Craig 2 Watt valve amp

eugey · 2012-04-05T18:17:17+00:00

Craig Amps presents the Lil'Big: 2 watt classic push/pull amp Cathode Bias 12AU7 Output Classic "Marshall" valve tone in a small package, but don't under estimate the power of this little 2watter. For more info please contact Benjamin on 082 708 7511

MikeM

Heheh, I think it's actually J. P Le Roux? Not so sure. He's a local amp builder that has quite a rep.. I used to think the dude that complained about his amp setting fire was full of it ?

racman

Keira WitherKay wrote Custom built , hand wired amps are always gonna be speciality items , and yes i bet you can buy a new cube 80 for that money But in my mind there will always be a market out there for the admittedly more pricey but custom build gear be it guitars ,? just ask Roy ? /quote]

Hey what did I do ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

Keira-WitherKay

RoyC wrote
Keira WitherKay wrote Custom built , hand wired amps are always gonna be speciality items , and yes i bet you can buy a new cube 80 for that money But in my mind there will always be a market out there for the admittedly more pricey but custom build gear be it guitars ,? just ask Roy ? /quote]

Hey what did I do ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
lets just say on the forum you the man we think of when custom builds are mentioned, we are envious of your growing collection of superb custom builds , nothing wrong with that

racman

And here I was thinking I was being a little discreet about it Keira. I hate the word GAS: I prefer to call it "focused spending"!! ?

Back to the 2W Amp - I would save up and pay that amount if the build quality and tone were worth it and suited my needs.

eugey

I know Benjamin Craig gets his transformers wound or something like that. He say the transformers are the more costy item. I own a JP le Roux amp. Would never ever get rid of it. Maybe if you guys actually speak to Benjamin you'll find out what's what in the little big. He is a very chilled guy.

Stoner-Riff

IceCreamMan wrote
Manfred Klose wrote I agree with keira.

it takes alot of time to handwire a valve amp, let alone the finish on the outside, just by looking at the picture i can see alot of effort has been put in.

so its an option between mass produced china PCB's(most amps on the market today) and handwired valve amp with very good parts.

R4000 is a very good price
4 clip is eyewatweringly expensive when one looks at the market place. yip its top class componenets (i would think), yip it "appears" that much effort has gone into it however mass production results in cheaper per unit pricing ...if these were made in china to the same specs with the same componenets chances are they would be under 2 clip. MAss production assembly line style reduces costs...dramatically.

4 grand buys you an ibanex head + cab unit , buys a marshall haze 40 (if u add a hundred or 5), a Class 5 made in UK, and a number of other options , when viewed in that light , 4 grand has to be viewed as a lot of money.

. . . very true.

Sean

Stoner Riff wrote
IceCreamMan wrote 4 grand buys you an ibanex head + cab unit , buys a marshall haze 40 (if u add a hundred or 5), a Class 5 made in UK, and a number of other options , when viewed in that light , 4 grand has to be viewed as a lot of money.

. . . very true.

Stoner Riff, just in case you missed some of the other posts :?

Keira WitherKay wrote Custom built , hand wired amps are always gonna be speciality items , and yes i bet you can buy a new cube 80 for that money But in my mind there will always be a market out there for the admittedly more pricey but custom build gear be it guitars ,? just ask Roy ? or amps . And if you select your amp builder well you will own an amp or guitar which is without doubt a cut above production models but you pay for it . And to those who are attracted to custom builds that extra is well worth it for a limited produced item thats hand made , the world is full of exclusive brands be it cars , watch's , jewelry guitars or amps for people who enjoy that exclusivity and for those that don't there's the mass production market . So 4 k for a hand wired amp built totally by hand is not a lot , so if you have an upset over price go buy a cube but no need to crit craig amps , do you slate the guitar builder who charges 40 k for a hand made build or the collector who pays R100 000 for some rare vintage guitar ? only last week i saw a 30's gibson acoustic with a 60k price tag and i'm sure some might hear the gibson and reckon their 5 k tak sounds almost as good ? and who would spend that money on that old guitar , well there is a market for exclusive items ?

Nicholas-L

Yes 4 grand is a lot of money. But there are certain factors to look at. If you have trafo's wound by someone else then it can get pretty expensive, unless you wind your own. In most cases it works out to be 1/3 to 1/2 of the build price and to take into consideration the more components you buy the less you pay per unit which makes a build cheaper. However we don't build 1000 amps per month.

aja

Wizard wrote "Goedkoop is duurkoop".

