Custom Guitar Amplifiers: Demo and Walkthrough

Ok, I might've gone overboard... but who cares?! This was such a fun little side project for me, really brought me back to my childhood messing around with circuit boards and building stuff from scratch. Here's a walkthrough of the amps I made, and of course, how they sound!
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[@Orion42Media]

cant wait to see more!!!!! dude this was sick!! this inspires me to go out and build some crazy stuff!!!

[@illyph9963]

Once again thank you for more knowledge🙏🏼💪

[@user-rj8hn1cb1w]

very interesting! i want to see the experimental modules too!

[@Spidouz]

Hey Tom, if you can’t have a real full stack tube amp, you might be interested in something like a BlackWidow MGP-1A, it’s a tube preamp with real tubes, full analog path that can model hundreds of amps, it’s a 2U Rack (so it would fit well your wall here). I heard the Power amp section will come later, but you can still use any of the tube power amp such Marshall 50:50 or such. And/or then you could simply use a loadbox like UA Ox Box and go straight in Cubase and use an IR Cab. By doing so, you would have real tube preamp and amp, real analog effect (obviously) and you would have a system that can run quietly. (I’m building a system like that for myself, I have no personal gain from my recommandations here, I’m just mention them because they’re great products and some such the BlackWidow are not well known, but they’re absolutely fantastic… My 2¢

[@VASILIS-ir7rl]

JUNKIE ..XL.. IS.. THE KID. .WHO SHARES.. HIS ..TOYS... WITH OTHER KIDS

[@PeteSquire]

Preparing for The Doof Warrior: A Mad Max Saga?
Great Muff sounds!

[@Galacticgospel.]

Sounds mighty and thick

[@dancooperFA]

This is amazing, I love it! I would play through that rig any day.

[@rockyou42560]

I love your space center ❤🎉

[@reakapho]

Congratulations, boss.🎉

[@oceanix1929]

From pedals to rack to pedals and now back to racks... The return of the rack!

[@oddlyoddity]

Fantastic !

[@Diamond_ores5530]

I love it man :D

[@SingleMaltIdiot]

This is such a cool project. Actually really love how these modules sound, especially with the various quirks you’ve worked into them. The only thing I’d wonder is if you could really call these amps? They seem more like rack effects, especially if they’d ideally be running into a Marshall or Fender to begin with. Whatever they are, this whole project definitely makes me want to look into homemade pedals as a project!

[@marosmierka1904]

3:42 Dayuuuuuum thats one Nasty Heavy sound
and riff is dense as hell
ever considered starting a Stoner/Doom band?

[@sourcefor]

Would love to build my own boxes like eq and compressor you should sell these and market them! Awesome!

[@VASILIS-ir7rl]

SOME.... MARK.. MORTON.. RIFFIN STYLE...

[@PedroMiguel-if3ll]

But how do you know what which knob does without any labels written in the panels?
That's crazy!

[@HedgehogNinja94]

Are you going to use these for Sonic 3?

[@Pottwerke]

I have two of them. They sound like Zwieback crumbing in a jealous toilet. Like my jeans when i spin it in my washing machine, without pulling the belt out. 🎉

[@daniellee3059]

Awesome! Did this start as a COVID passion, by chance?

[@PedroMiguel-if3ll]

No, Junkie been building stuff since teenager

[@thedubwhisperer2157]

Hi Tom, I have never seen that variation on my own name (Klinkenborg) before. Do you know where it originates? Thanks, Carl.

[@remkm1715]

He Tom, Can you explain how to convert from guitar level to modular and back? Is there a schematic you can link to?

[@MasterIvo]

You can use a transformer. they are sold as "Re-amp". they transform the impedance and voltage levels.

[@thewizzardofoz]

cool! take in any orders? 😊

[@ali-om4uv]

Nice (honestly great tools) .... but why not buy an axe fx 3?

[@Hell_Inc]

agreed. all this trouble to use a stock amp sim?

[@creativeheadroom]

Axe-FX doesn't have all the crazy custom mods. Also, I have yet to find a modeler that accurately reproduces the behavior of gear when it's pushed beyond normal levels. Analaog gear starts te behave in a very weird way when you push it to the max and beyond. I have real amps, distortion pedals, some cool preamps etc. as well as an Axe-FX III. I enjoy using both, but when it comes to destructive sound design and getting into a more chaotic territory, analog gear still wins every time for me. Besides that, I find it easier and more exciting to work with analog gear. I do love the sound quality of the Axe-FX III, though. It does a lot of stuff really well and it's only getting better.

[@TheCozierPowell]

Is that an yngwie strat?

[@anv_music1989]

Are you living in Holland now??? Or temporarily?

[@boomsmah]

🙃🙂 !

[@no_talking]

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