Sonic
MA1 Prototype
All-American Four Prototype
All-American Four
Final Build
Hand-Wired Guitar Amplifiers
Made in the USAKirtland Electronics was incorporated in the state of Utah on 26 May, 2009.
I am an electronics technician with over 25 years of combined military and
civilian electronics experience. I have worked with surface mount devices under
a stereo magnifier in the workplace, building and troubleshooting the
engineering prototypes. I have also been restoring vacuum tube audio
equipment as a hobby for over 25 years.
I've been playing guitar for only a few years, but I am really enjoying combining
my love of music with electronics. I play an American Fender Hardtail Strat, modified
with a Seymour Duncan JB humbucker at at bridge. On acoustic, I have a Alvarez-Yairi DY-38.
Two of the amplifiers pictured here, the 'Sonic MA1' and 'All-American Four' are prototypes built
upon bread tins. I find a bread tin chassis to be very quick method to verify the operation of a
circuit as well as for quick modifications. Afterwards, I'll build the circuit on a permanent
chassis as shown.