The Amp Garage

I question why the OP has picked a Silvertone 1485 as his first build. I have a 1485 that I've had for many years, restoring it back into a safe player early in the process----- I've rebuilt/serviced many 1484's (and other old Silvertones) so I'm pretty familiar with these amps. I'd suggest the OP f...

I'm using the last AllynMay Hiwatt chassis (of two) that I bought years ago to build a DR103 right now. Going to use it as a bass amp for the bass player in my new band project----- He's using my '75 Ampeg V4B head now thru a 1x15/4x10 stack. The Ampeg works well but I don't have any back up tubes f...

I'm going to have to remove my 6g6 faceplate and see if it really does fit the blackface bm chassis. Mark Don't bother, it doesn't fit. I have two of the Brownface faceplates I just bought from the seller you linked to above----- I just matched them up to a Mojo BF Bassman chassis I have on hand an...

If you ever have problems with the glue repair job on your eyelet board----- Mojotone sells new non-Reverb AB763 eyelet boards that should get the Showman back into like-new condition: https://www.mojotone.com/amp-parts/FiberboardsandTurretBoards_x/Mojotone-Blackface-AB763-Circuits-Non-Reverb-Fiberb...

I've built many, many Hiwatt DR103 and DR504 clones. I'm a believer in the Heyboer Partridge clone transformers----- I usually buy them from Mojotone. I've A/B'd Hiwatt clone amps using these transformers against many real Hylight Hiwatts and the Heyboer iron performs wonderfully. I built one DR103 ...

Pull/test the RCA Blackplate 6L6GC's----- save them for your real BF Fender amps (or sell them). Nothing inside that amp (caps, resistors, switches, wire, etc) is likely to be in good enough shape to re-use. Think Safety/Reliability before Cool Old Mojo when rebuilding this unit. Don't build a Safet...

Clean it up, remove the PCB, and build your favorite circuit into it. Don't spare the bleach on the chassis/head cab clean-up------that debris could be toxic. Here's an old Laney 50 that I gutted/rebuilt with ideas from SLO/Avenger schematics (and a turret board). I did this one many years ago: http...

Call up Heyboer and give them the specs you want for your PT (they may ask a few questions): https://www.heyboertransformers.com/tubeamps.shtml I had them wind up some PT's with similar specs for a few 6L6GC x 6 Hi Gain projects. Very happy with the custom PT's they provided. They were also less exp...

Irving did another test vid of the guitar straight into the amp (and posted to YT): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXJPyua5Mps He realizes that his Grindcore playing style may not appeal to everyone so he's getting some of his shredder playing friends to come over and make more vids soon. But you c...

Other vid link is not working here either----- plays in double for some reason.

But thanks for the kind words !!

Yes, CE Distribution is the wholesale part of the company that also includes AES.

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I've been drilling a center hole, enlarging it as much as possible with a step drill, then finishing it up with a selection of hand files. It doesn't take that long but it's not a job I look forward to, either. The cost of a rectangle punch has always stopped me from getting one. And the possibility...

Yes, I've seen that and speculated the same thing.

It might indicate that.

Or it might not.

I have no info to support either possibility.

WFC also has film caps and other components. I'll share a trick that some may find useful: https://www.westfloridacomponents.com/RM018PE08/0.015uF+.015+uF+630V+Radial+Film+Capacitor.html I've used these .015/630V film caps in a few modded Marshall type builds in positions that normally use a .022uF ...