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Topic: My Latest Amp Creation |
Jack Stoner
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Kansas City, MO
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Posted 15 May 2010 6:11 am |
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I built a Fender amp cabinet clone to house a Fender FM100H Head and a 12" Emminence Neo speaker. The pictures are the result.
I originally had a Crate Power Block and a custom cabinet I built for the 12" Emminence speaker (the cabinet just sold on the forum). As the Fender FM100H is longer than the speaker cabinet I had, I decided to just build a new cabinet for the head and the speaker. The weight of the unit is 34lbs.
Last edited by Jack Stoner on 17 May 2010 4:48 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Don Sulesky
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Citrus County, FL, Orig. from MA & NH
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Posted 15 May 2010 8:51 am
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Super job Jack.
Looks like it just came from the factory
Don |
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Roger Kelly
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Bristol,Tennessee
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Posted 15 May 2010 11:45 am
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Super job Jack.
Looks like it just came from the factory
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I agree! |
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Jeff Hyman
From:
West Virginia, USA
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Posted 15 May 2010 11:16 pm
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Jack,
Nice work! What amp (mass produced) would you say is the closest to the tone of your project? |
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Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
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Posted 16 May 2010 2:10 am
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Jeff, this is a solid state amp. The speaker is an Eminence "Tonker Lite" (neodymium magnet ) that is sold as good for country, blues, etc.
I have a Tele and an Epiphone Les Paul that I'll be using with it. Although it is a solid state Fender amp it still has the "Fenderish" sound. I can get the old Don Rich Tele sound from it and also a more mellow sound with the Les Paul.
The reverb is a 3 spring unit and also has the traditional Fender reverb sound.
I don't know which "mass produced" amp would be closest but as it has the Fender sound obviously one of the Fenders. |
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Larry Lorows
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Zephyrhills,Florida, USA
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Posted 16 May 2010 2:30 am
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Hi Jack, Good job building this amp. I had one of the Fender FM amps and just recently sold it. They sure have all of the power you need. I never put my steel through it, but always used it for my telecaster lead work. I could never dial out the high thin sound and keep my lower string sound that I wanted, but they sure are a great amp. Your amp looks like it was store bought, as we used to say. Larry
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Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
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Posted 18 May 2010 11:56 am
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Update. I tried the amp with my Franklin today and got a fairly decent sound. It's not my Nashville 112, but it would do if needed. On the "clean" channel I'm getting almost a Fender Steel King sound, comparing it to Fred Thompson's sound that he gets with his Steel King at our club jams.
As this amp has a second channel for "overdrive" but can be set clean, this could be used for both steel and lead guitar by just switching channels. |
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Bill A. Moore
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Silver City, New Mexico, USA
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Posted 18 May 2010 3:51 pm
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| Good job Jack, I have an FM100 head that I run through a 2-12 cabinet with EVM12S speakers. I also changed out the little 3 spring reverb tank for a 4 series accutronics. It sure made it fuller sounding. I'm just not a fan of the 8 series tanks! |
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Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
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Posted 19 May 2010 2:01 am
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| What is the part number of that 4 series? I may consider that some day. |
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Bill A. Moore
From:
Silver City, New Mexico, USA
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Posted 19 May 2010 6:47 am
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| 4EB2C1B, it's evidentally used in a lot of SS amplifiers. |
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Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
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Posted 19 May 2010 3:42 pm
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| Thanks, I'll keep this number in case I want a better reverb. |
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