The Amp Garage

I have had similar results in other amps factory equipped with "Illinois" caps. Illinois, Asia maybe. This is a solid tip.

I was going through my 6PS caps and I came across some Spragues that looked older and kind of a toastier orange color. They're labeled A1-081. They're .047 600 DC. They look just like an older 6PS. Anyone know of this number?

Cool find. I found a '58 Princeton at a thrift store that the owner had found in a dumpster. I traded him an Acoustic 50 watt combo for it. Sometimes you get lucky!

After a closer look, the left hand RCA jack seems to say "reverb", I guess it's the switch jack? The left hand 1/4" says "boost" and something, so it's probably the tonestack bypass jack.

After reading the manual, I'm totally confused about those jacks. Thanks for the download, Structo.

i've taken a few nasty shocks over the years. One of 440vdc off of a transmitter final with the addition of high frequency R.F. The burn mark on my hand took 14 years to dissappear. The first shock was as as a toddler, sticking a knife into a wall outlet. Then as a 10 year old, i was trying to remo...

That's my favorite Boogie. Very nice. I wasn't crazy about the lead channel; it sounded kind of ratty to me. I don't know if that was just mine or what. It might be worth a mod to that channel. The clean side is just beautiful, IMO. Some Boogies' reverbs were weaker than others, not sure why. Too ba...

David Root wrote:
They can handle higher voltages than any vintage 6V6 I believe, but they don't sound the same.

I heartily agree.

It's funny how almost every amp I've ever seen with 6V6's is at least 400 volts. I used to use the JJ's in my Twin with no problem. Now there's a stout 6V6.

ER wrote:RCA 7408's best sounding, tung-sols are probably the best bet if you need an affordable quad.

Ditto on the Tung-Sols - love em! Hey Erik!

What an inconceivable loss. He was such a talent.

I found one of these chassis lurking in my shop. I'm glad you posted this!

dobbhill wrote:Dammit Henry! You let another secret out. Now the price of G125's is gonna go through the roof!
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Ouch. How true.

I'll have to try that. I would have never thought of that. Thank you.

heisthl wrote:

LarryN wrote:

stelligan wrote:Choke and resistor on the standby switch? And got any more of those JBLs?

Is that a K120?

No, that's just Dave giving me a hard time about letting go of a JBL G125-8, possibly the best 12" guitar speaker ever made.

I did not know that!

stelligan wrote:Choke and resistor on the standby switch? And got any more of those JBLs?

Is that a K120?