antichef
pornk rock
I've been talking smack about having this amp for a couple of years on here - finally got around to taking it apart and snapping some pics. Here's the front:
Here's the back:
Here's the backplate off (all the tubes are new, but the originals were there when I bought it):
Here's the QC label thing that I can't read:
and here's the guts:
I don't know the whole story, and I'm sure I'm at least the third owner. Looks like someone did a mod of some sort (probably master volume), but then backed it out -- hence the open hole in the back. I had to get some work done on it, but both techs who worked on it assured me that it was pretty much original -- even the filter caps, which they thought were fine.
I had the output impedance selector replaced. The old (original one) was chintzy and it fell out while I was playing - there was a small fire and I lost a pair of output tubes (new ones) - thankfully that's all. But I figure I like playing the amp with the original transformers more than I like blowing it up because I refuse to change the selector
Sounds great, by the way -- and must be played very loud to be appreciated.
edit: another thing I had done was to get the power cord replaced with a 3 prong grounded one. I'm pretty sure doing that rendered the polarity switch inoperable. I kept the original power cord, and the job is reversible -- this is just a safety related mod - doesn't affect the sound.
Here's the back:
Here's the backplate off (all the tubes are new, but the originals were there when I bought it):
Here's the QC label thing that I can't read:
and here's the guts:
I don't know the whole story, and I'm sure I'm at least the third owner. Looks like someone did a mod of some sort (probably master volume), but then backed it out -- hence the open hole in the back. I had to get some work done on it, but both techs who worked on it assured me that it was pretty much original -- even the filter caps, which they thought were fine.
I had the output impedance selector replaced. The old (original one) was chintzy and it fell out while I was playing - there was a small fire and I lost a pair of output tubes (new ones) - thankfully that's all. But I figure I like playing the amp with the original transformers more than I like blowing it up because I refuse to change the selector
Sounds great, by the way -- and must be played very loud to be appreciated.
edit: another thing I had done was to get the power cord replaced with a 3 prong grounded one. I'm pretty sure doing that rendered the polarity switch inoperable. I kept the original power cord, and the job is reversible -- this is just a safety related mod - doesn't affect the sound.
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