Yeah, I know well enough how dangerous the electronics can get when working on stuff like Amplifiers. I'm studying to become an electronics engineer, but there's a break before the company I'm working for as an intern has the room to take me in :) It's always nice to have a back-up plan if the music doesn't work out, and I've long wanted to really get into electronics (it's the only reason I went to tech-school after the obligatory 9 years in what equates to elementary school).

I'm planning on building just building a small battery-powered amplifier to begin with. Once I get the Pre-Amp, Tone Control and Power-Amp stages built, I can always try expanding each of the stages to make it louder! 1W through a small 2" speaker should be sufficient for starters, though :)

In the meantime, I'll try and see if I can get some proper beats down for some original stuff, and play a bit with mixing the stuff so it sounds good. Once it sounds the way I want, I'll upload it somewhere on the internet and give you guys the link :)