The Amp Garage

Like others are saying, if all the other tubes are not lighting up[except recto is ok], then you have a bad connection if you can measure the voltage. If you can measure the voltage at the tube pin,and the tube is not lighting up, then the socket is bad, or dirty, or the tube is bad. Also pull the ...

Thank-you for the tips guy's.. 6.3 volts A.C. is present across the PT leads. This model has 1 side of the filament to ground.

Hi All, So I was cleaning up a few caps (shortened them.. nothing major).... What exactly did you do and to which caps, obviously there's major problems now. Also, "500V down the line" isn't telling me much. At what exact points to you have 500V volts? TM The previous owner did a quick cap job, sni...

Hi All, So I was cleaning up a few caps (shortened them.. nothing major)....Power up the amp and we have problems... Rec. lights up voltage present. No pilot, no filaments, ....no voltage drop at all..500+ volts straight down the line.... at every spot, the heaters and pilot not lighting is freaking...

This one.

Man, That is one creepy piece of wood, I wish I had the ability here to circle all the crazy shit I see in there....

OK, AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN SEE THE ANIMAL FACE IN THE BOTTOM CENTER OF THE LAST PHOTO POSTED?

'Whos the guy in the goofy glasses?'


Reinhold Bogner

Bad power tube.. does it have a tube rectifier? drawing to much current...

Hi Guy's, Jon just left my place we did a cow tipper clone shootout of sorts.......The amp Jon built is truly amazing!!! :D If you are looking for BIG Fender cleans, Jon's amp delivered in spades!!! Compared to the version I had built, his was bigger sounding more of everything...Great work Jon!!! :...

Reeltarded wrote:Damned. Dave and Mark must have gotten my notebook.



Do you have schematics for those?

Or you have theirs!!!
I do have the schematics for both those pre-amps...

Reeltarded wrote:Mmmm.. nope.

What you have described in your first post in this thread is a cross between the Friedman BE100 and a Cameron CCV.....You have some small changes.... damn close though...

Sounds like a Friedman BE-100 to me....

This has always worked for me. Simple but effective.

Reranch has an excellent "How to" on thee web-site.