Attention Australians

[Cletus]

If there was something in the U.S. I knew of I would post it, but this one is Aussie only unfortunately.

It's Amp School: build a fifteen watt tube amp, under supervision (to avoid any bang, flash, flatline problems). It's in Surry Hills, Sydney. Find yourself a gutted cabinet to mount it, then  :guitarplayer2:

http://www.valveheaven.com/Amp%20school.html

Myself and a couple of mates are gonna have a go shortly.

 

[Nightclub Dwight]

I have heard of something similar here in the US.  It sounds like great fun.  Good luck with it, and keep us posted about it.

 

[Cletus]

Will do. A friend of mine got his amp repaired by that guy, which is how he heard about. He also heard one of the home-made amps shown on this site and was very impressed (professional muso with very good equipment as it is).

 

[OzziePete]

Just for the record, Cletus, Australia did have some great locally built  & good sounding amps in the years that Fender and Marshall amps were hard to come by and ultra expensive due to Trade Tariffs.

WASP, Vadis, Holden, Fi Sonic..... I had a Fi Sonic 30w that was a copy of a Fender Vibroverb (I think) and it had a great sound when cranked! Damn  I was testing it's limits in the 1970s after it had been built in the 60s (no maintenence ), and blew it to kingdom come.