You must get a lot of satisfaction out of bringing something back to life...Doing something yourself, achieving a goal. It'll be cool to see (hear) it working.
Nice! Do you typically try to re use older tubes or get the newer replacements for them? I have heard that the newer tubes just don't sound as good as the older ones. Personally, I don't know as though I have ever really heard a tube amp, but I would love to one day.
If I have good tubes in my stash, of the type that I need, I'll use them for my builds. I have quite a few tubes that I got about 30 or so years ago, so I haven't had to buy very many new ones so far. I'm not as picky about new vs new old stock as some people are, if the tube works properly, I'm happy. My hearing isn't good enough to tell the difference, and probably never was.
Hmm if it distorts at a low volume maybe it could be used as a distortion pre-amp pedal for a guitar then run into another amp to tame the distortion/compression a bit.
I fixed that distortion problem by rewiring the driver tube so that it doesn't have so much drive. Now I need to increase the signal from the input tube to the second stage so that I can create a bit more preamp distortion when I want it. A few more tweaks and it should be ready for a demo video.
It does now. These old amps didn't have 1/4 inch inputs as built, they had RCA inputs for the phono and aux inputs, and screw on microphone cable connectors. When you rebuild one of these old amps, you have to put the 1/4 inch jacks on them. You also have to rewire one of the tubes for the guitar inputs.
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Nice! Do you typically try to re use older tubes or get the newer replacements for them? I have heard that the newer tubes just don't sound as good as the older ones. Personally, I don't know as though I have ever really heard a tube amp, but I would love to one day.
If I have good tubes in my stash, of the type that I need, I'll use them for my builds. I have quite a few tubes that I got about 30 or so years ago, so I haven't had to buy very many new ones so far. I'm not as picky about new vs new old stock as some people are, if the tube works properly, I'm happy. My hearing isn't good enough to tell the difference, and probably never was.
Fair point. I think for the most part people probably can't tell too much of a difference anyway.
Hmm if it distorts at a low volume maybe it could be used as a distortion pre-amp pedal for a guitar then run into another amp to tame the distortion/compression a bit.
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I fixed that distortion problem by rewiring the driver tube so that it doesn't have so much drive. Now I need to increase the signal from the input tube to the second stage so that I can create a bit more preamp distortion when I want it. A few more tweaks and it should be ready for a demo video.
Does this amp have quarter inch inputs?
It does now. These old amps didn't have 1/4 inch inputs as built, they had RCA inputs for the phono and aux inputs, and screw on microphone cable connectors. When you rebuild one of these old amps, you have to put the 1/4 inch jacks on them. You also have to rewire one of the tubes for the guitar inputs.