The Amp Garage

I like you web site KT...

Nicely done and some good info...

All the best!

Tubetwang, You think that the warning about hazards of getting shocked is overblown? Did you know that if you get a shock from one hand to the other the current will pass through your heart? Did you know it takes less than 300ma to stop your heart if you happen to get the right mix of voltage and c...

Structo wrote:Well I did mention Chuck Norris who is equivalent to 20 ninjas.

Perhaps but keep in mind that Segal plays a mean guitar.

Nice to have a gig when the job is done...

If i was not prone to sea sickness, i'd move over rover and let Jimi take over...dig...

For the record...

just got a call from Denise at partsconnexion.com

Hammond will send me a new 290CX in a couple of days...

Not to bother returning the defective one...

Good service from the folks at Hammond.

Thanks!!

One has to start somewhere...right? Yes, one has got to start somewhere. Start with a book. Figure out what runs AC and what runs DC inside your amp. Learn what a rectifier does. The builder should know if the filament supply is rectified and then he knows if it is AC or DC. The builder of the amp ...

I would go with two roach clips and full body armor. To be fair, the heater locations are kind of vague on the traditional Fender schematics. On the 12AX7 it is pins 4 and 5 tied together for one leg, and pin 9 for the other. The schem shows "ground". In reality it is 4 and 5 each side, pin 9 heate...

I'm getting ready to repent... In a few hours..my wife and 13 year old are going down to the Mountains to visit mom and dad... :lol: I have a Gretsch, a Tele and a Strat strobe-tuned at the ready for the occasion... :roll: My Express and Liverpool are on standby... It will be a two day gig starting ...

i was winging it again... I'm a loose guy really...too easy... Checked on the numbers again... I'ts only 1.95 Trillion (give or take a thousand millions) and not 2000 trillion as advertized above... I get numbers (and resistors ) wrong sometimes... http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123780272456212885....

The bizarre conundrum is that it is far more expensive to insure the ship when there are firearms aboard than not. Also, some ports will not allow armed merchant ships to moor. In most cases, the ransom paid to recover a ship is far less than the bond posted for the cargo. International law, partic...

got 1/8" on one 6L6 and a little over 1/8" on the rectifier, but there no noise and the amp sound glorious. I guess it's all right...I'm staying put and enjoying Leo's work!!

I'm happy as can be!!!

The repair dude did'nt want to repair my amp... "too much trouble"... These repair dudes are so grumpy... I gave him his 20$ and got back home. Took the new P.T. out. Old one in... put in a 68K 1w and voila...poifect -45 voltage... My only concern now is that the Hammond 273X P.T. is almost touching...

They invented gun powder...

I'm shure they have more than martial arts and AK's in their doggy bags...

Lately China has demanded to be paid in Yuan...

Bold move! They have 2000 trillions in US.

If the dollar stop being the International currency, it will plunge...

I can see them coming for our water reserve...

I'm willing to put out a fight but i'll be out numbered...

Ho well...

In my opinion, the problem lies in the fact that boats are not permited to have arm security personal on board... I've seen a French documentory of a French war boats patrolling the straight with a flotilla of commercial tankers and what not, staying close to the big gun. The farthest boat was 30 km...

Update...

Mr Tube (the repair dude) just called me and told me that the 290CX P.T. green wires read zero...

So much for a brand new transformer...