IF you're going to end up with the dream item anyway, it can be an expensive journey to get there if you keep buying low-end stuff and selling it at a loss on the way.

Applying this to my woodwork hobby, my most expensive tools so far have been the cheapest ones.
... as I've subsequently sold them at a loss or abandoned them and ended up buying the high-end item in the end anyway.

But ... if that super-duper boutique item is not part of your future, then stop worrying about it.
Just don't entertain the thought ... but don't discredit it either.

best advice ever... I can really vouch for this. I have wasted so much money buying cheap because I can't afford the thing I actually want, only to be left wanting and finally go buy the thing I wanted in the first place anyway.

Wizard

Repeating what's been said already - it's about "utility".
And that's a lot more about the paper specs.

It's about everything you get from the purchase ... including tone, looks, versatility, resale value, lekker gevoel ...
Whatever blows your hair back.

If utility > price ... it's a bargain.

Sean

eric-vaxxine

That's a cool little demo.
Real authentic guitar sound.....
lovely stuff.

shaunf

Sounds great! What cab is it being played through?

aja

I do not like the cranked gain sound, but that second half sounds awesome!

arjunmenon

aja wrote I do not like the cranked gain sound, but that second half sounds awesome!

+1. That second half was very very tasty!

[deleted]

Sean wrote
Stoner Riff wrote
IceCreamMan wrote 4 grand buys you an ibanex head + cab unit , buys a marshall haze 40 (if u add a hundred or 5), a Class 5 made in UK, and a number of other options , when viewed in that light , 4 grand has to be viewed as a lot of money.

. . . very true.
Stoner Riff, just in case you missed some of the other posts :?

Keira WitherKay wrote Custom built , hand wired amps are always gonna be speciality items , and yes i bet you can buy a new cube 80 for that money But in my mind there will always be a market out there for the admittedly more pricey but custom build gear be it guitars ,? just ask Roy ? or amps . And if you select your amp builder well you will own an amp or guitar which is without doubt a cut above production models but you pay for it . And to those who are attracted to custom builds that extra is well worth it for a limited produced item thats hand made , the world is full of exclusive brands be it cars , watch's , jewelry guitars or amps for people who enjoy that exclusivity and for those that don't there's the mass production market . So 4 k for a hand wired amp built totally by hand is not a lot , so if you have an upset over price go buy a cube but no need to crit craig amps , do you slate the guitar builder who charges 40 k for a hand made build or the collector who pays R100 000 for some rare vintage guitar ? only last week i saw a 30's gibson acoustic with a 60k price tag and i'm sure some might hear the gibson and reckon their 5 k tak sounds almost as good ? and who would spend that money on that old guitar , well there is a market for exclusive items ?

Why must everyone always complain on this forum about the price?
If you cant afford it, well you know what to do...
Trying to be polite here.

Here I though I would put my 2ND HAND CUSTOM SWART ATOM, all 3-5w of it up for a steal at R8000...
Now you have a local CUSTOM amp builder selling a gem for that price?! A bargain in my opinion...

This is not made in china, if you want a chinese amp, go buy your Ibanez TS15, great little amp... Really!!!!

But dont comment on the price of a unique custom builders amps...

Any one keen to pay R25000 for my Swart AST?
R45 000 for the Matchless DC30?
R24 000 for the Two Rock Studio 35?

Lets talk expensive then..

I like Craigamps and I think they superbly priced for top quality amps...

Everyone should spend more money on amps and less on guitars! Thats where te magic lies, the secret of tone believe it or not lies in the hands then the amp!

/rant off

SvR65

Brentcgp wrote
Sean wrote
Stoner Riff wrote
IceCreamMan wrote 4 grand buys you an ibanex head + cab unit , buys a marshall haze 40 (if u add a hundred or 5), a Class 5 made in UK, and a number of other options , when viewed in that light , 4 grand has to be viewed as a lot of money.

. . . very true.
Stoner Riff, just in case you missed some of the other posts :?

