Guitar Valve Amplifier Kit - Fender 5F1 Champ Style

Guitar Valve Amplifier Kit - Fender 5F1 Champ Style   

  This is our take on the famous Fender Champ Guitar Amp from the 50s. It offers a beautifully rich, creamy sound with a lovely warm bass and mid response that you can only get from a valve amp. When we tested this kit for the first time it's sound surpassed all of our expectations and we are all super excited to share this experience with you.

  Using a high voltage DC-DC boost converter instead of the conventional power transformer and rectifier valve, this amp kit is lighter, smaller and more cost effective without compromising on the performance. Since the boost converter requires only a 12V DC input, this amp can also be used on the go, and can even be powered by 12V batteries. Our design also includes a cathode bypass capacitor on the first triode gain stage to increase the gain, this is a common modification done to the original amp and we think this makes it sound better. If you want the original sound this capacitor can be simply omitted and you will get the original sound.

  We recommend using a 12V power supply that can supply at least 5A like this one BSM1250. 

The following components are included in this kit:

• Step by step instruction manual
• 68kΩ ½ Watt carbon film resistor x 1
• 1MΩ ½ Watt carbon film resistor x 1
• 1MΩ 16mm logarithmic potentiometer x 1
• 1.5kΩ ½ Watt carbon film resistor x 1
• 100kΩ ½ Watt carbon film resistor x 1
• 22kΩ ½ Watt carbon film resistor x 1
• 10kΩ ½ Watt carbon film resistor x 1
• 220kΩ ½ Watt carbon film resistor x 1
• 470Ω ½ Watt carbon film resistor x 1
• 270Ω 0.4 Watt metal film resistor x 1
• 1.1kΩ 0.4 Watt metal film resistor x 1
• 1kΩ ½ Watt carbon film resistor x 1
• 22nF 305V polypropylene capacitor x 1
• 8µF 450V axial electrolytic capacitor x 1
• 16µF 450V axial electrolytic capacitor x 1
• 22µF 35V tantalum capacitor x 1
• 100nF 50V multi-layer ceramic capacitor x 1
• 1µF 50V multi-layer ceramic capacitor x 1
• 1.5µF 35V tantalum capacitor x 1
• 6V6GT or 6П6С beam tetrode valve x 1
• ECC83 or 12AX7 double triode valve x 1
• LM317T 1.5A adjustable voltage regulator x 1
• 6.3mm PCB-mount switched jack socket x 1
• 6.3mm panel-mount switched jack socket x 1
• 2.1 x 5.5mm DC socket x 1
• 5mm red LED x 1
• B9A PCB-mount valve base x 1
• Octal PCB-mount valve base x 1
• High voltage DC-DC step up boost converter x 1
• 5F1 Output transformer x 1
• 10A SPST toggle switch x 1
• 1 foot of 6A double core power cable x 1
• 1 foot of 42 strand speaker cable x 1
• 1 foot of high voltage power cable x 1
• Finned heatsink x 1
• PCB screw terminal x 1
• M3 nut and bolt x 1
• Heatsink thermal pad & bush x 1
• PCB x 1

To assemble this kit, you will need the following tools:

• Soldering iron
• High quality solder
• Side cutters
• Cable stripper

 This kit will fit nicely in a G116 enclosure (Hammond 1550G).