WTD: plan of Selmer Little Giant guitar amp back panel - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

stevehertz · 19th Feb 2024, 6:53 pm

I need to make a back panel for a Selmer Little Giant guitar amplifier. The panel is quite a simple one made from plain hardboard with some relatively simple cut outs. I need a plan of the cut outs. Is anyone able to pencil inside the cutouts in their own or a borrowed amp onto a piece of paper for me to use please? All costs covered. Thanks.

David G4EBT · 19th Feb 2024, 7:28 pm

Needs to be in the 'information wanted' thread Steve - ,not the 'offered' thread.

Maybe the Mods could kindly shift it over?

stevehertz · 19th Feb 2024, 7:33 pm

Thanks David. Dohh.. damned age getting to me.

Cobaltblue · 19th Feb 2024, 8:16 pm

Moved.

Cheers

Mike T

JonSnell · 19th Feb 2024, 8:38 pm

This is a photo I had of one I repaired a few years ago. Hope this helps. The jack socket on the back, is the extention loudspeaker socket.

initialsbb · 19th Feb 2024, 9:16 pm

Here's a pic (from the web) of a slightly modified Little Giant back panel taken straight on which might be useful for scaling up, together with the above pic

stevehertz · 19th Feb 2024, 9:35 pm

Thanks for the photos but I've already researched and seen them. I also recall the first one I saw in the flesh as far back as the early 70s, so I know 'what they look like'. As per my request I am looking for an accurately dimensioned drawing or a 'pencilled in' plan. Yes I could guess it, but nicer to have the actual dimensions. Cheers.

stevehertz · 22nd May 2024, 2:03 pm

In the end I scaled up from a photo of an original one to create a working drawing and made the panel out of hardboard, which is what the originals were made from. I used a jeweler's saw to cut out the shaped apertures and then cleaned them up with a variety of files. Looking at various photos of these amps it appears that some had 'faded' black back panels and others were untreated hardboard. I used some old Colron ebony wood dye to achieve the latter. The amp came with a back panel crudely fashioned from a vintage radio, but fortuitously the Selmer serial number sticker was on it, so I was able to transfer it to the new panel.

Nickthedentist · 22nd May 2024, 3:13 pm

Really clever, that looks great!

Aub · 22nd May 2024, 3:30 pm

Yes very neat. Well done.

Aub

stevehertz · 22nd May 2024, 4:19 pm

Thanks guys.

BTW, just noticed, in my post #8 I should have said "former" not latter when referring to the faded black back panel.

19th Feb 2024, 6:53 pm	#1
stevehertz Dekatron Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Rugeley, Staffordshire, UK. Posts: 9,419	WTD: plan of Selmer Little Giant guitar amp back panel I need to make a back panel for a Selmer Little Giant guitar amplifier. The panel is quite a simple one made from plain hardboard with some relatively simple cut outs. I need a plan of the cut outs. Is anyone able to pencil inside the cutouts in their own or a borrowed amp onto a piece of paper for me to use please? All costs covered. Thanks. __________________ A digital radio is the latest thing, but a vintage wireless is forever..

19th Feb 2024, 7:28 pm	#2
David G4EBT Dekatron Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Cottingham, East Yorkshire, UK. Posts: 6,062	Re: WTD: plan of Selmer Little Giant guitar amp back panel Needs to be in the 'information wanted' thread Steve - ,not the 'offered' thread. Maybe the Mods could kindly shift it over? __________________ David. BVWS Member. G-QRP Club member 1339.

19th Feb 2024, 7:33 pm	#3
stevehertz Dekatron Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Rugeley, Staffordshire, UK. Posts: 9,419	Re: WTD: plan of Selmer Little Giant guitar amp back panel Thanks David. Dohh.. damned age getting to me. __________________ A digital radio is the latest thing, but a vintage wireless is forever..

19th Feb 2024, 8:16 pm	#4
Cobaltblue Moderator Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Exeter, Devon and Poole, Dorset UK. Posts: 7,423	Re: WTD: plan of Selmer Little Giant guitar amp back panel Moved. Cheers Mike T __________________ Invisible airwaves crackle with life or at least they used to Mike T BVWS member. www.cossor.co.uk

19th Feb 2024, 8:38 pm	#5
JonSnell Heptode Join Date: Oct 2019 Location: Weymouth, Dorset, UK. Posts: 577	Re: WTD: plan of Selmer Little Giant guitar amp back panel This is a photo I had of one I repaired a few years ago. Hope this helps. The jack socket on the back, is the extention loudspeaker socket. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Valve equipment repairs since 1968 https://jonsnell.co.uk

19th Feb 2024, 9:16 pm	#6
initialsbb Triode Join Date: Mar 2019 Location: Inverness, Scotland, UK. Posts: 28	Re: WTD: plan of Selmer Little Giant guitar amp back panel Here's a pic (from the web) of a slightly modified Little Giant back panel taken straight on which might be useful for scaling up, together with the above pic Attached Thumbnails

19th Feb 2024, 9:35 pm	#7
stevehertz Dekatron Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Rugeley, Staffordshire, UK. Posts: 9,419	Re: WTD: plan of Selmer Little Giant guitar amp back panel Thanks for the photos but I've already researched and seen them. I also recall the first one I saw in the flesh as far back as the early 70s, so I know 'what they look like'. As per my request I am looking for an accurately dimensioned drawing or a 'pencilled in' plan. Yes I could guess it, but nicer to have the actual dimensions. Cheers. __________________ A digital radio is the latest thing, but a vintage wireless is forever..

22nd May 2024, 2:03 pm	#8
stevehertz Dekatron Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Rugeley, Staffordshire, UK. Posts: 9,419	Re: WTD: plan of Selmer Little Giant guitar amp back panel In the end I scaled up from a photo of an original one to create a working drawing and made the panel out of hardboard, which is what the originals were made from. I used a jeweler's saw to cut out the shaped apertures and then cleaned them up with a variety of files. Looking at various photos of these amps it appears that some had 'faded' black back panels and others were untreated hardboard. I used some old Colron ebony wood dye to achieve the latter. The amp came with a back panel crudely fashioned from a vintage radio, but fortuitously the Selmer serial number sticker was on it, so I was able to transfer it to the new panel. Attached Thumbnails __________________ A digital radio is the latest thing, but a vintage wireless is forever..

22nd May 2024, 3:13 pm	#9
Nickthedentist Dekatron Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Oxford, UK. Posts: 18,695	Re: WTD: plan of Selmer Little Giant guitar amp back panel Really clever, that looks great!

22nd May 2024, 3:30 pm	#10
Aub Nonode Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Nuneaton, Warwickshire, UK. Posts: 2,160	Re: WTD: plan of Selmer Little Giant guitar amp back panel Yes very neat. Well done. Aub __________________ Life's a long song, but the tune ends too soon for us all - Ian Anderson, 1971.

22nd May 2024, 4:19 pm	#11
stevehertz Dekatron Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Rugeley, Staffordshire, UK. Posts: 9,419	Re: WTD: plan of Selmer Little Giant guitar amp back panel Thanks guys. BTW, just noticed, in my post #8 I should have said "former" not latter when referring to the faded black back panel. __________________ A digital radio is the latest thing, but a vintage wireless is forever..