Good amp building video

[M Fowler]

I enjoyed watching this video maybe you will too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpmjaymTWIs

[Markusv]

Sick woodworking skills! Sheesh!!!

.....Build the jig - use the jig....

[RWood]

After seeing that I think my skills suck and I should quit building.

Thanks for posting Mark.

[JazzGuitarGimp]

Master builder, master woodworker... If he had also been a master guitarist, I think I would have shot myself...

[cbass]

Crazy ,who in the hell has time for all that?

[rp]

Thanks for finding. Absolutely amazing skills, video production too. Excellent aesthetic on that amp. Really hate to criticize anything but it sounds like a $150 solid state amp, or a Boss HM2 pedal, strange too as it doesn't have a lot of knobs. He should have stuck a Tweedle Dee in there

Any woodworkers want to explain why he made his own (albeit amazing) dovetail jig? Just kicks?

[cbass]

Any woodworkers want to explain why he made his own (albeit amazing) dovetail jig? Just kicks?

So he can show it off on YouTube . the guy does have great skills but good lord I could have got the same results with power tools and store bought jigs in minutes instead of days. At least on the woodworking. I mean literally I can make and assemble 20 or more dovetail drawers in a day. And I only do dovetails when a customer requests it. I've quit trying to convince people but There are better joints.

[John_P_WI]

Wow, very impressive. In this day of 3D design and NC machining, it is very refreshing to see "craftsmanship" still alive.

I remember watching his videos of making a Les Paul by hand, dig through his videos and watch that too, very impressive...

[cbass]

Wow, very impressive. In this day of 3D design and NC machining, it is very refreshing to see "craftsmanship" still alive.

I remember watching his videos of making a Les Paul by hand, dig through his videos and watch that too, very impressive...

I think I watched that vidwo before . I was screaming the whole time good god buy a freaking bansaw already. Maybe I'm just jealous.
You guys ever want that show that used to be on pbs the router workshop. That was always fun to watch with dad. Get a table saw you stupid sumbitches was a frequent comment

[shoggoth]

Building the dovetail jig was overkill, but man. What impressed me was getting that carbon fiber shell smooth. Quite a jig he had prepared for that. Whenever I do fiberglass and/or epoxy, it's nothing but bubbles, gaps, and lumps to fill in and sand down.

[xtian]

The moment at 8:00 on the video, when he turns it on for the first time, after 5,000 hours of labor, only to realize it sounds like poop. Priceless.

[AcornHouse]

Building the dovetail jig was overkill, but man. What impressed me was getting that carbon fiber shell smooth. Quite a jig he had prepared for that. Whenever I do fiberglass and/or epoxy, it's nothing but bubbles, gaps, and lumps to fill in and sand down.

Really overdone clamping seems to be the key. Here's another amp rebuild, where the guy makes his own circuit boards from fiberglass. another extreme clamping jig and it comes out nice and glassy.
http://youtu.be/WQiTsHI_QN0

[Phil_S]

Crazy ,who in the hell has time for all that?

My thoughts exactly. Someone who doesn't have a day job and doesn't need one. It was great until the demo at the end.

[cbass]

Crazy ,who in the hell has time for all that?

My thoughts exactly. Someone who doesn't have a day job and doesn't need one. It was great until the demo at the end.

I liked the demo .Makes me feel better about my playing. You can't really judge much on YouTube camera mic vids. I have amps that sound so good you'll shit yourself when you first here it. I try to make vids of it and it just sounds like shit. A guitar that was in tune would have helped.

[rp]

Crazy ,who in the hell has time for all that?

My thoughts exactly. Someone who doesn't have a day job and doesn't need one. It was great until the demo at the end.

I liked the demo .Makes me feel better about my playing. You can't really judge much on YouTube camera mic vids. I have amps that sound so good you'll shit yourself when you first here it. I try to make vids of it and it just sounds like shit. A guitar that was in tune would have helped.

You can hear 'implied' good tone if it's there even in a crappy youtube vid, and he actually made a vid with a proper camera not a cell phone. There was not even a wisp of implied goodness in those tones. I'm always amazed that I can tell a killer old Martin, or any good acoustic, even on a youtube vid and through laptop speakers. Not saying it isn't the world's worst medium for musical communication but a tiny bit of goodness can get through. Maybe lot's of experience with the real thing helps the brain extrapolate from the weak data?