Let's build an amp! Greg's journey to electrocution

[WhiskeyJack]

Yeah, like a normal foot switchable two channel amp.

Sticking a switchable fender clean and a plexi crunch in one box would be many people's dream amp

Yeah well maybe, but I'm not making it foot switchable. That's too much stuff to do.

I like this idea!

You could just use an a/b switch pedal to switch between inputs.

Anyways, not really necessary unless you plan to gig with it.

This is the winner! Good thinking. Great idea. I do have an A/B/Y box that is sitting on a shelf doing nothing. So simple yet it never even crossed my mind.

This qualifies as "foot switchable" and it requires no electrical tom foolery. Thanks liv!

If there were gold stars to hand out [mention]liv_rong[/mention] would be getting four of them.

[Greg_L]

If there were gold stars to hand out @liv_rong would be getting four of them.

[rayc]

Excellent idea to mod the normal, excellent idea to use the A/B switch.
I look at my amps and wonder about unused inputs & unused amps. (I actually gave an old amp to my former place of work. they now have a full drum kit, bass, bass amp, electric guitar and guitar amp, acoustic guitar and an ancient keyboard but no one interested in doing anything with them), - at least with the Marshall they can be "ganged" for another option, (I've wondered about an internal circuit to do that at the flick of a switch but I like the look of the ganging".
I have an old (I bought it 2nd hand in 82) solid state amp that is switchable from guitar to bass that has a dead internal distortion circuit whichI feel should be rejuvenated BUT it sounded awful when it did work. It came with a BIG bass bin - a single 200w @ 4 ohms speaker in an Etone box. It doesn't get much use.
I have an ancient Peavey combo that barely works - I wanted to use the cab & speaker for my Kustom Defender 5H 5watt amp but after hearing the 5 watts through a 4 x 12 the 1 x 10 is not going to happen and it's sounds terrible anyway. I did hook the speaker connectors of my tiny Pignose to the speaker of the Peavey and that sounded good - Pignose tone without the almost obligatory speaker death distortion. I may have to do something more solid that wrapping wire for the future.
I look forward to updates Greg.

[Lt. Bob]

Yeah, like a normal foot switchable two channel amp.

Sticking a switchable fender clean and a plexi crunch in one box would be many people's dream amp

if I get you to build me one, that's the one I would want

[JD01]

Yeah, like a normal foot switchable two channel amp.

Sticking a switchable fender clean and a plexi crunch in one box would be many people's dream amp

if I get you to build me one, that's the one I would want

Bob, you really wouldn't want an amp made by me... unless you only want it to be a fairly ugly ornament.

[Bill L]

That sounds awesome!

Regarding the switching, when I was in the band that recently fell apart I was thinking of getting a 4 way foot switch to allow signal to both inputs on 2 different amps as well as getting an effects loop switcher to send a loop to either amp. Since I'm no longer in that band, I don't have to worry about that crap any more. I'm happily using my Princeton with 1 pedal and couldn't be happier.

On another note, my buddy just aquired a Weber JTM 45 kit that he's going to build for me. It's going to be 38 watts, master volume on the back and I'm having him put it in a combo single 12, or perhaps in an old Crate 2x12. I'm really looking forward to it. He just built himself a tweed deluxe that is just an incredible sounding amp.

[Greg_L]

That sounds awesome!

Regarding the switching, when I was in the band that recently fell apart I was thinking of getting a 4 way foot switch to allow signal to both inputs on 2 different amps as well as getting an effects loop switcher to send a loop to either amp. Since I'm no longer in that band, I don't have to worry about that crap any more. I'm happily using my Princeton with 1 pedal and couldn't be happier.

On another note, my buddy just aquired a Weber JTM 45 kit that he's going to build for me. It's going to be 38 watts, master volume on the back and I'm having him put it in a combo single 12, or perhaps in an old Crate 2x12. I'm really looking forward to it. He just built himself a tweed deluxe that is just an incredible sounding amp.

Awesome! That should be a good build.