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"You'll be fine. But even if you aren't and the whole thing blows up, you're only ou…" John W replied Jun 11, 2011 to Little Gem MkII, bridge 386 amp.....12V???	5	Aug 31, 2011 Reply by Isaac
"Wow Petey this is really good! A friend of mine designed and built a tube amp from…" John W replied May 17, 2011 to solid state guitar amps	5	May 23, 2011 Reply by Kenneth "MC" Carl
"Don't turn it up so loud. No, seriously, which pot are you turning up? Sounds lik…" John W replied Apr 18, 2011 to Ruby Amp Motorboating	9	Apr 21, 2011 Reply by Servaas (Der Groovemeister)
"Do you have pics of your layout?Double check all of your connections, especially the…" John W replied Apr 5, 2011 to First Amp Build Problem	4	Dec 5, 2011 Reply by erik brena
"If the circuit is LM386 based, they'll almost certainly be fine, as far as power rat…" John W replied Mar 27, 2011 to 1st Cigar Box Guitar Amp Build	12	Apr 27, 2011 Reply by Rod Patten
"Petey that's awesome." John W replied Mar 10, 2011 to home-made amp demo's	13	Mar 21, 2011 Reply by Wichita Sam
"It looks great!" John W replied Mar 3, 2011 to Echo / trem mini- amp hack	10	Mar 5, 2011 Reply by petey twofinger
"No sound at all, with the volume turned all the way up? Very strange. A mag picku…" John W replied Jan 6, 2011 to Amp won't work with piezo but works with mag pickup.	4	Jan 6, 2011 Reply by MichaelS Country Boy Guitars
"There's a short somewhere. What do you mean "doesn't work" -- no sound at all? Wea…" John W replied Jan 5, 2011 to Amp won't work with piezo but works with mag pickup.	4	Jan 6, 2011 Reply by MichaelS Country Boy Guitars
"I would record in audacity first, then export as MP3, put it on an ipod, listen thro…" John W replied Nov 10, 2010 to Help please problems with recording on a pc	8	Nov 11, 2010 Reply by Mark

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John W's Discussions (27)

"You'll be fine. But even if you aren't and the whole thing blows up, you're only ou…"

"Wow Petey this is really good! A friend of mine designed and built a tube amp from…"

"Don't turn it up so loud. No, seriously, which pot are you turning up? Sounds lik…"

"Do you have pics of your layout?Double check all of your connections, especially the…"

"If the circuit is LM386 based, they'll almost certainly be fine, as far as power rat…"

"Petey that's awesome."

"It looks great!"

"No sound at all, with the volume turned all the way up? Very strange. A mag picku…"

"There's a short somewhere. What do you mean "doesn't work" -- no sound at all? Wea…"

"I would record in audacity first, then export as MP3, put it on an ipod, listen thro…"

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