Stephan Jenkins of Third Eye Blind has been an avid user of the Mojave Coyote and more recently the Mojave 30 Watt Sidewinder.

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This is one of the best do it yourself amp build threads on our forum in a long time!!!!

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The Vintage Amps Message Forum is happy to announce we are going to be making a very extensive collection of amplifier Schematics available for free download off our website. The link to the free schematics will be found at the following URL: Free Schematics from the Vintage Amps Message Forum. 

Please visit our Schematics and more Forum section frequently for downloads and discussion of amplifier schematics as we add material to the library.

This is the super cool JTM45 Offset Marshall I had taken into the studio for some demo clips. Back in the fall of 2006 and throughout 2007, I had acquired a massive collection of JTM45s from a former senior Vice President of Capitol Records, David Kronemeyer.  David had collected these amps over a very long period of time and I was fortunate enough to have been the recipient when he decided to part with his immaculate collection.

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Which is better? Plek robot or human hands? Add your comment at the end of the article…

Many people are aware that Gibson, Heritage and many other guitar manufactures are using the famed PLEK Machine to dress their factory guitar frets. This is supposed to be the great innovation for the guitar builder world. There are many opinions on the subject and I have a few of my own.
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If your budget is tight and tone is still important, building your own amplifier kit is a great option. Do it yourself builders are finding out what a great experience it is to create your own amp and truly understand what goes on in that black box. A great source of high quality amplifier kits is MetroAmp.

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We are happy to announce Ultimate Attenuator as a new advertiser on the message forum. This is a great product for all things vintage and modern with respect to guitar amplifier volume control. See my most recent post with respect to this topic.

You might not have noticed, but the server for the forum has been upgraded over the past weekend to improve performance and help us provide the best browsing experience for our large membership, which is now approaching 15,000 registered users.

We have also added a Google search function to the forum search page and compiled the forum search database so it should be easy to find the topics you are most interested in.

The Vintage Amps forum is proud to welcome Jim Elyea, author of the book Vox Amplifiers - The JMI Years, as the guest host of the Vox Amplifier forum. Jim will be leading the discussion on Vox in that section of our forum.

The VintageAmps.com home site is undergoing some changes. Please be patient with us over the next week as we update the site that is the portal to the Vintage Amps Forum.