.

The ROD channel picks up where the PLEX channel leaves off adding another tube gain stage to get mean! 80s metal tones to more modern high gain metal tones are on tap here. Of course, you also get the same 3-way saturation mode switch found on the PLEX channel, allowing tremendous flexibility in sculpting YOUR ultimate tone. Singing lead tones and massive power chords can be dialed in the ROD channel. No matter how you set the saturation mode, you’ll hear every note of ringing chords. The Cherry Bomb also features a footswitchable solo master volume in the ROD channel. You can set it to provide a volume boost for live soloing and switch to that mode from either channel master. Cool feature that comes in handy for live playing!

The Cherry bomb also features presence and density controls. Most guitarists are familiar with what a presence control does, but the density control may be something they haven’t seen on an amp before. In simplest terms, it adds back low end when the amp is played at low volumes. Turn up the Density control and you can still get the low end “feel” of the amp at even “bedroom” volumes. Pretty cool, huh?

Of course, we didn’t stop there. The Cherry Bomb also features a footswitchable, tube-buffered effects loop so you can add your time-based effects after the gain stages of the amp where they belong. You can choose either series or parallel mode for the effects loop, affording you the ultimate flexibility in how you want to use pedal or rack mount effects. For folks who run their effects in stereo or wet/dry/wet with additional power amps and cabs, the Cherry Bomb also has adjustable line out. Yup… we thought of everything!

Finally, the amp also features another, overall master volume. We’re going to get a little techy on you here, but bear with us, because this is one of the coolest features of the Cherry Bomb. This master volume is actually a post-phase inverter master volume design (PPIMV). We feel that this design provides the best tones you can get for lower volume playing. You’ll get great sounding tones with this master all the way down to “bedroom volumes’. Crank the channel masters up and turn the overall master down to the volume level you’d like to play at and you’ll see that the overall master also adds some perceived gain and compression to the tone. Experiment with balancing different settings of the channel masters and overall master to get the tone you’d like at the right volume for the room you’re playing in. Of course, cranking the overall master up full takes it completely out of the circuit and you can just adjust the channel masters to the appropriate volume."

Steve


Congrats Steve! Looks fantastic! :thumbsup:
 
Wow, I knew you were building an amp but, I didn't know how full featured you were building it. Very nice!
 
Love the name Steve! I'm truly looking forward to hearing one in person
 
Outstanding Steve, once again congrats on your dedication and attention to detail with every step that you have taken to get at this stage :thumbsup:
 
Wow, the chassis with the screening, the logo, and even the foot switch look top notch ! Hope the clips match the looks. This amp has me interested definatly !
 
The wireing is super neat. The footswitch is bugging me, can it be angled towards the player.
 
supersonic":3lcz67x6 said:
The wireing is super neat. The footswitch is bugging me, can it be angled towards the player.
Hey man - check out these two pictures. The footswitch angles down towards the player just like you'd expect:

foot_angle_1.jpg

foot_angle_2.jpg


See what I'm saying? It IS angled down towards the player so it is easy to use...

Steve
 
It looks amazing!! Just a clean beautiful build Steve!!
 
sah5150":3udkxsyt said:
supersonic":3udkxsyt said:
The wireing is super neat. The footswitch is bugging me, can it be angled towards the player.
Hey man - check out these two pictures. The footswitch angles down towards the player just like you'd expect:
See what I'm saying? It IS angled down towards the player so it is easy to use...

Steve
Excellent, :thumbsup: carry on.
 
Killer Steve .looks awesome.
So do you have a plan for how many amps there will be in the line?
Will there be a single channel 50 or 100 in the works
Fireworks theme is cool
 
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