Ceriatone Forum

I'm looking at the Overtone Special kit package #2, which goes for $650.00. What I'm wondering is, what still needs to be done to make it a working amp? It says "All components with assembled board,  faceplate, chassis, OT and PT . Only tubes not included. Footswitch included. "  I've never built an amp before, and, it's been a LONG time since I covered electrical theory in college physics, so I am starting off very much in the dark.

I'm assuming it would need:
*PT, OT and choke installed and connected.
*Pots  connected.
*tubes installed and biased.
*chassis installed into a head cab.

What am I missing (other than knowledge and experience)?

Thanks.

I just built this kit and finished a couple months ago.  It's a great amp, but it's a complicated build.  You don't need to know much electrical theory, but it requires good soldering technique and following the layout plans in every detail.  I think it's a rather aggressive project as a first attempt at building an amp. 

The kit includes everything needed for a complete amp.  There are 7 boards that will come assembled.  These and all the components (pots, switches, transformers, etc) need to be installed in the chassis and wired according to the layout.  There are around 20 resistors and capacitors that need to be mounted.  It took me about 15 hours to complete the amp according to the layout, then another 10 hours to make the cabinet (no parts are included for the cabinet).

Maybe this will help...

What you get is something like this...
(http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/4531/1dc30tb0.jpg)
That one is DC30.

 ;)

So, 15 hours to save $300. That turns out to be about $20/hr. I think I am probably better off buying the completed amp without the head shell and building one. I have the tools to do that part of it, at least. Thanks again for the help.