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Permalink Reply by Sean on November 25, 2015 at 12:59am

For low wattage amps, the speaker really determines how loud an amp is. There's probably a better speaker in the Micro Cube, so it should be louder than your cheap amp.

If you really need more volume, get the Cube model that has a 10" or 12" speaker. Looks like the 40 is $100 more than the Micro model, stateside... That $100 worth is a huge upgrade - 10 inch speaker instead of 5, way more headroom in the amplifier power.

If you have a regular guitar cab/ speaker, you could put an output jack on your cheapie amp and run the louder speaker with the 3 watts. You'll be surprised how much more volume the 3 watts produce. The little 15 watt battery amps I make run my regular guitar and bass cabs loudly.

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Permalink Reply by Sean on November 25, 2015 at 12:48pm

I just started building a kind of 'standard' model to sell, but they're all going to two friend's shops right now ( a guitar shop and a used record / stereo / media store). I'll be posting demo vids of each of them as they're built / for sale. I use recycled speakers so they all sound a little different. Have 8 of them in various stages of build right now.

Sent you a friend request. I'll send you links as I post them if you'd like!

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Permalink Reply by john mackay on November 25, 2015 at 9:11am

thanks guys. as for cost my 2 lads dont want to pay any more than 100 uk pounds.

I only want the amp for my room so I can practice my own guitars that I make/made.

just for fun for me as I've always want to play a guitar but my hands are a little on the stiff side to working for nearly 40 years in a fab shop heavy lifting ,welding,grinding.

some time my fingers lock up(couple )due to injuries in the past.

mainly my 2 middle fingers. so slide is perfect .

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Permalink Reply by john mackay on November 25, 2015 at 9:31am

.told my son to go ahead and buy it. I'm sure I'll be happy

found this...

https://youtu.be/6UMC-t7MUDE

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