Amplifier kits?

[Goddard, Duncan]

>>>Does anybody make amplifier kits any more, sort of like what Heathkit did?
> I have a 15" speaker cabinet that I junk-picked a couple of years ago (the
> speaker itself is kicked in), and would like to use it as part of a bass
> amp.  PAiA seems to have some good candidates for the preamp, but what about
> the 60-100 watt part of it?  A casual search on Google has turned up some
> tube amp kits from World Audio and TNT Audio in England, any others out
> there?   I understand that an instrument amplifier (particularly bass) has
> to be more rugged and able to take sustained wide range transients than your
> basic hi-fi amp.<<<
> 
> 
> 
bass amp? you must use valves. you must. anything else sounds pants for bass guitar. 60-100w is rather modest too; I'd start at around 120w rms for a valve amp, at least twice that if you go solid state.

needles to sew, all this applies to synths too. they sound nicer through tubes.



d.



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