![]() Here is a fun single channel AB763 amp stuffed in a chassis about the size of tweed deluxe.ĭumble style mid boost on the switch, and a power supply sag resistor.Īlthough this layout started out as another manufacturers layout design, but I cut, modified, folded, spindled, boiled, pickled, mashed, diced and chopped it to ab763 specs. Good lead dress becomes much more critical in smaller chassis', though. Using Xicon MPP caps like Doug sells make stuffing an amp in a small chassis much easier. You can put the whole ab763 preamp on a few small terminal strips and eschew the eyelet board topology, also. If you move away from that style of layout thinking, you will surprise yourself at how much amp you can stuff in a small space. Some folks seem to think that the leads on components must stick out 2" on each side for it to be "correct". Like Sluckey's awesome Tweed ab763 and AB763-lite builds, you can stuff it all into a very small tweed style chassis if you keep your layout tidy. I'll be going with a blank one most likely so size and money are both major factors. Can anyone shed some light on this for me?Īny recommendations on what would be the smallest and best shape chasis to use for this? I can't afford a nice, pre-drilled one. The knobs on the front type might be actually leave more speaker room because the transformers can be more toward the back, though the speaker has to be a little lower. I originally thought a chasis like the one on my Pro Jr., with the knobs on top, would make the most sense because the chasis doesn't extend all the way to the front which might leave more room for mounting a speaker. I'll build the cabinet after I make a decision on the speaker to use. I plan to make the amp first and find some safe way to mount it or support it while I try different speakers/cabs. This amp may need to be a little bigger because I plan to use a 12" speaker, though I'm not 100% sure about that yet either. and Vox Pathfinder 15R are pretty much ideal in the size department. Keep in mind my goal is to keep this thing as small as is reasonably possible. Totally satisfied with both amps for home use.While I'm still trying to make sure I have the design right I'm also starting to think about what would be the best size/shape of chasis to use for this project and could use some input from people with experience. Loud enough to fill up the room or house with noise. If I want to get louder and way more gainy, I use a Fender Pro Jr tube amp with dirt pedals for practicing standing up. I think of the Pathfinder as a great 'quiet' practice amp. The Pathfinder will not be near as loud or as big sounding as your Bandit but is very well voiced and a great amp for $120. The Pathfinder though takes dirt pedals as well as solid state amps can. Dirt pedals (overdrive and distortion) often will not sound right into solid-state amps. It takes pedals as well as any all-solid-state amp. No hum and it has a good dirt sound if you dial it in right. I have been doing more to practice with a clean tone as this makes my practice a lot more honest. The Pathfinder is my sit down and practice amp. I think thery are both exceptionally good sounding amps. I have a Pathfinder 15 (no reverb) and a Pro Jr for home practice. Would I feel a huge difference going from this 12" speaker to the Vox's 8"? How good would are the cleans compared to the Bandit. How good would it sound with my guitar and its Dimarzio humbucker? Does it hum? (My first amp was a small peavey rage which hummed and buzzed so much I had to get rid of it. There's a few things that are important to me: I initially wanted to get a small tube amp, but this Vox seems way more versatile, while having similar tone and dynamics. So when I was looking at under $200 amps, I ran across the Pathfinder. ![]() ![]() A good low end and it works well with my pedals. I think it has good clean sounds, they're okay. I never go past 12 o'clock on this amp (that's cranking it for me). Besides I don't gig, I only play for myself at low volumes. I'm thinking of selling my Bandit 112 and buying a smaller under $200 amp, since the Bandit's a little too big for the space I have in my room. ![]() And I own these pedals: ProCo RAT, Ibanez delay, EHX Small Clone, Boss Metal Zone, and Boss Flanger. I currently have a Peavey Bandit 112 (80w, 12" speaker), and a strat-like guitar (S-S-H, changed them all to new Dimarzios). ![]()
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