Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Disabling the Master Volume and Pull Boost On A Twin Reverb

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There's a generation of hand wired Fender amps starting from about 1974 or 1975 that had a master volume and a pull boost added. These a...
Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Removing riveted in tube sockets on the Thunderclunker

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Quite a number of amps have tube sockets that are riveted in. I can think of a lot of Ampegs for one, and a lot of Valco made amps, the Thun...
Saturday, October 1, 2016

Reviving the Thunderclunker a/k/a Supro Thunderbolt Harmony 420

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I've spent a couple of months on and off negotiating with a guy down south in Clarke County for a defunct Harmony 420, a/k/a the Thunder...
Saturday, September 24, 2016

Biasing The Vox AC50

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Every now and again you tumble across something that stands head and shoulders above the rest, and I had that experience the other day...
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Tuesday, August 2, 2016

Is Your Item Still Available? A Record Of Correspondence With A Craigslist Scammer

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I'd forgotten all about this. Read from the bottom up. This was a lot of fun. what are you trying to do to me? I thought you were...
Monday, August 1, 2016

Music Man Driver Transistors

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While I was away, a Music Man amp was sitting on the work bench waiting until I got home. After rehabilitating the bias network and power su...
Friday, July 29, 2016

Bastard Bassman

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This started out life as a Bassman 50 that I acquired with a little horse trading. I may have mentioned it before, but I acquire...