Keira WitherKay wrote Custom built , hand wired amps are always gonna be speciality items , and yes i bet you can buy a new cube 80 for that money But in my mind there will always be a market out there for the admittedly more pricey but custom build gear be it guitars ,? just ask Roy ? or amps . And if you select your amp builder well you will own an amp or guitar which is without doubt a cut above production models but you pay for it . And to those who are attracted to custom builds that extra is well worth it for a limited produced item thats hand made , the world is full of exclusive brands be it cars , watch's , jewelry guitars or amps for people who enjoy that exclusivity and for those that don't there's the mass production market . So 4 k for a hand wired amp built totally by hand is not a lot , so if you have an upset over price go buy a cube but no need to crit craig amps , do you slate the guitar builder who charges 40 k for a hand made build or the collector who pays R100 000 for some rare vintage guitar ? only last week i saw a 30's gibson acoustic with a 60k price tag and i'm sure some might hear the gibson and reckon their 5 k tak sounds almost as good ? and who would spend that money on that old guitar , well there is a market for exclusive items ?

Why must everyone always complain on this forum about the price?
If you cant afford it, well you know what to do...
Trying to be polite here.

Here I though I would put my 2ND HAND CUSTOM SWART ATOM, all 3-5w of it up for a steal at R8000...
Now you have a local CUSTOM amp builder selling a gem for that price?! A bargain in my opinion...

This is not made in china, if you want a chinese amp, go buy your Ibanez TS15, great little amp... Really!!!!

But dont comment on the price of a unique custom builders amps...

Any one keen to pay R25000 for my Swart AST?
R45 000 for the Matchless DC30?
R24 000 for the Two Rock Studio 35?

Lets talk expensive then..

I like Craigamps and I think they superbly priced for top quality amps...

Everyone should spend more money on amps and less on guitars! Thats where te magic lies, the secret of tone believe it or not lies in the hands then the amp!

/rant off

+1 >>You said it Brent!!

Less custom guitars and more custom amps!! ?

guidothepimmp

Great sound.. Benjamin , great amps man, love that drive..

arjunmenon

SvR65 wrote
Brentcgp wrote
Sean wrote
Stoner Riff wrote
IceCreamMan wrote 4 grand buys you an ibanex head + cab unit , buys a marshall haze 40 (if u add a hundred or 5), a Class 5 made in UK, and a number of other options , when viewed in that light , 4 grand has to be viewed as a lot of money.

. . . very true.
Stoner Riff, just in case you missed some of the other posts :?

Keira WitherKay wrote Custom built , hand wired amps are always gonna be speciality items , and yes i bet you can buy a new cube 80 for that money But in my mind there will always be a market out there for the admittedly more pricey but custom build gear be it guitars ,? just ask Roy ? or amps . And if you select your amp builder well you will own an amp or guitar which is without doubt a cut above production models but you pay for it . And to those who are attracted to custom builds that extra is well worth it for a limited produced item thats hand made , the world is full of exclusive brands be it cars , watch's , jewelry guitars or amps for people who enjoy that exclusivity and for those that don't there's the mass production market . So 4 k for a hand wired amp built totally by hand is not a lot , so if you have an upset over price go buy a cube but no need to crit craig amps , do you slate the guitar builder who charges 40 k for a hand made build or the collector who pays R100 000 for some rare vintage guitar ? only last week i saw a 30's gibson acoustic with a 60k price tag and i'm sure some might hear the gibson and reckon their 5 k tak sounds almost as good ? and who would spend that money on that old guitar , well there is a market for exclusive items ?

Why must everyone always complain on this forum about the price?
If you cant afford it, well you know what to do...
Trying to be polite here.

Here I though I would put my 2ND HAND CUSTOM SWART ATOM, all 3-5w of it up for a steal at R8000...
Now you have a local CUSTOM amp builder selling a gem for that price?! A bargain in my opinion...

This is not made in china, if you want a chinese amp, go buy your Ibanez TS15, great little amp... Really!!!!

But dont comment on the price of a unique custom builders amps...

Any one keen to pay R25000 for my Swart AST?
R45 000 for the Matchless DC30?
R24 000 for the Two Rock Studio 35?

Lets talk expensive then..

I like Craigamps and I think they superbly priced for top quality amps...

Everyone should spend more money on amps and less on guitars! Thats where te magic lies, the secret of tone believe it or not lies in the hands then the amp!

/rant off

+1 >>You said it Brent!!

Less custom guitars and more custom amps!! ?

+1. More boutique amps FTW

ezietsman

Liked the drive sound. That raunchy sound hmmmm....

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