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["Parva Res Magna"]

Hello All  ,

"Parva Res Magna"

This Latin expression translates to English, as the small greats. The perfect inspiration to build a small low power amplifier with great tone.

This is the first step of a pleasurable journey, of crowdsourcing ideas, visualization of concepts, experimentation of possibilities, design of prototypes and enjoying the final amplifiers.

Currently there are a few options in the market, with a wide variety of tubes ranging from the current production ones to the NOS sub mini sorts. In the tiny head shaped tube guitar amplifiers, we have the Zvex Nano, the Wangs VT1-H or the Surprise Sound Lab: Rock Block.

Some years ago, DIY versions came out such as the Frequency Central Superfly amplifiers or the DeXTeR's SFA.

The whole project will be created using a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (Not the blog )

The URL for the project post series at my blog: http://soundcubed.com/category/projects/amplifiers/magnawatt/ or https://magnawatt.blogspot.com/p/concept.html


As full disclamer I will try to gather as many DIY minds as possible with your help. I will share the progress in a few places.

Br,
MJ

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[Mission: Be a community driven project that allows all guitar player's with DIY tendencies to share and find information by country through links.]

Mission: Be a community driven project that allows all guitar player's with DIY tendencies to share and find information by country through links.

You might be a DIY enthusiast, guitar customizer, stompbox builder, artist who would like to see whats available in your country. 

This website is stage where you can share links to your work, business, or even post content you think might be useful to other members. 

Enter to share! Its free!

Hello All,

I am wondering if anyone is using KiCad for drawing schematics and creating PCBs?

Its available here: http://kicad-pcb.org

On the plus side:
- KiCad is free software and open source
- Its compatible with all the major operating systems like Windows, Mac OS and a lot of Linux distributions.
- Developed by CERNE
- A community and tutorials
- 3D modeling and lots of parts.

On the minus side:
-Lerning it can take some time, as much as any other.

Let me know what you guys think and suggest alternatives .

Jimmy Page with his Hiwatt amplifier at the Royal Albert Hall, became an historical moment blessed by the Gods of tone.










More at soundcubed.com/the-royal-albert-hall-with-a-footswitch/

A good guitar booster should adapt to its position, and to the needs of the guitar and guitar player.

The ideal booster needs to reflect the Fletcher–Munson curves, because since the ear hears different frequencies at different levels, when the guitar signal is amplified it should remain pleasant and equivalent.

I decided to use a MOS-fet because the bias, impedance and sound can be altered and adapt any guitar pickup and playing style.

A prototype was created after investigating a bit some popular boosters.





More here https://soundcubed.com/zound-zkulptor-booster/.