#BOTTLEHEAD CRACK W SPEEDBALL MARVEL MANUAL#

Looks do matter when buying an amplifier but in the end the sound it produces is more important, and that’s where the Crack really shines. While I think its looks are basic and very cool, I have to admit that having all the cables on top will probably never make it win a beauty contest. Some people like the look of the Crack and others hate it. It’s a DIY project so if you have the skills you can do pretty much whatever you want. It doesn’t really bother me but I’ve seen a lot of people using L shaped plugs with the Bottlehead designs and other DIY’ers have changed the layout and put the connectors on the back and front. That can be unhandy when you don’t have a lot of space or when your interconnects and power cable are rather unflexible. Like with every Bottlehead design all in- and outputs are located on top of the amplifier (even the power cable goes in on top). Anyway since Mike did the build on both our Cracks, I will let him talk more about the building process later. If you don’t feel like building the amplifier yourself, you can always order a pre-assembled Crack from Bottlehead, at an extra cost of course.

#BOTTLEHEAD CRACK W SPEEDBALL MARVEL MANUAL#

Bottlehead also includes a very detailed step-by-step manual making it almost impossible to screw up. The DIY Bottlehead Crack is a fairly easy to build amplifier, anyone having experience with soldering and a multimeter can surely build one himself.

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