Effective cost?

[Icetech]

Just curious if anyone has added up the cost of sourcing the parts for their TW, doing your own chassis as opposed to having one done?

[fzfwyv]

How does $500-ish sound for a complete (and accurate) 'Wreck with Moose's trannies? Add another $200-$300 for a custom cab and $45 for some decent tubes.

Don't worry, I'm not offering my services to build it for you but can point you in the direction I took.

I see you are from Detroit. Where specifically? I'm in Canton. Maybe you'd want to check out my newly born Express clone? Not sure what to name it yet.

-Rich

[Icetech]

Yeah im up in macomb, I have no problem building it myself... i have used mostly donor amps up to this point and had no idea on like cost of trannies and such, plan on braking my own chassis, want a different layout, with no cab... sorta ampeg fliptop with the tubes up front and caged:)

[keithrick]

Here is what I paid:

Boards: $35
Iron: $162.50
Mouser Parts: $110
Other Misc Parts: $67
Tubes: 2 EH EL34's & 2 preamp : $62
Aluminum for Chassis: $30
Cab Wood estimate $7/foot : $42


Total: $508.50 Told the wife $300

[Richie]

as with any amp it can vary from what parts you use. Some cost much more than others.. But what people have been posting is a good ballpark figure. Although you could spend a few hundred dollors on NOS tubes alone..

Richie

[Moose]

Here is what I paid:


Total: $508.50 Told the wife $300

With that attitude, you're eventually going to get to a point where the wife automatically inflates things 40% and you'll have to cut the professed price in HALF to fool her.