New Bench Amp for Pedal Testing

[SchlegFace]

I wrapped up another project the other day!!! I made a small amp from a TPA3116 board from Amazon to mainly aid in testing pedals quickly before boxing them up. I wanted it to be quick set up and tear down, as well as a small footprint since I don't really have any room to have any gear out all the time. The box is a 9.5" cube made out of 1/2" Baltic birch and has a Seismic Audio Jolt 6" speaker. The TPA amp is powered with a spare laptop charger, and there is also a buck converter to run power back out to a daisy chain for any pedals I want to test or use. The whole setup takes less than a minute to put together, packs plenty of power, and doesn't sound half bad! I primarily play bass, and the little 6" speaker can actually thump out some low mids. It is much better than what you would get in a normal 6" practice amp. All in all I have very pleased with how things turned out!

 

[jimilee]

Nice.

 

[KR Sound]

That’s pretty cool.

 

[dawson]

Wow!
You really know your way around a woodshop- those joints look superb.
*Who's the little afro wearing glasses hiding in there?

 

[SchlegFace]

Wow!
You really know your way around a woodshop- those joints look superb.
*Who's the little afro wearing glasses hiding in there?

Thanks! I recently put in a few hours tuning up my table saw so I was able to get some nice crisp cuts. The head you're seeing inside the box is my logo, a little caricature of myself.

 

[steviejr92]

Woah dude! How could I have missed this! Great looking amp!

 

[Feral Feline]

Sweet!

I want to roll my own bench-amp, too, eventually.
Currently using a Roland Microbass, but c'mon — DIY Bench-amp = MOJO!