August 27th, 2007 by Andrew Cockburn
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Since I last posted I have positively ruled out the prospect of building the cabinet myself … I had almost convinced myself that I could do it and that previous disasters had just been bad luck. However, 5 hours in the garage with a lump of wood, Black & Decker Workmate, circular saw and a ruler have now convinced me otherwise. It took me several hours to cut 4 pieces of wood - this was just an experiment. They were supposed to be the equal four sides of a cabinet. Long story short, equal they were not. Cabinet would have been wonky. Forget woodworking, my talents lie in other areas.
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August 17th, 2007 by Andrew Cockburn
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Well my speaker has arrived - looks like it survived the trip intact, here it is
Lovely and blue, hope it sounds as good as it looks …
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August 14th, 2007 by Andrew Cockburn
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I have spent a month or two now trying to find out about the finer points of Guitar Amplifier knowledge and terminology. Yes, I am on a quest for tube tone - I have been convinced that there is more to life than than Line 6 and I am setting out to find it.
I was pondering Carvin and Bogner, Marshall and Vox when I saw a post on the guitarmasterclass.net forum - a member put up a picture of a tube Amp he had made … then it hit me, why couldn’t I do the same?
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