Building an amp

01 - Intro

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Whatever B&B

Nowadays I play with my wife as a Coutry Duo: Country Duo Whatever B&B

As amplification for my guitars, a Tele '52 reissue en a self-built Strat, I used a modeling unit: Digitech GNX2.

My first real guitar amp was a Fender Twin Reverb. Very nice sound but very loud as well! The amp weighed a lot, the flight-case made it even worse.

Later on I played with two MesaBoogie amps: Studio .22. Really nice amps. But since we left our band and started a duo, the amps were doing nothing. I sold one, the other stood in the garage for three years. Peter van Weelden, a tube-amp doctor, did a nice check-up, but it wasn't my amp anymore.

After a long search, I finally found my amp: a Fender Deluxe Reveb. The Fender sound again. This time a blackface. Not too heavy, not too loud but enough headroom for our gigs.

After a lot of searching and surfing the internet, I found Weber. The idea of building an amp myself was born. Asking questions on the Weber Forum on which speaker(s) to use I met Marc Vos of FoxAmps. Marc deliverd me the kit, mostly a Weber kit but with some different parts. Sunday 27 of july 2008, my wife Betty and I drove to Marc to pick up the kit.

This web-site shows the building of the amp:

• Because I'm very proud of the result and like to show it too whoever wants to see.
• Just as a kind of a guide to amp building. Giving some tips, showing some problems ...

A special thanks goes to all the people on the Weber Forum for being very patient with me and helping me out with most problems.

Bert ten Hove, the Netherlands

Please feel free to send me an e-mail:

• Ask me any question.
• Remarks on whatever you want.
• More usefull info for this site.
• Just to say hello.
• Whatever.
• To correct my English, muy importante! I speak Dutch.
• Any other reason.

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The Amp

The Subject of this site.