About a month ago I was all set up to start building a http://www.ax84.com/ P1 extreme. This amp is basically a Fender Champ on steriods. Power section can be any octal tube..I was planning to do a EL34 in there. I might still build one, but someone mentioned the 18 watt Marshall clone.
What is that you probably ask...Jim Marshall started making a clone of a the Watkins Dominator in 1966 or so and made it till 1968. Marshall then changed the amp to a 20 watter..used solid state rectification and a few other changes. This changed the sound and the amp was nevera as popular as the 18 watter...otherwise known as a 1974X. It competed with the VOX AC15. Main difference in the two is the Vox has an EF86 in v1 position, where the 1974X has a ecc83 (12ax7).
I listened to the sounds of this amp and decided it was cool. It is just big enough to play at church. My current amp is a 40 watt Fender and it is a little too big for most of the playing I do. I may not end up using this amp at church, but it will be fun to build a piece of history. Transformers and the chassis is on the way. Will post pics and detail step two when they arrive.
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