Sunday, September 2, 2018

Stuff That Lasts Forever.

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What's pictured above is a Westinghouse fan that was built in 1914 and does service as a ventilation fan in the bedroom of our ...
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Saturday, August 4, 2018

The Wen Chainsaw Has To Choose: Get Going Or Go To The Curb

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Here's another diversion from the subject of guitar amps. I've been busy fixing things around the house lately. I have a Wen Lumbe...
Sunday, July 15, 2018

Mowin' Down The Enemy: A Diversion

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It is high summer here on the prairie and a young man's thoughts turn to yard work and how hateful a thing it is...not to mention it is ...
Friday, July 13, 2018

Converting a 50 watt Marshall Plexi From 6550s to EL34s The Right Way

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A vintage Marshall "Plexi" arrived here that was in bad need of some refreshment. These are pretty much the ultimate rock and roll...
Saturday, June 9, 2018

What you should know about buying a tube amp

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I am often asked for some opinions about what people should buy in the tube amp world. Here are my thoughts. First, the basic platform m...
Tuesday, June 5, 2018

The Cowpoke Forty, or, How I Stopped Worrying And Learned To Make My Own Bassman

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You know sometimes how you get an idea and you just can't shake it? Gotta scratch that itch? That's what happened here. The first ...
Tuesday, May 29, 2018

Getting back to the basics of troubleshooting. Blackstar content.

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After the contretemps with the dual rectifier road king which has 33 knobs and 22 relays by actual count, I worked on a nice old Bassman on ...