The Amp Garage

matt, I hope all is well and you can some day participate here again. I'll miss your comments.

take care

Yep, so is this one. 57 & 65. On his way to a gig with a tweed super in his trunk

My buddy stopped by today

I went lookin' this mourning but couldn't find it. I might try again tomorrow.

gui_tarzan wrote:Isn't their new store right there in Holland?

I'll have to look into that, thanks

I have a friend who goes there quite often. I'm only a half hour away but never have time to go.

Wow, I forgot how bad the binding was. Anyone care to guess what this was originally?

Little bit o curl, almost a one piece top

I'm gonna strip it

thanks for looking,

I'll look at the caps when I get home but I think they are all good.

PT does not have a center tap for the heaters.

also I did swap out the power tube 100r cathode resistors for 1r's

Got it fired up last night.

It's got a weird, loud buzz when I turn up the master. I must have screwed something up. Hopefully be able to mess with it some more tomorrow.

edit, I did swap out the power tube 100r cathode resistors for 1r's

thanks for the replies.

got the chassis punched this mourning and did the turret board the other night. I should of had my PT and some other parts friday but the weather slowed them down. They should be here tomorrow hopefully.

That one wasn't so much 'serviced' as it was fully harvested for mustards. Ask me how I know. After 25 years I still never never sit with my back to the door just in case the Mounties walk in. No biggie but no diff than a vintage Fender or Marshall that's had a capectomy (looks like resitorectomy t...

Still on the Marshall and small amp kick. So this time going to do a JCM800 as soon as I receive my PT and chassis.

I'm going to start with the stock preamp but might try some of the Soldano hot rod 50 values.

If you have any thoughts please share
thanks
randal

wow, like I said before it's a totally different animal than I'm used to. I have been using cathode biased amps for the last 8-10 years. Mostly AC30ish stuff till recently going with tweed deluxe type amps. This thing is a beast and is pretty loud at the sweet spot. I run my amps on the edge of brea...