Super low wattage

[JB_From_Hell]

Does anybody make something like a 1/4 or 1/2 watt tube amp? I know there are a bunch in the 5-20 watt range, but I'd like something I could crank in the day and still use at night.

 

[the guy who invented fire]

Re: Super low wattage

Does anybody make something like a 1/4 or 1/2 watt tube amp? I know there are a bunch in the 5-20 watt range, but I'd like something I could crank in the day and still use at night.

ZVEX Nano...be ready to pay though...it's around 5 bills

 

[idsnowdog]

Re: Super low wattage

I have always wondered if it was possible to build a really small tube power amp with old radio tubes? I remember my grandma had a bunch of old small kitchen radios that used really small tubes.

 

[these_go211]

Re: Super low wattage

ZVEX NANO, yes!!

 

[Animal]

Re: Super low wattage

There's an amp builder in Australia that is just about to release an 1-watt amp kit WITH a built in attenuator.

http://www.guitargear.net.au/discussion/index.php?topic=5846.360

Test trials have reported that you can easily get cranked tube tone at bedroom levels. I'm might get one.

 

[ericmeyer4]

Re: Super low wattage

I have always wondered if it was possible to build a really small tube power amp with old radio tubes? I remember my grandma had a bunch of old small kitchen radios that used really small tubes.

Les Paul did it and he made one out of a telephone.

 

[Dr.Mavashi]

Re: Super low wattage

Yep, that's my dream, I want a 1 watt version of Marshall Major.

 

[jeremy]

Re: Super low wattage

Yep, that's my dream, I want a 1 watt version of Marshall Major.

that will never happen. getting a 200w marshall tone in a 1w amp is the stuff of fairytales