Ry Cooder's Borderline Special

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Thanks guys, Your generousity is very appreciated.

[ampman1961]

Okay...
Mystery solved. I will have ALL of the original photos in my hand Friday. I'll place them on a cloud server and post the link. Better that way.
Thanks again Steve.

[ayan]

Yes. And yes, thanks Steve -- we should come up with a cross reference system for all these buggers.

Gil

Okay...
Mystery solved. I will have ALL of the original photos in my hand Friday. I'll place them on a cloud server and post the link. Better that way.
Thanks again Steve.

[ampman1961]

Agreed Gil. Shore up the database and make it easier to find. Glad that's not my job!

[steve_p]

Okay...
Mystery solved. I will have ALL of the original photos in my hand Friday. I'll place them on a cloud server and post the link. Better that way.
Thanks again Steve.

Awesome! Can't wait to see them.

Thanks again,
Steve

[ampman1961]

Gil
Shared all those pics here in his Photobucket account

http://ampgarage.com/forum/viewtopic.ph ... borderline

The amp is a Low plate Classic 50w straight up..Look Here

http://ampgarage.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12872

Thanks Billy for all you have contributed here.. I wondered how that thing sounded!!
BTW..Billy did that amp sound better to you with a Strat (single coils) or Buckers..Wondering?

Tony

I use a custom built Nashville Telecaster in my shop for testing, it's set up like a Strat using custom wound Fralin pickups he made for me in 07. My Les Paul at the time was a Rossington #228 and both guitars sounded fine through it but it sounded a little tired which was because of the caps being old. If I could have replaced just the bypass caps it would have made a huge difference. If it had been mine to keep, I would have recapped the damn thing!

[talbany]

Gil
Shared all those pics here in his Photobucket account

http://ampgarage.com/forum/viewtopic.ph ... borderline

The amp is a Low plate Classic 50w straight up..Look Here

http://ampgarage.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12872

Thanks Billy for all you have contributed here.. I wondered how that thing sounded!!
BTW..Billy did that amp sound better to you with a Strat (single coils) or Buckers..Wondering?

Tony

I use a custom built Nashville Telecaster in my shop for testing, it's set up like a Strat using custom wound Fralin pickups he made for me in 07. My Les Paul at the time was a Rossington #228 and both guitars sounded fine through it but it sounded a little tired which was because of the caps being old. If I could have replaced just the bypass caps it would have made a huge difference. If it had been mine to keep, I would have recapped the damn thing!

Thanks For the rundown!!

[steve_p]

Hi Billy,
Did you wind up getting your hands on the additional photos you mentioned?

Steve

[ampman1961]

Hi Billy,
Did you wind up getting your hands on the additional photos you mentioned?

Steve

Yes indeed! I will post them soon and will advise.

[BarryW]

thanks so much for sharing - and, again, thanks so much to so many others that share so much. I can't say enough how many times members on this forum have helped me learn, and how much I appreciate it.

[grtamp]

Does someone has drawn the schematic of this amp?

[grtamp]

no one?

[sergio]

grtamp, resigned..., now a lot of information here are made with private messages!

[talbany]

no one?

There is enough detailed info on this site to build

#124 (updated Low Plate classic)
Low Plate Classic
First Generation
2nd Generation
3rd Generation
Low Plate Classic
102 (Robben Ford)
183 (EL-34)
Bluesmaster
Standard HRM ( The one you are asking about)
Ry's Boarderline (low Plate Classic)
Manzamp (replica)
SSS #001
SSS#004
Dumbleator
#060 Overdrive Special Reverb
Oddessy
Small Special
Music Man (output section)

Also some very detailed plans of certain Dumble style speaker cabinets..

You have to dig around and look but it's all here in one form or another..Some in schematics,some layouts, some with enough detailed pics to draw a schematic or layout..Some amps require a bit more study and research..If you do find enough info here to build one of these amps try to document your build and share it with the rest of us so we can learn from it..

Hope This Helps!!

Tony

[sergio]

Tony ,I agree , but many of this have not a schematic!! Borderline vibrato stage is unknow for example!

Sergio