I wish to build a bass amp.

[Left_Hand_Strat]

Re: I wish to build a bass amp.

Well your thread title = Build a SS DIY amp or Buy a kit.

Hacking an existing amp is exactly that but it is a platform to start with.

Tubes involve much higher voltages than SS amps and if your new to this, it may be more practical and safer than a valve amp.

None the less, I bought and built a valve amp kit when I was 15, but I had already been playing with soldering irons and wires and valves and high voltage for about five years. It was my only option, transistors hardly existed back then. [67/68]

I'll investigate kits a bit more too. there's not a lot coming up on my Ebay which is dirt cheap or need repair or something, otherwise I would just mod that.