Originally Posted by: RazboFor the time being. I'm all for the build experience, but my guitar projects take months as it is. I fear an amp would languish on the workbench the same way.[/quote]
Yeah I hear you. It does take some commitment to build it. Not too bad. It was fun, and while I was building it, I told myself, I'd never buy another tube amp again. Looking back... Not sure I would ever BUILD another one. :D

it was fun, but... I dunno...


[QUOTE=Razbo]And I can actually get my hands on a pretty vintage Traynor solid state head that Dad used to gig with. I'm not keen on the SS but I might give it a try, too.

My daily amp is a SS. It's a 60watt vintage 1969 Kustom. It has a beautiful clean to it. No gain or distortion of any kind... Which is something I think I really like about it. It does one thing and that one thing it does, it does very well. There's nothing digital in it at all, it's all old school analog. Which I think is why it seems so punchy for a SS amp.