1966 Danelectro DS50

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modman
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1966 Danelectro DS50

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A remarkable find in this area of the world. Most suprising was to find that the amp had been completely overhauled electronically and fitted with European power cord. That leads me to think the original transformer might have had a 240V primary connection. Better fire it up slowly without tubes and see what voltages we get on the secondary...
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Re: 1966 Danelectro DS50

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Cool. Keep us posted.

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I which these amps could talk and tell us about there travels!
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Re: 1966 Danelectro DS50

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I forgot to post the update, finally got this thing running, after shocking myself with 110V!
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Re: 1966 Danelectro DS50

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Lucky find. Good job fixing it up. Sounds great!
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