And now, thanks to the current diy craze, the 18watt clone has become one of the most popular amp projects, with multiple manufacturers offering complete kits. Nov 18, 2014 this a build for my sons 25th birthday. Smaller amps, such as the marshall 18 watt, can be cranked for great saturated tone without entirely drowning out ones bandmates or for studio use where higher volume levels arent ideal. But will it give me a plexi tone that marshall amps from vintage series have. If you look at the ef86 lite builds, and compare them to the lite 2b builds, you will see the differences in component values needed. Hoffman amplifiers turret board order page watch this shopping cart tips video hand wired point to point turret boards note that these are hoffman layouts, not original amp layouts the layout diagrams, schematics and other info for hoffman boards is on the library page here make sure you look at all the info on the link above first. No, its actually a regular marshall 18w lite from the pi onward.
Marshall 18 watt plexi clone professionally built and assembled with point to point hand wired turret board and fully built with high quality parts. San franciscobased senior contributing editor joe gore has. On the schematic below, components c9, vr3 and r in the left green blob of components are added to the original circuit. Not only can this amp be tuned and adjusted for various sound colors but it is also possible to use it with a computer. This website, like most websites, works best with the use of cookies. Tube guitar amp kits gearslutz gearslutz pro audio. The cleans i hear from marshall or other amps are different than fender so that would be a good addition. Also included is ableton live lite 8 fender edition studio quality recording software and amplitube fender le edition software for mac and pc. Discussion in the workbench started by rcp, oct 9, 2016. Tube amp load boxes and impulse response cakewalk forums. The name marshall is the property of marshall amplification. Some 18watt marshall combos came equipped with 1meg volume and tone. If you could find a marshall 18watt lite iib kit somewhere, that would also be a great place to start very nice sounding acdcish crunch put a boost in front and they can scream. Mojotone british 18w tmb style 1x12 combo amplifier kit.
The best tones come when you combine them by blending the 2 volume controls. Id like to get that tone but at low levels i know 18 watts are anyway loud, but not deafening also id like to try webers amp kit 6m18 which is a clone of 18 watt early marshall. If you want to practice in silence or just monitor the sound, acoustic guitar amps with a headphone output is a must. The pp 18 uses the normal channel circuit of the 18w marshall of the mid to late 60s itself borrowed from the wem dominator. Im thinking of building an 18 watt marshall clone and i cant decide whether to use a kit or try to source the parts myself. It is more or less a marshall style tone stack this allows tone shaping of the od independent of the cleans. Our website and phones are open, but shipping may take a few extra days, for the safety of our team.
They will all attempt to the best of their abilities to not interfere with commercial discussions. Free marshall diagrams, schematics, service manuals. Improved level laser cutterengraver with supper easy gcode software bring you more delightful experience. Electra distortion 2 layouts pointtopoint transistors and beer see more. Used guitars, used drums, used amps, used cymbals music. A popular model with 18 watts of seemingly simple circuitry, yet complex, warm, and thick. Just like the original, it boasts a pointtopoint, handwired, tagboard circuit housed in an aluminium chassis, plus a valvedriven tremolo circuit. Marshall as50d 50watt 2x8 2channel acoustic combo brown. It is not a good idea to use any attenuator for totally attenuating the output of any amp totally cranking the amp and attenuating to bedroom. More 18 watt models continued to appear from other small builders, but we had heard enough to completely get what the design could do.
I built a d lite kit then proceeded to modify the heck out of it but the 18 watt kit would be a better choice for 1st timers. I had a chance to get intimate with the 18 watt circuit when i built two 18 watt clone kits from scratch for a. As a result of covid19, please understand delivery times may be delayed. This exacting reissue is a twochannel tonal monster thats about as straightforward as can be, with simple controls for volume and tone per channel as well as speed and intensity dials for the tubedriven tremolo circuit. Jtm clubman new 18 watt amp with vintage parts marshall amp. Direct outputs are also extremely helpful, for feeding the signal of your amp to a recording tool. A replica of the hard to find, 1960s marshall 18 watt lead combo amplifier with two channels 4 inputs with a tremolo unit operating on channel two. Get the classic vintage tone of the baby bluesbreaker in an easytomake guitar amp kit. The 18 watt marshall is said to be the one that, not only touched off the diy tube ampvintage gear building thing, but it revived a great amp that was forgotten by most everyone including marshall amplification, who.
To build an 18 watt with an ef86 in the first channel is not that crazy, and has been done before. Discussion in diy amp forum started by sumran, jan 18, 2018. Got my feet wet with a tramp, and then built one of their 18 watt plexis. Is the most accurate ots schematic that schematic as if it were switched. By doing this we can continually improve your experience with your amplifier and eliminate any bugs that might occur when software or features are updated. If youre not sure where to start, the give us a call. Marshall 18 watt combo schematic revision 5 v4 v6 ez81. The library page has the schematics, layout diagrams and sound clips for this project. For the longest time bass amplifiers were infamous for being heavy, cumbersome and on the pricey side. And just like all of our kits, we dont just hand you a schematic and wiring diagram and throw you to the wolves. I was wondering if the a trinity 18 watt plexi could run 6v6 tubes easily vs el84s.
