The nice thing about these old tube amps is that the schematics are freely available (Fender ships a copy of the schematic with their amps). There are also quit

The nice thing about these old tube amps is that the schematics are freely available (Fender ships a copy of the schematic with their amps). There are also quite simple in term of number of components. However, there are dangerous, with 400/500V DC for the tubes. Definitely not something you should try without being extremely cautious and without previous experience. On the topic of music hardware, another fun thing to build is effect pedals, these are much much safer, and permit to gain valuable experience with a soldering iron. There are also a few kits available out there, either for effect pedals and tube amps. For people in Europe, I can recommend https://www.musikding.de https://www.musikding.de * Tube amps: https://www.musikding.de/guitar-amp-kit-tube-amp-kit-valve-guitar-kit https://www.musikding.de/guitar-amp-kit-tube-amp-kit-valve-g... (I've built the A15 kit in the past, the components are a bit cheap, specially the power transformer, but it sounds quite nice, and makes for a great 15 Watts dual channels amp). * They also sell a lot of pedal kits: https://www.musikding.de/guitar-effect-kits https://www.musikding.de/guitar-effect-kits They also sell parts (specially those a bit harder to find at a good price like footswitches, sockets, a wide variety of knobs etc). Another shop I can recommend for components: https://www.banzaimusic.com/home.php https://www.banzaimusic.com/home.php