The Amp Garage

I use a B&K 700, has a good shorts and emissions test which is most important testing used tubes thought the transconductance test on the 700 for 12AX7 leaves much to be desired but it's so easy to calibrate even I can do it :lol: For matching I have a testbed amp with 1 ohm cathode resistors on the...

they do that, screaming at ya to turn it down

...will I get my stuff at all? Even after hearing all the talk about Ampwares, I ordered something from them I found NOWHERE else. I placed my order and then forgot about it. 3-4 weeks later, my order showed up. Why it should take that long nowadays I don't know :? Thanks to the good information he...

I've been looking for a source other than Ampwares for those the grounding lugs with no luck so I bit the bullet and ordered from them, just got them today and the delivery time was two weeks. They look OK though the hole for the wire is drilled slightly short of the back of the pot, dremel will tak...

Next time I have her apart I will snap some pictures, by then I may have 2 finished and you might get some girl on girl action.

now yer talkin

get to see her naked?

Dave,

I use a 100x probe for the plates using the 453 though I probably could get away with 10X I wouldn't try it with an SVT I like to play it safe so use the 100X..
465 would be nice if its got a guarantee as it has proprietary parts which could be a pain to source..

That's cool looking, kinda reminds me of 50's test equipment

Funky, The Jack Darr stuff is good for general repair info. Andy mentioned Norman H. Crowhurst, I bet you would probably get more out of basic audio vol 2 ,has some good transformer info. http://www.audioxpress.com/resource/audioclass/index.htm Kevin finds EL34s to be an inferior tube type. Perish t...

On the subject of books, did Ken Fischer ever publish anything on the troubleshooting method he developed at Ampeg? How about any other really good troubleshooting books? He once did a column in Vintage Guitar Magazine, perhaps something could be found there.Only other thing in print I can think of...

Dan,

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Great Thordarson info!

Dan try to copy & paste the catalog listed at BAMA to your desktop, worked for me.I can email it to ya if it still doesn't work..

sharp looking panels

Dental pick, I use em to bend leads to form around turrets
long nose pliers
good wire cutters
heat sinks

fans for extracting fumes

Way to go mister. I got the baby brother of that one....A 453....50 mhz. Does everything I need it to do. Those 453's are great little scopes, cheap and easy to fix. IIRC they are the last of the 400 series that don’t use proprietary chips.. I picked up a working one for $40 and later on a non work...