forgotten pics

i just realised that i never posted pics of my first jcm 800... anyways here they are, very very tight fit in this really reallys small chassis.

i want a lot now

if you know me at all you would know that my favourite band in the world is "THE MURDER CITY DEVILS" i have seen them a number of times since they broke up way back when, and everytime cherished the moment as if it were the last.

well this morning i read some great great news.... the band is officially a band again, and are oficially working on new material... maybe its for the money, or the love of touring i dont know... but even if its for the money... i dont give a fuck, so long as they keep touring and writing really good booze fueled songs i will continue to call them my favourite band.

"drinking when i should be sleepin, sleepin when i should be waking up. never hungover either wide awake or way too drunk!"

couple shots of reagens 800.

just two quick shots of reagens 800.
hoping it will be done by friday.... yikes... thats tomorrow.

header

i should have a whole buncha new pics to post over the next couple of days. but for now just check the new header i made!

i may run some shirts with this on it.

marshall style 1987 plexi circuit.

this should be a nice 50watt dimer. non master , a classic used for so many band signature tones.

my friend kyle who plays bass in our band wasn't happy with his tone. so i went about fixing it for him.
hope he is satisfied now.

i added a seyomour duncan 1/4 pound pickup, in hearing this pup in our friend reagen's bass i thought it was the best sounding pup i had ever heard. i wanted to keep the original neck bucker in this so i added a third pot and wired it like a jazz bass, vol 1, vol 2, and tone. nice mix of sounds you get from it now.
peace.

800 ways to do it right

just a couple of in progress shots of regeans 800. its a really tight fit, considering a standard 800 is at least double the size. none the less it fits. built like a tank. regean did the roll cage and chassis, i did all the drilling and fitting.

just finished this graphic for the face of an amp a couple of days ago. i sent the file over to the people at woodcraft and they did a great job as always.

anyways this is for the front of a 800 style head i'm building, pretty slick.

whole bunch of parts waiting on chassis to be built. also, found a new transformer manufacturer that i think i might try out, price seem as reasonable as they can be, and i have heard many great things.

something new i wanted to try

i think i really like this little theft deterent... or at least fuckover.

new

couple of pics of things i have built. re organized or acquired.

busy busy busy

i have been busy lately, writing songs with my new band mates "golden ears" and also re-working the space in my home studio, specifically the mixing room. i had to build a new desk for the room last night. and this thing is monstrous. at 4 feet by 8 feet its huge... still want to add some things to it to make it more usable... all in time i suppose.

no new amps developments right now, but i have been brain storming some neato ideas. like panel meters to measure plate voltages and bias readouts.. and been looking for old portable record players to convert into recording amps.

see you soon.

yeah yeah. its been a month almost since the last post.
its been busy. i have been busy. but i have also been working on some new amp stuff. all of which i will be posting about soon. so if anyone actually follows this thing... keep checking back over the next couple of days i'll have lots to show you.
-kyle.
goodamps.

slow and steady

the shop is a mess i have been moving shit in like crazy trying to find room, i'm going to have to build another bench.

inventory,

i decided i needed to take inventory of my current gear because its always safe to have a list incase anything goes terribly wrong.
amps:

fender 65' super reverb reissue.
79 garnet revolution ll.
78 garnet revolution lll.
goodamps 100watt black thunder.
goodamps 18watt sessions master.
goodamps 40watt tweed deluxe.
goodamps 100watt powermax.
goodamps 100watt elite.
goodamps 300watt big bottom.
sunn beat lead (this is not mine, but is stored at my studio)

cabs:
goodamps 4x12 w/ weber signature speakers.
goodamps 2x12 w/ weber signature speakers.
goodamps 2x12 w/ weber signature speakers.
randall 4x12 w/ celestion gt12-75's
vintage ampeg svt 8x10 bass
sunn beta lead 4x12 (this is not mine but stored at my studio)

effects:
roland space echo (re 201), early 70's japanese.
diamond memory lane delay pedal.
korg pitch black tuner.
boss tr2 temolo.
boss bd2 blues driver.
electro harmonix little muff.
mxr clean boost.
mxr dyna comp.

guitars:
fender 72 thinline resissue, 3tone burst.
kyle good 62 telecaster copy 3 tone sunburst.
prairiecustoms carlycaster (thinline esquire) 3 tone burst.
82 hondo 335 copy.
gibson sg faded white 3 pickup model.
gibson sg standard natural burst.
burny 61 sg reissue, black. mid 80's.
1960's symphonic holllowbody (fender coronado copy) 3 tone sunburst.
1960's zen-on electric 2 tone burst.
godin fith avenue kingpin. conagc burst.
yamaha acoustic.

basses:
squire vintage modified p bass (tele bass) 3 tone burst.
kyle good telecaster shortscale bass, brown.

other gear:
tascam m3500 mixing console.
motu 986 interface
presonus firebox.
assorted mics. and pre's

well thats a fairly detailed list i plan to come back to this with serial numbers. and specific years of the items.

its time to wrap up.

i have a whole mess of projects on the go right now, and not enough time to finish any of them. i really need to get motivated to do all this shit in a timely manner. i have just had so many odd jobs to do and its really started to take away from all my other goals. slated for finishing touches are a hiwatt ( i broke a power tube, putt new ones in and now something just aint right. so i need to figure that shit out.) a jcm800. this thing crushes your kidneys, pushes so much fucking air through those cabinets... all thats left on the is tracing and killing a little bit of ground hum.
and lastly, an svt style head... this this is heavy and a huge fucking pain in the ass. lots of smalls tweaks to make on this one. but it about time i finish this guy.

so future. where am i with you at the current moment, well i want to build more jcm style amps. more 18-45 marshalls. some more oranges. i would like to venture into the blackface territory, and maybe a tweed bassman. also a trem reverb unit in a rack mount case.

this is all tentative to me keeping my doors open for business, as i am contemplating a permanent shut down.
-kyle