Amplifier

This is about a preamp I made for personal use with the Home Made Busking Amp. but it will work happily with any amp or PA system. It works fine with our Behringer B208D for example.
It is all contained in a 2″ x 4″ die-cast box which can be attached to the mic stand (I use a niece of an old motorcycle inner tube) or simply laid on the floor.
It is powered by a 9V PP3 battery.
It takes about 1.2mA from the battery when in use, slightly more if the clipping LED operates. Read more

I play in Tin Taxi, an acoustic duo
We do some busking and also the occasional spot in various locations.  This is a description of the amp I made.
We had been using a VOX DA5 for busking.  It wasn’t bad. It had a guitar input with tone control and lots of special effects which we didn’t use , a single mic input with a volume control and an aux input with no control at all. The sound was good, but it was not really ideal for an acoustic duo. But it had a nice enclosure and a nice speaker, so I used those. Read more