Here's a thing I've wanted to do for a very long time! A few shipments of vacuum tubes, turretboards, faceplates, capacitors, carbon resistors and other components means I'm embarking on an amplifier kit build. This is a Supa Deluxe kit from Modulus Amplification, a souped-up version of a Fender Deluxe with a full tone stack and a master volume.

 The chassis has a cutout for three preamp tubes but the schematic only calls for two so I'm wondering if this could be adapted to add a reverb or maybe a valve-driven effect loop copied from a Mesa Boogie circuit.

I haven't built a turretboard amp before so this is really challenging at first but very much more satisfying than just populating a PCB. The important thing is to wrap all the component leads in the same direction around the turrets to avoid partially unwinding the previous components.

Still waiting for Modulus to build the tweed headshell cabinet. It may even arrive before I finish wiring this thing together.