There are two sets of mounting holes that align with the ear mounts on the output transformer. That could be helpful when looking for hardware tomorrow. I guess the legs of the LED will need to be covered, and the LED will need to be hot-glued to stay in place. It's just a metal holder for a white LED with no cover. Anyone doing this should be able to read (or lookup) resistor color codes. But it would have been nicer to have the hardware marked in place of the resistors being marked. Some resistors in one of the bags were individually bagged and marked with their values, which is nice. It isn't clear what is to be used where, but I'll see if I can suss it out. Within the parts bags were some black unmarked screws, washers, and nuts. Also, the kit assembly instructions says that the input and output jacks need to be insulated from the chassis, but it looks like the output jacks can't be insulated from the chassis since the threads, washers, and nuts are all metal. The terminals of the output jacks do have holes for wire, but the holes are tiny. The output jacks are about the cheapest looking jacks I have ever seen. The input jacks are all plastic body, nut, washer, and through-hole legs. But the cutouts in the chassis do show through the face plates a bit, i.e, I can see the outline of the holes behind the face plates. A couple of holes in the chassis are unused for this specific kit, being covered by the face plates. It seems that this chassis and the boards are used across KLD's range of kits. The face plates (flexible textured vinyl) lined up well. kits/Assmbly amp guildline/Assembly instruction figures of KLD guitar hand wired amplifier.pdfĪny tips, criticisms, and questions along the way are very welcome. Available documentation from KLD is here: And when it is in a good working state (hopefully), I'll post some decent quality sound clips using a microphone or two. I'll post pics and impressions here as I go. I have read and do understand about high voltage safety hazards and precautions, although I'm only vaguely schooled in how some circuits of amps work. This will be my first amp kit build (albeit partial, it seems), so I'm sure there will be some follies along the way. And I will test it with tubes from one of my current amps. So I'm going to pick up some hookup wire this weekend from the hardware store and get started on it. Some of the components do look to be super cheap made (jacks especially), but I think they should do for testing the kit and could be replaced later. There are 2 eyelet boards, main and control, along with the transformers and all parts for the build except for tubes and hookup wire (shielded wire was included). It wasn't clear to me that the boards would be pre-assembled, but I guess it is what it is. The kit is designed to be a 25-watt JCM 800 type amp. Grand total was about $215 for the kit and chassis shipped to my door. I wanted something inexpensive to get started with as a first build, so hopefully this will do. based ebay seller as discussed in the following thread after ibmorjamn talked about getting one of these kits.
#Ampkit link ebay android#
I'm just hoping for some day soon when the Android kernel gets updated to a newer version, which has fixes in it to address latency issues in the one that has been being used, and then these same type of devices (like the iRig and Link) will be able to be used with an Android phone or tablet.I picked up one of these cheapo kits directly from KLD (out of China) and a chassis recommended by KLD from a U.S. There is at least one really long, but good, thread about these things in one of the other subforums (can't remember which, right now). Of course, if you don't have an iPod Touch, iPhone, or iPad, the iRig and the Peavey Link are both right out. But, I suspect that has something to do with why it sounds better. The only downside to the Peavey Link is that it takes a battery, where the iRig does not.
I think I ended up using the AmpKit software, but I tried AmpliTube (with some purchased Bass models), AmpKit, and 1 or 2 others. You don't have to use AmpliTube just because you're using an iRig. I think the Link sounds better than the iRig.Īlso, know that you can use either one with pretty much all the same software. You can get it or the iRig on eBay for less than $20. I have the iRig, the Peavey AmpKit Link, the current Tascam MP3 Bass trainer, and the previous model Tascam MP3 bass trainer.īefore I lost my iPod Touch, my preference was to use the Peavey Link.
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