“No one ever eats just one potato chip, and no one ever builds just one Bottlehead kit. I’ve now built 6.”
Larpy, on the Bottlehead Forum
BeePre2 300B preamp kits are back in stock, as are Mainline headphone amp kits. Kaiju 300B amp kits will be back in stock as soon as we receive a new shipment of output iron from our winder.
The most recent production run of theJager speaker kit is sold out. We will be keeping in touch with our cabinet shop and schedule another run when cabinet materials become available again.
We would like to thank you all for continuing to keep us super busy in 2022. The current wait time to ship your order is ranging from about three weeks up to six weeks plus for some kits.
There are still backorders for parts looming here and there but we seem to be through the worst of it. The situation in Ukraine has created new problems on top of the slowly dissipating Covid-related supply chain issues. We have been increasing our inventory whenever possible as insurance against future issues (we have ordered hundreds more of the power transformers, switches and tubes that got delayed). Thanks so much for your patience.
You can see where delivery of kits currently stands on the shipping status page. Also, don’t forget to opt in to receive notifications so you can get the latest info about special offers and new products when you register on the forum. We won’t hammer you with junk. You’ll just see a Bottlehead Newsletter a couple times a month.
Bottlehead has a new YouTube channel. It is a repository for lots of tips and tricks to help you build your kit. We have just launched a new series by Doc B., The Doctor Is In, that shows some in depth tips and tricks for selected aspects of the build process. The first episode is about assembling the wood base that comes with your kit, and some simple ideas for finishing it. The second covers painting your chassis and the third has tips for mounting the various pieces of hardware to your chassis. FLASH – we now have the long awaited fourth video on soldering up on our channel!
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