Amplifier Restorations

Sinmarc MR-2120C Another one of these treasures came in the other day. As I have mentioned, I have a soft spot for these Spanish made

After a few days of dealing with crap jobs in order to keep things going and paying the bills, a beautiful woman walked through the

Another couple of these in the other day. I am not sure what the guitarists think of these amps from a sound point of view,

Well thankfully, that’s over and done with. This has taken more man hours than I would have liked. After sorting out the bias faults, all

Something nice to work on today. A 50 year old Leak Troughline FM tuner, still with it’s final inspection ticket 11/9/69. Fitted with a Mullard

Friday morning project. A very tired Fender Pro185. Okay, not a hot glowing glass bulb of loveliness in site. But we need the bills paying

Nice big Rivera 120 Watt amp came in today. Very heavy at 5.5 tons. Blown mains and HT fuses and 4 output valves (EL34) looking

Don’t see many of these nowadays. Early 1970s Sony TA5650. One of the first amps to use VFET transistors in the output stage. Nice amplifiers

Just to set the scene. A warmer than average day for this time of year, a nice bag of oranges brought in by a customer,

Not seen one of these Fender variations before. basically looks like a Twin Reverb / Bassman 100 Watt, with a reverb unit and 4 basic