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Repurposing an old tube amp, part 2
7 years ago by amberyooper (69)
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Oh no! Someone came and stole all the vacuum tubes!
They were there in the first pictures, and now... they are gone!
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Yeah, I hate it when that happens! LOL
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Cooool! I have an old tube stereo and the knobs are all scatchy ( the volume one is the worst, and its hard to find a spot where volume will even hold steady some times. I looked up how to fix it and it seems doable i just havent taken the time to try. This is amazing that you know how to do all this. Talent!
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The first thing to try if you're going to attempt to fix the amp is to get a can of tuner cleaner spray and spray the inside of the volume control and the other controls. There's usually an opening on the cover where the wires are attached to control. Then just turn the control knobs back and forth a bunch of times to spread the cleaner, the turning action will clean the control if it's still good. Make sure the stereo is off and unplugged when you do this, there are some fairly high voltages in the amp when it's on.
If that doesn't work after a couple of times, then the control might have to be replaced to get the amp to work correctly again.
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That's what I got! 😁 A few weeks ago I sprayed around the knob without taking the casing apart and it did help but I am waiting for a day where I don't have 900 things going on and a nice clear head before I take anything apart. I love tinkering but I like doing it when there isn't pressure to hurry or I won't get interrupted and leave it all sitting half done for a month haha
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Wow, very nice work there! I'd probably electrocute myself just by staring at it too much time. I truly admire people that can get done what they want by their own hands and ideas. Looking forward to part 3 and to have a listen at the result!
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Thank you!
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Nice! I once almost bought an old fender twin in order to bring it back to life but I backed out since I'm really not into electronics... I didn't want to join the amp in it's deathbed either hahahaha. What amp are you repairing/adapting btw?
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Its an old speaker amp from a five and dime (you know, "cleanup on isle 4")
He says where/what in the previous post
https://steemit.com/music-equipment/@amberyooper/repurposing-an-old-tube-amp-part-1
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Oh! Missed that one! I'll go check it now :p. Thanks! :)
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You wanna come rebuild my switchbay next? hah. You have a lot of well rounded skillz. Where'd you learn to bebuild tube amps? I inherited my dad's old amp from the 60s. I am not sure if its a tube amp or if it works (it might). Cool project Amber!
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I learned a lot of tube amp work by doing. I used to fix TVs back in the 1980s and 90s, I went to school for that. I just had to learn how the tube amp circuits work, I already had the electrical knowledge from the TV work.
If your dad's amp is from the 1960s, it's likely that it's a tube amp.
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That is gonna turn out to be a cool little unit :) stoked to see the continuation of the build!
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Thank you!
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