Marshall amp schematics to assist you with your amplifier repairs and modifications. View all results for marshall 1 watt at sweetwater the worlds leading music technology and instrument retailer. Marshall 1974x 1x12 18watt tube combo amp sweetwater. Check out the ultimate showdown between amp software and real amps and learn the 15 best amp sims available in 2020. You can order this amp with an optional rectifier switch it allows you to switch between the tube rectifier and a solid state diode rectifier. New, handmade in the usa, high quality, red swirl turret board for a marshall 18 watt w tremolo amplifier. What is the best dumble kitclone, if you can only one. All messages on this forum express the views of the author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of and or its administrators.
We stock the airbrake, brake lite, custom cables, and studio slips covers for all z amps. Brownnote does some very good lite kits as has already been mentioned. There are many top notch builders,but the real 18 watt marshalls that we clone from are what we are trying to duplicate. Hi, i built an 18 watt lite ii and have been tweaking it for awhile cascade,plexi,so on.
I can find the famous 124 schematic online, but always with 4 output tubes. Something that uses the same basic parts, but in a simpler configuration. So, the ao39 conversion was retired and became a donor for the new dual lite. To view this site, you must enable javascript or upgrade to a javascriptcapable browser. Marshall 18 watt combo schematic components have been numbered for reference purposes only. Discussion in building the classics started by copperheadroads. The byoc tmb18 comes with the most complete, thorough, and easy. The vintage amp room bundle is based on vintage marshall, fender, and vox amps. Yes, the schematic is the air brake and the bwm is a clone with better parts by the way. I had a chance to get intimate with the 18watt circuit when i built two 18watt. A 4 x12 can give you that push that 1 or 2 will never do.
Ken fischer of trainwreck circuits i wanted a trainwreck express. Compare prices, make an offer, get a deal on a marshall class 5 combo. At this time i do not support or update this version, its been almost a decade since i last played with it. Alpha pots,jj 6v6s power tubes, classic tone transformers and jj and tad pre amp tubes.
A real dumble of this ilk would be called a skyline hrm. Made this 18 watter for thomas hinson tom vintage here on the forum i made it out of old parts that tom and i had. Originally the idea was to just make an 18 watt clone in head form so you could use different cabs. The very first version of diylc, written in delphi and runs only on windows. These are just a few general rules about guitar combo amps, and there are many additional nuances to take into consideration. A pdf would be great, or even a scanned jpeg, gif or tiff that we can convert. Thanks to the incredible leaps and bounds made in technology, a quality bass amp with plenty of low end no longer costs an arm and a leg to purchase.
Here is a collection of schematics of and related to the 18watt amp. There the original 18watt schematic and diagram and. Builder error is far more likely than something is wrong with mojos layout error. The weber has a great price and is pretty tempting but i would like to be sure of the differance in quality and tone between the two. View and download marshall amplification 1987 handbook online. Meanwhile, marshall has added two versions of the 18watt to their highend.
The 18 watt stout project was such a great success that i decided to go ahead and design a stout with reverb. A 2x 12 can be more complex with 2 different speakers. Im ready to try something else and would like to build the 56t. Im looking to get my feet wet at building an amp and have really been gasing for a small marshall like amp and decided the 18w fit the bill really well. Mar 07, 2008 marshall 18 watt lite iib mervgriffen. Marshall 18 watt amps were built between 1966 and 1968, or so, and only a few hundred were made. I used one for a 18 watt lite ii, as fezz said i used the transformers and that was about all. Marshall diagrams, schematics and service manuals download for free. Component layout can be found at great for diy projects or rebuilds. Ive successfully modified my silverface champ a few times, rewired several guitars, so i know how to use a soldering iron and know a little about electronics, but ive never built an amp from scratch. If you have a copy of an old fender guitar amplifier owners manual not shown in this archive, wed love to have a copy to post here.
This is an amp which ive slowly modded and improved over the years to be more usable and sound better. Marshall 1974x 18watt 1x12 guitar combo amp reverb. I would recommend starting with schematics and layouts from the downloads section of this website. Tube amp load boxes and impulse response is anyone here using load boxes and impulse response to record their guitars. I know a different ot would be needed have a 25 watt, el34 deluxe ab763 with an ot primary 5200 at 8 ohms. Hoffman amplifiers turret board order page watch this shopping cart tips video hand wired point to point turret boards note that these are hoffman layouts, not original amp layouts the layout diagrams, schematics and other info for hoffman boards is on the library page here. Save money on used dr z amplifiers at guitar center. Guitar effects circuits and diy pedal projects by your old pal culturejam. The forum will not be held responsible for the content of any messages posted on this forum. Perhaps some of you know a mod that could keep the basic traynor circuit, but mod it for a marshall 18 20 watt like tone. It has a 12ax7 preamp,12at7 phase inverter, a 5y3 rectifier, and 2 el84 output tubes.
