Oooooh cool! I have been eying those kits myself. Don't know if I dare to buy one though, so I am really looking forward to hearing your "building story"!
Those amps are supposed to be just fantastic.
For anyone who doesn't know, it's basically a 60's blackface Fender Deluxe Reverb with no vibrato. All PTP and high quality parts.but with the RAW control it can also go all the way to a tweed sound or anywhere in between by rolling back the mids that were rolled off to get the blackface sparkle and chime in the first place.
http://allenamps.com/accomplice.html
The chassis....any day...
The cabinet...six weeks..
I Can't friiiieeeekin wait!!!!!!!!!!
Oooooh cool! I have been eying those kits myself. Don't know if I dare to buy one though, so I am really looking forward to hearing your "building story"!
Those amps are supposed to be just fantastic.
The Law of Gravity is nonsense. No such law exists. If I think I float, and you think I float, then it happens.
Master Guitar Academy - I also teach via SKYPE.
Originally Posted by Robert
I'll try to keep everone updated with pics and stuff.
Yes! We want pics! The build your own & mod'em if you've got'em ethic of the fret is truly inspiring.
I pick a moon dog.
Yeah do a photo tutorial for us.
Guitars/Bass - MIM Fender Classic 50s Strat, MIM Fender Standard Strat, Squier Classic Vibe 50s Tele, Gibson Les Paul Studio, Epi '56 Gold Top Les Paul, Martin DSR acoustic, Sigma Martin Auditorium electric/acoustic, Squier Jazz Bass.
Amps/Cabinets/Modelers - Model 2558 50 watt Marshall Silver Anniversary Jubilee combo w/ Celestion Vintage 30s, 4x12 Marshall cabinet w/25 watt Greenback Celestions, Fender Blues Junior w/ a couple of Billm mods, Line 6 POD 2.0, Roland Micro Cube
Pedals/Effects - Cry Baby Classic Wah, Boss TU-2, Boss NS-2, Boss RC-2 Loop Station, Ross Compressor, MXR Micro Amp, Danelectro FAB Echo, Danelectro FAB Chorus, Danelectro Chicken Salad, Marshall Guv'nor Plus, Marshall Echohead, Duhvoodooman's Zonkin' Yellow Screamer, Digitech Digiverb, Digitech Bad Monkey, Dunlop Fuzz Face, Homemade Loop Bypass pedal, Duhvoodooman's Sonic Tonic (Maxon SD-9 clone +), Voodoo Labs Superfuzz
Originally Posted by tone2thebone
Email today..
Your chassis kit parts are shipping today by UPS ground with tracking number xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.
You might get it Friday.
Thanks,
David
David Allen
Allen Amplification
1325 Richwood Road Walton, KY 41094
Ph (859) 485 6423 (eastern time zone)
Fx (859) 485 6424
www.allenamps.com
Step one for building these is PATIENCE!!! AAAHHHHHH!!
I can SO NOT wait for you to build this amp and then record some fat notes with it so I can hear it played! I bet it is what Fender wished their amps are.
The Law of Gravity is nonsense. No such law exists. If I think I float, and you think I float, then it happens.
Master Guitar Academy - I also teach via SKYPE.
very cool....i hear good things about the allen amps
i am thinking of building my own amp too....but it will be a 1/2 watt guytronix!
ww
Guitars: Gibson 1998 Les Paul Special : Peavey Predator (Early 90's Fat Strat Copy) : Ibanez GAX30TROriginally Posted by just strum
Brownsville Reso - 101 Electric Reso : Fender GDO-300 Maple Quilt Top Acoustic
Amps: Fender Super Champ XD
Effects: Digitech RP250 Modeling Guitar Processor : DVM "Phased and Confused" Script Phaser Clone : Digitech Bad Monkey
Danelectro Cool Cat Chorus : Behringer Distortion Modeler : Ernie Ball Volume Pedal : Dunlop Cry Baby Wah
I think you guys have started up more GAS.
Guitars/Bass - MIM Fender Classic 50s Strat, MIM Fender Standard Strat, Squier Classic Vibe 50s Tele, Gibson Les Paul Studio, Epi '56 Gold Top Les Paul, Martin DSR acoustic, Sigma Martin Auditorium electric/acoustic, Squier Jazz Bass.
Amps/Cabinets/Modelers - Model 2558 50 watt Marshall Silver Anniversary Jubilee combo w/ Celestion Vintage 30s, 4x12 Marshall cabinet w/25 watt Greenback Celestions, Fender Blues Junior w/ a couple of Billm mods, Line 6 POD 2.0, Roland Micro Cube
Pedals/Effects - Cry Baby Classic Wah, Boss TU-2, Boss NS-2, Boss RC-2 Loop Station, Ross Compressor, MXR Micro Amp, Danelectro FAB Echo, Danelectro FAB Chorus, Danelectro Chicken Salad, Marshall Guv'nor Plus, Marshall Echohead, Duhvoodooman's Zonkin' Yellow Screamer, Digitech Digiverb, Digitech Bad Monkey, Dunlop Fuzz Face, Homemade Loop Bypass pedal, Duhvoodooman's Sonic Tonic (Maxon SD-9 clone +), Voodoo Labs Superfuzz
woohoo!!!
For starters here are some pics of the great documentation that came with the chassis, and then a pic of the chassis on my other amps as a size comparison.
I installed faceplates and some pots and switches...more to follow.
http://www.box.net/public/rquxp79vpv
Wussie! A real man plays a 0.0125 watt amph & makes it scream!Originally Posted by warren0728
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Guytronix also offers an attenuator mod for their 1/2 watt amp kits.
