I love to build amps. I have so many in the pipeline right now it's kinda funny. Do I need them? Hell no. I am going to be building a Marshall Superlead 100w 2203. Eddie Van Halen's amp, if you use the 50k pot for the mid instead of the 25k, and run at 100v (I think, he did use a variac)
Have all the components, a LARGE tote full of resistors, the iron and chassis, the speakers, and the speaker cab. I make the circuit boards myself, from scratch including sawing the G10 epoxy board with wet tile saw ('cuz otherwise the toxic smell is horrendous). And I have well over a thousand original phillips Mustard caps which were the original caps used in Marshall, Vox, Hiwatt, etc.
20 years ago, the economy in Greece burped and people where scrambling to put food on the table. I helped them put food on the table, and ended up with freaking boat load of caps, thanks to eBay auctions.
I have built many 50w, but have never done a 100w. And I'm 68, so times a wasting!
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My layout so I can make the hole drilling template for the circuit board