Ampeg Power amp
This big brute of an amplifier came in from a local guitarist. Sounding very distorted, a quick scope checked should one half of the output stage not working. Thankfully, the output transformer was ...
This big brute of an amplifier came in from a local guitarist. Sounding very distorted, a quick scope checked should one half of the output stage not working. Thankfully, the output transformer was ...
Not seen one of these for ages, the a customer brings in two. I never really got to the bottom of how many variations on the black box amplifier there were. Different controls, different valve line ...
Get a lot of old PA and group amplifiers in. Some, like this one have been round the block a few times. This is a Spanish built amp. probably going back to the late 70s early 80s. Straight forward ...
A customer and good friend, Alan Sykes, ex BBC guy brought this little gem in for a sort out. As Alan is a nice guy I agreed to do this. Normally, I would have hid in the air conditioning duct work, ...
Acquired this set on Ebay for a very good price. Cost more in shipping. Have a soft spot for these Marconi sets, as long as they don't have the potted capacitor block, where you have to dig out 12 ...
Local musician brought this amplifier in. Not a lot wrong, but some puzzling things. Open circuit fuse holder? Couple of resistors way out of spec. Strange as the parts used are good quality ones. ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xz2vnstM--IThis set came in as a donation from the manager of the local municipal dump. Had quick check of the tube with the tube tester before we started to attempt ...
I was fortunate to make friends with a Dance Band Leader, Ken Mackintosh. He resurrected my love for playing the Alto Sax. He showed me how to play properly and then allowed me to play lead Alto in ...
This is one of my Ekco sets, A28, probably the best one made. Several short wave bands and the usual Med and Long. New capacitors throughout and a new EM34 magic eye. The set performs so well. You ...
Now here is the richer persons version of the Bush DAC90. Almost the same insides, apart from the pre-select channel button, aimed at people that could not tune a set in using a knob. However, the ...
A German couple brought this little amp into the shop for repair. At first I looked at it sideways. Not having seen one before, I started to pluck its feathers away to see what was wrong. Bad joints ...
Okay Boys and Girls. Nobody argues here. Right??? In my opinion, probably the best amplifier to come from the UK in the 1960s. I have restored many of these and have never been upset by the quality ...