Gilmore Jr. & Ardmore Attenuator Mod
Is your half-watt Gilmore Jr or eight-watt Ardmore Kit too loud? Are you looking for a way to capture the maxed raw sassiness and chime of the Gilmore Jr and Ardmore at lower listening levels?
The Attenuator Mod includes instructions and components, featuring a heavy-duty ceramic rheostat. This mod requires the builder to drill two 3/8" holes into the Gilmore Jr or Ardmore Chassis to fit an additional output jack and to also fit the ceramic rheostat control shaft, providing for a very flexible solution.
Last edited by tot_Ou_tard; December 1st, 2006 at 06:23 AM.
I pick a moon dog.
yeah i saw that...was afraid it would suck too much tone!
ww
Guitars: Gibson 1998 Les Paul Special : Peavey Predator (Early 90's Fat Strat Copy) : Ibanez GAX30TROriginally Posted by just strum
Brownsville Reso - 101 Electric Reso : Fender GDO-300 Maple Quilt Top Acoustic
Amps: Fender Super Champ XD
Effects: Digitech RP250 Modeling Guitar Processor : DVM "Phased and Confused" Script Phaser Clone : Digitech Bad Monkey
Danelectro Cool Cat Chorus : Behringer Distortion Modeler : Ernie Ball Volume Pedal : Dunlop Cry Baby Wah
Interested to know of your progress on the Accomplice.
PM me about the schem to the brown sugar if interested.
Sorry for any delay on this thread. Long post to come. I was out of the country and then got sick.
I have had no problems with this amp other than a bad pre-amp tube that I bought seperately. I just want to let it break in a little and use it for awhile.
I am running 6L6's .
Some of the tones I am getting out of it on my tele remind me of Dwight Yoakem "blame the vain" CD type tele sounds. It really has a beautiful punchy voice but may not be best for Led Zep type stuff without a pedal. But I am lovin' the rawhide/jailbeak kickin' sound from the bridge pup. I had always not liked the bridge pup on my tele, but this amp does it right.
more to come.
Here are some sound clips to demostrate some features of the Allen Accomplice:
Here is Day Tripper with a classic clean tele bridge sound:
http://www.box.net/public/geia4r5oq8
Here is a demo of the reverb cranked; neck p'up:
http://www.box.net/public/f3e80jgu0s
Here is how it breaks up with the "raw" control:
All with neck pup:
master on 10
1: clean blackface, no raw
2: clean tweedish, raw on 4
3: overdriven blackface, volume 8, no raw
4: overdriven tweed, raw 5 volume 8
5: raw and volume 8......master down to 5....its too loud.
http://www.box.net/public/76vm4tygtc
Thanks for listening.
Nice tones and demos! Me Likey!!
Steve Thompson
Sun Valley, Idaho
Guitars: Fender 60th Anniversary Std. Strat, Squier CVC Tele Hagstrom Viking Semi-hollow, Joshua beach guitar, Martin SPD-16TR Dreadnought
Amphs: Peavey Classic 30, '61 Fender Concert
Effects and such: Boss: DS-1, CE-5, NS-2 and RC20XL looper, Digitech Bad Monkey, Korg AX1G Multi-effects, Berhinger: TU100 tuner, PB100 Clean Boost, Line 6 Toneport UX2, Electro Harmonix Little Big Muff Pi, DuhVoodooMan's Rabid Rodent Rat Clone, Zonkin Yellow Screamer Mk. II, MXR Carbon Copy Delay
love is the answer, at least for most of the questions in my heart. . .
- j. johnson
Originally Posted by sunvalleylaw
Thanks!
My build story:
Well, when everything arrived, it exceeded my expectations for quality. The stainless steel chassis is very impressive as are the tube sockets transformers...everything. The directions were incredibly thorough with only a couple of minor errors. For instance: I believe an update to the kit was to have the ground for the bias wired directly to the ground post rather than collected with the chassis ground wires and put in the ground lug. So when I got to the ground wire part it said "collect eight ground wires" and I only had 7! So I started to get worried and counted and re-counted but finally figured out that the eighth wire is already going to the bias post.
This kit is NOT hard, but it takes a LONG TIME. I think I spent maybe 30-40 hours on it. These are hours that you will NOT be practicing, or anything else...But I wanted it to be perfect. I think I got close. I didn't at first, though. On about the third time playing it if I pushed the amp it would make a loud HUMMM racket that wouldn't stop until I shut it off. Then I was thinking OH man!! what did I do! But after taking it apart and checking everything, I switched out the power tubes...no help...switched out the pre amp tubes....thats fixed it! whew...
I really love this amph, it's just gonna take me awhile to learn how to play it well.
Chris
Originally Posted by sunvalleylaw
I've been double posted...
Huh? I'm confused too. Still really like the tones and sounds from that amp though. Thanks for the build info.Originally Posted by Moshe
Steve Thompson
Sun Valley, Idaho
Guitars: Fender 60th Anniversary Std. Strat, Squier CVC Tele Hagstrom Viking Semi-hollow, Joshua beach guitar, Martin SPD-16TR Dreadnought
Amphs: Peavey Classic 30, '61 Fender Concert
Effects and such: Boss: DS-1, CE-5, NS-2 and RC20XL looper, Digitech Bad Monkey, Korg AX1G Multi-effects, Berhinger: TU100 tuner, PB100 Clean Boost, Line 6 Toneport UX2, Electro Harmonix Little Big Muff Pi, DuhVoodooMan's Rabid Rodent Rat Clone, Zonkin Yellow Screamer Mk. II, MXR Carbon Copy Delay
love is the answer, at least for most of the questions in my heart. . .
- j. johnson