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The kit is from Uraltone. They are Finnish, so (sorta) local to me. I've also built their Princeton Reverb kit before.
I shelled out for a nice Mojotone head cabinet... so it's not like I'm necessarily saving loads of money here. But building stuff is fun, and I could potentially tweak the amp to my liking without having to worry about deprecation.
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Nice one, I definitely can see the fun in doing it yourself! Been toying with the idea of building an 18 watter myself though a little nervous due to the many "you might die" warnings - probably need to do a bit of reading first!
@ric_a5 What flavour of Electra have you gone for? It's such a good sounding circuit for what it is! I built one with a switchable input cap and diodes and it's great 👍
alex_s
Ooooh really interested in this! Where is the board from?
Been getting JTM45 withdrawals lately, I owned one (along with a 1974 straight 4x12 with Greenbacks and the lovely grey/check cloth 🤤) but had to let it go once I decided I needed an AC30 (which I did and still own).
Also the best amp I think I probably have ever tried was an original Bluesbreaker, which is a JTM in a box.
Wouldn't want to shell out for a proper one as I couldn't justify it, so was looking at the Origin series, or maybe a cheap (but surprisingly good) amp like a Bugera V22 to then repurpose the trannies and turret board the insides with something JTM-esque.... 🤔