Thanks guys, I've learnt a new thing today! We have some boutique and import beers (almost all from the UK) that head north of 6%, but we still just call them beers I'm not a big fan actually, I think as you go higher in alcohol content the taste suffers. IMHO I reckon from 4.9 to 5.2 is about the right strength

Hey Don, I was working from a regular old Marshall JTM45 schematic and the assembly guide for the Metro Amps kit. I'll link up the schematic tonight. The Metro guide was used as, well, a guide, only. Although my physical layout is a little different and I used different wiring colour codes, it was very helpful in terms of getting my assembly order right.

Whilst still connected to the single 12" I threw a couple of dirt pedals at it last night. So nice! I tried my Big Muff, King of Tone, and to earth shaking effect, my "Denim Demon" (which is essentially a zvex woolly mammoth bass fuzz). The bass fuzz is capable if massively accentuating your bass notes, and when combined with the 45 you get huge waves of thick scooped fuzz with a bottom end that literally shakes everything in the room. It's awesome!

Tonight I'll introduce it to my El Capistan and see how it sounds with a little reverb and tape echo. Then I suppose I should work on getting it back into the head shell tracking down the buzz in my 4x12.