The pp18 uses the normal channel circuit of the 18w marshall of the. Tradein your gear such as band instruments, drums, amps, bass guitars, and keyboards. The earliest tmb schematics and layouts that i personally remember were utilizing the existing chassis mounting holes from the original 1974 amplifier. And if anyone has a schematic of the avatar 18 watt it would be awesome. Popular brands manualslib has more than 4006407 manuals from more than 90124 brands. No major changes to circuit or transformers except tube sockets and wiring to them like a reinhardt mi6, or would you need a different ot. Somewhere along the line, someone converted an epiphone valve jr. Peavey diagrams, schematics and service manuals download for free. I built up a mojo 18 watt tmd combo a couple months ago and it sounds great on the clean channel.
Retroking amps the heart of vintage tone 18 watt combo. Notice we stock these cabinets incomplete and raw due to customer cosmetic requests we will need up to 10 business days to ship your final product the mojotone 18 watt tmb amplifier kit is our spin on the. The truly exhibit the much sought after, famous marshall crunch. The electra distortion is a surprisingly goodsounding circuit for so few components. Not all the drawings are back online yet at, following the recent rebuild, but there is an.
Revision 5 r3 r4 r2 r7 r30 r1 r31 r9 r18 r19 r r17 r23 r6 r15 r16 r21 r22 r20 r25 r5 r27 r28 r8 r12 r11 r29 r14 r32 r10 r26 r24 r 3 r34 r35 c11 c5 c16 c17 c18 c2 c20b c20a c15. Because as the wise old amp builders saying goes what is drilled, cannot be. The lightning is basically a kind of ac15 tb, and quite a bit more complicated, with its additional gain stages and vox tb tone stack. This dualspeaker, deepthumping, portable amp is ideal for the onthego bass player. The circuit is really simple and is actually a clone too.
Find the user manual and the help you need for the products you own at manualsonline. Ken was no longer building i asked if i could build one ken said people have tried but none of them sounded like a real trainwreck. The 18 watt marshall combo amp is the most well trodden ground among diy amp builders, its also the most sacred ground in a way. Weber has a tmb layout for an 18 watt, but it has 2 inputs. Feb, 2020 i was wondering if the a trinity 18 watt plexi could run 6v6 tubes easily vs el84s. I pleaded with ken to fax me a schematic and a transformer set and a parts list that he used. The marshall class 5 amp takes the classic marshall tube tone and distills it down into a singlechannel, 5watt combo. There is an 18 watt lite circuit that has tremolo with only one input and sole tone control. The marshall 1974x 18 watt 1x12 guitar combo amp is a handwired 60s classic reborn. Z amps dealer 10 years in a row, and with over 200 in stock, our selection is massive. I liked both of those conversions but the ao39 layout just would not allow me to neatly do both in the same box. I have an 18 watt ceriatone clone head running into a 2061cx cabinet or sometimes a 1960a.
As a builder of 18 watt clones,i have to say that the 18 watt marshall is a unique sounding amp and comparisons are not really accurate. Doesnt sound like i thought it would, so i am converting it to 6v6 and adding another ot. It stuns me how this simple little box can get all the classic tones i hear in my head on one setting. So if you want to do this, build a couple lowergain amps first. Dagan talks us through his 7 favourite tube amps for home use, so you can get that valve sound without being evicted or blowing out your windows. Dual lite vox ac15 lite plus marshall 18w iib lite. It was originally converted to a marshall 18w lite iib, then later on reconverted to a vox ac15 lite.
Cookies are a small file created when visiting a website and stored in the browser to keep track of your movements within the site, help you resume where you left off, remember your registered login, preferences, and other customization functions. The circuit was assembled from a kit, this is before. Are there any plans for metroupolis to come out with an 18 watt clone or kit etc. The lite iib or ef86 lite iib are nice, simple amps, so imo would be better as first builds. Buy fender mustang i v2 20watt 1x8inch combo electric guitar amplifier. These amps sound and feel like bona fide marshalls, albeit quieter, with a design borrowed from the early watkins dominator circuit. In addition to treble and bass toneshaping controls, the bright switch offers an edgy boost to the upper harmonics. I was comparing their marshall 18 watt kit with the weber marshall 18 watt clone kit. This has a switch that switches it from 36 watt to 18 watt, has vvr so you can get some sweet cranked tone in your bedroom, and i also built in a tube over drive pedal. I ran into this great video by pete thorn on the subject and im fascinated by it, but i barely understand it. Rivera sedona lite 55watt 1x12 acoustic tube combo cream. As i understand its a reissue of early marshals from mid 60s. Guitar and amplifier knowledge base brought to you by mojotone. Click on an alphabet below to see the full list of brands starting with that letter.
Studying a heap of different 18 watt variations, as well as the ab763 deluxe reverb. Vox pb10 bass combo amplifier for the bassist, vox introduces the newest member of the pathfinder family, the bass 10. Aug 26, 2014 meanwhile, marshall has added two versions of the 18 watt to their highend handwired series. Unfollow 18 watt marshall to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. What is the best dumble kitclone, if you can only one welcome, guest.
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