I decided upon the Princeton Reverb as the wattage and tone to shoot for. Everyone said they sounded better with a 12" speaker, which wouldn't be a problem for me because I was looking at building a head. This was a kit from Weber, and it was pretty good to begin with. I modded the chassis a little, replaced the output transformer so I could get my 16 ohm output tap, and made a turret board to use instead of the eyelet board (turrets are so much nicer to try and mod in-place inside the amp).
It took a few long, late nights of me, 24 on Netflix, and the amp kit, but I got done a few days after it arrived, and I have to say, this may be my favorite amp I've built.
I was worried that it would be noisy, because as you can see the insides look like spaghetti, despite my trying to be very careful and mindful of wiring runs, but it is DEAD quiet. As in, you can't even hear a hiss when it's on. It's spooky.
The reverb will need to be tamed, and I already modded the tremolo just a smidge to give me more depth/intensity, but it is awesome. Very responsive to playing style, very lush and soulful. I feel this is just the thing to get me out of my playing rut and into writing again.
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